Results 28,201-28,220 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (26 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: As a practical matter can we expect the House to be recalled before the end of July or during August or early September? People will want to know.
- Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the progress to date in respect of the implementation of those elements of the programme for Government for which his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15541/09]
- Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the agreed programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15553/09]
- Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if a progress report on the implementation of the programme for Government will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15565/09]
- Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: I note the Taoiseach's final comment that the parties in government are working well. I remind him of what the chairman of the party with which he is in government, Senator Dan Boyle, said: There are too many unresolved issues. Too many policy errors remain that have not been admitted to, areas where responsibility has not been taken. The policy of pump-priming the property boom has been a...
- Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: That does not answer the question. The Taoiseach negotiated this programme for Government with the parties in Government. He referred to the new article which would greatly strengthen the protection we afford children by permitting the carefully regulated exchange of information about suspected child abusers and by allowing the Oireachtas to introduce legislation which would make it...
- Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: In this document, the Taoiseach has placed a solemn commitment to hold a referendum on children's rights. I want to hear that commitment reiterated by the Taoiseach now as head of the Government. Please tell the House that the Government, led by him, will implement its commitment and hold a referendum on children's rights. I do not want to hear about the Minister of State, Deputy Barry...
- Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: If I could just ask one other question, I will not labour it.
- Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: The process by which this is arrived at is the programme for Government. The Taoiseach negotiated it on behalf of his party while the head of the Green Party negotiated on behalf of his. That is the process and the agreement. The discussion that takes place at Government is in respect of that objective. The Taoiseach's party members will comply with his wishes; the Green Party members...
- Leaders' Questions (20 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: I listened to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform this morning and it seems that the Government has an inability to plan and finish projects. It also seems that the Minister may eventually revert with an entirely different entity. The hallmark of the Taoiseach's Ministry for Finance and Government has been to waste money. The Government spent â¬60 million on e-voting...
- Leaders' Questions (20 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: -----and carry through projects once they enter the system. With that â¬360 million, the Government could have built a major portion of the national children's hospital on a greenfield site or 100 schools. It could have dealt with many of the country's infrastructural requirements. Last week, I visited Neilstown where I met the mother of a young child who can read 15 words, but whose...
- Leaders' Questions (20 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach did not answer the question I asked. I asked him if he accepted, as a former Minister for Finance and as the current Taoiseach, that the money spent on e-voting machines, the PPARS computer system, consultancy for Abbotstown and a proposed development at Thornton Hall is now dead money. It was wasted by his Government and by him, as a former Minister for Finance. It is...
- Leaders' Questions (20 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: If the Minister, Deputy Ahern wants to be continually smart as he seems intent to be, fair enough. He will get his answer on 5 June. The Fine Gael plan proposed by Deputy Richard Bruton-----
- Leaders' Questions (20 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: -----for the finance of major infrastructure over a long period is to use the European Investment Bank and private pension funds, and would not cost the taxpayer a cent by borrowing from broken banking institutions. In respect of the other pieces of major infrastructure proposed, can the Taoiseach say if the PPP system has failed, in view of the cost of borrowing for urban regeneration and...
- Leaders' Questions (20 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach said nothing about the waste. It is dead money.
- Ireland-America Economic Advisory Board. (20 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the arrangements in place within his Department for maintaining contact with the Ireland-America Economic Advisory Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15537/09]
- Ireland-America Economic Advisory Board. (20 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: On 5 May, President Obama proposed major changes to tax rules for American companies operating in Ireland, and the Government is aware of this. The White House identified Bermuda, Ireland and the Netherlands as low tax countries that account for nearly one third of all foreign profits reported by US corporations in 2003. The President believes that the current rules that encourage US...
- Ireland-America Economic Advisory Board. (20 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: Arising from the Taoiseach's reply, would he consider it appropriate that the Minister of State liaise directly with the directors of American corporations in Ireland? Has the Taoiseach received any expressions of concern from American plants in Ireland which repatriate their profits and as such would be subject to the changed rules proposed from the White House? Would he deem it...
- Departmental Staff. (20 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the duties and responsibilities of the special political advisers as appointed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15539/09]
- Departmental Staff. (20 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the number of political advisers or assistants appointed by the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15559/09]