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Ministerial Travel. (10 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: Had he?

Ministerial Travel. (10 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: He used the RAF, but that is a different carbon footprint, as the Ministers know. Does the Taoiseach have a figure for the carbon footprint per kilometre of the Gulfstream and the Lear jets? I am not sure how that is calculated, but if it can be calculated for cars, it can be done for jets. Given that the Minister, Deputy Gormley, is very agitated about this matter, I note that the...

Ministerial Travel. (10 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: I recall the former Taoiseach, Mr. Reynolds, stopping off at various locations.

Ministerial Travel. (10 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: In regard to carbon footprints, how are these calculated for a jet such as that used by the Government?

Social Partnership Agreement. (10 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the social partnership agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46567/08]

Social Partnership Agreement. (10 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet with the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46568/08]

Social Partnership Agreement. (10 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent activities of the national implementation body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46571/08]

Social Partnership Agreement. (10 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach when the cross-Departmental team on infrastructure and public private partnerships will next meet; the number of meetings of the team planned for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46581/08]

Social Partnership Agreement. (10 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach the proposed work of the National Economic and Social Council during 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46583/08]

Social Partnership Agreement. (10 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with the social partners on 17 and 18 December 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48111/08]

Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: Yesterday the Taoiseach sent out a message of despair to this country when he predicted unemployment would be 400,000 by the end of the year. Can the Tánaiste indicate what changes in legislation dealing with PRSI employer incentives and changes in work practices does the Government intend to introduce to show some leadership and show it is walking up to the line to help the people who are...

Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: ——has failed?

Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: I am not going to be ruled out of order by some regulation here when more than 300,000 people in the country are out of work. I am asking the Tánaiste, who has responsibility in this area, to explain to this House——

Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: What regulations will be brought in? The Government has shown some sense in its response to the proposals put forward by Deputy Bruton from the Fine Gael Party on dealing with changes in PRSI for employer incentives and creating and sustaining jobs. The Government has ordered an emergency review of energy prices. I listened yesterday, and again the morning, to the Ministers who have...

Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: We can, and I will tell the House why.

Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: I beg to differ with the Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: I beg to differ. If the Government now intends to change the method of price regulation it will require new legislation.

Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: When will this new legislation be published and when will it come before the House? Last November I said the national pay deal could not be paid. At the time the Government gave no indication of its view. Two bodies which are parties to the national pay deal have now pulled out. Is it still intact? Is the Tánaiste now saying that other State bodies will pay or will not pay the remaining...

Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: That is rubbish. I asked the Tánaiste if her strategy for dealing with rising unemployment and sustaining and protecting jobs had failed.

Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: When does the Tánaiste propose to introduce regulations dealing with PRSI——