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Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: The process the Tánaiste talked about yesterday should lead to a conclusion at the Cabinet meeting next Tuesday or Wednesday. She should make a decision and publish this document and let the people see what Mr. McCarthy has submitted.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: For that reason I object to the taking of No. 5. The Dáil should sit next week to tease out the implications of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill. It should have available to it the contents of the McCarthy report. I know all the Members on the opposite side are anxious to get away out of this place-----

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: -----when they get lambasted, embarrassed and beaten down-----

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: -----after what has been one of the most lamentable performances by a Government-----

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: -----in the past 35 years.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Four hundred and eighteen thousand people on the live register do not want to see this House rise for the summer period this week.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Come back again next week and we will have another round.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: First, I want to correct the record. Deputy Charlie O'Connor has informed me he too wishes to see the McCarthy report published.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I commend the heroic efforts of the Minister for Finance yesterday in diverting traffic on Ormond Quay. I hope the unfortunate person knocked off her bicycle makes a full recovery. The House has made its decision to rise until 16 September. The tradition is that I should take this opportunity to wish the Ceann Comhairle, as presiding officer of the House, some serenity and peace in the...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Exactly. As I say those few words, I wish the Ceann Comhairle success in the time ahead.

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 746: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding granted to Mayo County Council for the scheme for housing aid for older people, the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability and the mobility aids housing grant to date in 2009; the amount of these allocations issued to Mayo County Council; if 2010 allocations have been decided upon;...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I cannot support the guillotine on the Local Government (Charges) Bill. This Bill appears, by fact rather than intent, to focus on the elderly. It looks as if the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government was not fully awake when it was discussed at Cabinet because I do not see any amendments from him clarifying a range of specific circumstances in which elderly people...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I wish to raise a number of matters on the Order of Business. Will the Tánaiste offer a little more clarity in respect of the McCarthy report? I am aware of the process and that the Minister for Finance received the report yesterday. I am sorry for missing Deputy O'Rourke but I did not see her so far around on the seats.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I know that. Will there be a review of this report's publication, as the Government must publish it in everybody's interest? The use of the guillotine by the Government in the final four weeks of this session in 2009 occurred in 86% of cases or 18 of 21 Bills. In four of those Bills there were clear constitutional implications. Those are the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill, the...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: They make the point that there is an attempt to move the journalists away from Leinster House because of construction work which is taking place.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Tánaiste has long had interaction with journalists from newspapers and other sources.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Ceann Comhairle is in charge of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, which deals with the running of the Houses of the Oireachtas and perhaps I should direct it to you.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I understand that.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: Both editors make the point very strongly that although there are structural works to be completed upstairs, it is important from the media and journalistic perspective that they have a facility in Leinster House.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Enda Kenny: I have always supported that, irrespective of what attitude they take towards the people who sit down here.