Results 27,421-27,440 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny

Regional Authorities. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Transport, Deputy Dempsey, is overruled.

Decentralisation Programme. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff who have applied for relocation under the decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30632/09]

Decentralisation Programme. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Were one to ask the people, they might have a view on decentralising the Taoiseach's Department. I refer to the 28 persons who have applied to the CAF for decentralisation from the Department of the Taoiseach. For what Departments and locations have they stated a preference? Have a number of the locations for which they have expressed a preference been stalled because of the general...

Decentralisation Programme. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Arising from this, the Government provided €72 million in an envelope for decentralisation in 2009. What proportion of money has been spent on decentralisation? The Government also made a decision that, arising from the general economic situation, no further expenditure will take place on the acquisition of accommodation for decentralisation unless it was vetted by the decentralisation...

Benchmarking Awards. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the cost which has accrued to his Department in respect of the payment of the benchmarking pay awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30633/09]

Benchmarking Awards. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: In the talks that will begin tomorrow with the social partners and trade union leaders does the Government intend to put on the table a plan for a more efficient public service? As everyone understands the system has strangled initiative in many ways and as the Taoiseach will meet union leaders tomorrow, does the Government have a plan to introduce or bring about a more effective and...

Benchmarking Awards. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: I will illustrate my next question with an anecdote. I was contacted recently by an employer who had applied to the Department of Social and Family Affairs for optical benefit for one of his employees. The employer was obliged to fill in an A4 page containing a series of questions that took approximately eight minutes to answer. It then was necessary to post the A4 page to the Department...

Benchmarking Awards. (24 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: I was referring to the Department of Social and Family Affairs. My apologies for my mistake. Is the Taoiseach confident that in the discussions he is recommencing tomorrow with the trades union leaders he can arrive at a position where further industrial action will be averted? Does he, on behalf of the Government, have a plan that can convince the trades unions and the social partnership...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (19 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for a deportation order against a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42407/09]

Freedom of Information. (18 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department since January 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30630/09]

Freedom of Information. (18 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the total fees charged by his Department for freedom of information requests during the first nine months of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36766/09]

Freedom of Information. (18 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department during October 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38348/09]

Freedom of Information. (18 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in his Department for assessing the fees to be applied to freedom of information requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38349/09]

Freedom of Information. (18 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Several times, the Information Commissioner, Ms Emily O'Reilly, has stated her concerns about the lack of transparency in the FOI business. She stated, "If FOI is about replacing a culture of secrecy with a culture of openness in the Irish public service, I have to say that this objective is being frustrated by the continued exclusion from FOI of several key public institutions." In June,...

Freedom of Information. (18 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach is well able to answer that one.

Freedom of Information. (18 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: There was a question asked here of my father when he was responsible for the Board of Works about how many seagulls flew over the Phoenix Park in a year.

Freedom of Information. (18 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: I share the Taoiseach's view about the rights of privacy and those of public accountability. It is important to make that distinction. In recent years, while a lot of good and useful material has emerged though freedom of information requests, many replies to parliamentary questions do not provide the expected information. I do not know whether this suggests a trend. It used to be an...

Freedom of Information. (18 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: I am saving the State a lot of money. We would not have to make freedom of information requests if the information was provided in written answers to Dáil questions. The Taoiseach should remind his Ministers that they have a duty to see that information is supplied to Deputies, in so far as is possible, without infringing on State security.

Freedom of Information. (18 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Even in Clara, they have the answer.

National Security Committee. (18 Nov 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach when the national security committee established to monitor the threat of a terrorist attack will next meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30631/09]