Results 28,081-28,100 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny

Public Relations Contracts. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Does the Taoiseach have a view on the recommendation of the Quigley report that the Department of Finance should consider offering advice on the quality of work produced in respect of contracts awarded? That was specifically about the Department of Finance.

Proposed Legislation. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for the remainder of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15560/09]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if all costs associated with the McEntee commission have been discharged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15575/09]

National Forum on Europe. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach the costs that have accrued to his Department since January 2009 in respect of the National Forum on Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17397/09]

National Forum on Europe. (16 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach mentioned the point about how to make the European Union more relevant to the ordinary citizen. One suggestion Fine Gael has made many times is to allocate half a digital platform for the parliamentary channel taken from the Dáil, the Seanad, the Oireachtas committees and the European Parliament. The report that is carried on a once-monthly basis is entirely inadequate and I...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: I regret the inadequacy of the words that I will use to deal with the Ryan commission report. I cannot speak with the conviction, truth of recollection or vividness of the nightmare through which so many young children went to grow into adulthood. Nor can I speak with the power of the emotion to which I listened yesterday and in recent weeks. All I can do is speak as a citizen, the leader...

Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: This is important business and we have no intention to divide the House in this situation. I thank the Chief Whip for accepting what we consider to be important additions to the Government motion. These additions, principally proposed by Deputy Shatter, include many of the important elements which the survivors regard as critical, including the reference that the Dáil resolves to cherish...

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: This is the Minister for Defence.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Government got its answer last Friday.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: The people of Limerick spoke last Friday.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Groucho Marx of the Government.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: I am going to meet them.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: I just want to say one thing.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: What tablets are you on today?

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Did you take your tablets today?

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: A former Taoiseach, the late Jack Lynch, stood up at a parliamentary party meeting and announced he would be going to the park. The Minister of State knows that.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: As the Minister of State is aware, he was using his constitutional right.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: I mention the Acting Chairman's name with reverence. Deputy O'Flynn, should be on the Government Front Bench. He speaks the truth.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy's talents have not been recognised by the Government. He does not mess around.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: I am just making the point that the Acting Chairman never messes around with the truth. The Members opposite are denying it. The Acting Chairman has never deluded himself about the catastrophe that has befallen his party. He has always been able to speak up.