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Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: That is what longevity gives one. I say this just for the information of the House. Has the Taoiseach informed the Parliament of the Czech Republic that Ireland has approved the Lisbon treaty in a referendum? The intention is not to put pressure on the Czech Republic but to remind it that the Lisbon treaty cannot be fully signed off until it and Poland have finalised the issue. I also ask...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: How would I get through to the Taoiseach?

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Yesterday we saw the rather unedifying spectacle of this House being focused entirely on the job of one person, when the work of this House should have been focused on the lives and the careers of the approximately 500,000 people who are unemployed and the approximately 700 job losses announced in Aer Lingus following 250 in Intel. Other people are being let go because of a lack of credit...

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: The point is that the Minister for Finance said in his Budget Statement in April that we are to have total spending cuts of €2.25 billion. Since then he has repeatedly said it is now €4 billion in spending cuts. I would like to know which policy it is. He mentioned €2.5 billion in taxation and €2.25 billion in spending cuts in his April statement but since then he has said there...

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: When did I say that?

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: When was that?

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach should check it.

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Check it.

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: It is borrowing, but at a price.

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Has the Government received a guarantee from the banks?

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: There is no guarantee though.

Codes of Conduct. (7 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the rules in place in his Department governing the acceptance of hospitality by Ministers from State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25636/09]

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Yesterday, a former Member of the House from the Taoiseach's party branded Fianna Fáil as a party of sleaze and corruption because of the actions of a minority of its members. That branding came about because of the use and abuse of both privilege and power for quite a number of years by the persons concerned. It was not confined to Members of the House but also concerned persons...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure, arising from the Taoiseach's reply, whether Mr. Molloy threatened legal action or not. This seemed to be a cause of considerable controversy throughout the country. The Taoiseach says he made his comments in the House on the basis of his own knowledge, which he did, and he sees nothing that leads him to a contrary opinion at this stage. The comments by former Deputy Glennon...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Which was not to be mentioned until afterwards. The point is that what has happened under the stewardship of the Taoiseach and the Government is that although mismanagement, lack of accountability and lack of competence were clear at the very top of an organisation, which has done good work in many parts of the country, a person is rewarded with a golden handshake of €1 million on top of...

Order of Business (6 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: We are in an unusual situation. Perhaps the Taoiseach will indicate, given the difficulties he faces with his Government and confidence, whether he intends to seek a full mandate from the people? In the meantime, is it likely that Committee Stage of the National Asset Management Bill, if we get that far, will be taken in the Chamber? Arising from the vote of confidence given by the people...

Data Protection. (6 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in place in his Department for the protection of personal data held by electronic means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25630/09]

Data Protection. (6 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: I listened carefully to the Taoiseach's reply and we need more than firewalls around here. In any event, in 2008 the personal data of 580,000 people was lost and the reporting of all of that was less than adequate. To date, in 2009, Bord Gáis has lost the personal information of 75,000 customers and the HSE had 15 laptops stolen, two of which were not encrypted. The Taoiseach is aware...

Data Protection. (6 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Arising from that, the Data Protection Commissioner's findings are only made public if the body being investigated actually requests it or agrees to it. For example, the Irish Blood Transfusion Board appears to have agreed to it but the Bank of Ireland does not appear to have agreed to it. Does the Taoiseach agree that in cases where an investigation is carried out by the Data Protection...

Cabinet Committees. (6 Oct 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the last occasion on which the Cabinet committee on economic renewal met; and when the next meeting is due. [25633/09]