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Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: He said they were exempt.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: I am not going to take any more lectures from the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: I am well able to read, and the Taoiseach can try to shout everybody down, if he wants——

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach said they were exempt.

Dialogue with Faith Communities. (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the structural dialogue between the Government and the faith communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19681/08]

Dialogue with Faith Communities. (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: I welcome some of the developments that have taken place here. Has the Taoiseach had a dialogue with the Muslim community as part of this structural dialogue? Was there any discussion or explanation from the Government on its position on the wearing of the hijab, the headdress worn by Muslim women, and the burqa? Was this discussed at the structural dialogue with that community? Is that...

Dialogue with Faith Communities. (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: Are specific dates set for the bilateral meetings with the different churches? How many will take place this year? Following any discussions on the problem of dress as far as the Muslim community is concerned, will the Minister for Education and Science announce Government policy on it?

Dialogue with Faith Communities. (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: There seems to be a difficulty with some representatives who are sent here and maintained by their churches in other countries. If they come to preach or teach to whatever congregation they have in this country, when their remit is over after 12 months they must return to their countries for 12 months before they are allowed back in, despite the fact that they may be fully maintained and...

Departmental Expenditure. (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to retain the communications unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17132/08]

Departmental Expenditure. (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: We used to direct these questions to the Taoiseach's predecessor and it was very difficult to get an answer from him in a number of respects. The previous Taoiseach used to say the purpose of the communications unit was to monitor political events and make this information available to Ministers. However, through other questions Deputy Varadkar determined the cost of each Department's...

Departmental Expenditure. (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: I know that, but they are tracking the news.

Departmental Expenditure. (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: I am aware of the function of the communications unit within the Taoiseach's Department and I know that Ministers have their own press personnel in their Departments, that is understood. However, let us take the Minister for Transport, Deputy Noel Dempsey, sitting beside the Taoiseach, as an example. How does the system operate in terms of supplying his press office with cuttings about...

Public Service Pay. (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the projected cost to his Department of the implementation of the recommendations of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17133/08]

Public Service Pay. (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: I do not know what the value of reviewing the issue in 2010 is without an indication of what the outcome might be. Given the economic circumstances in which we find ourselves and the attitude thereto, why did it take so long to make this decision? Is back pay ruled out? If a review is conducted in 2010, will it have an impact on ministerial pensions, for instance, in the period between...

Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy (9 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: On my own behalf and that of the Fine Gael Party, I wish to tender our deepest sympathy and condolences to Séamus Brennan's wife, Ann, and their six children, as well as to the Fianna Fáil Party on its loss of an active, elected Member who held many ministerial portfolios over the years. I spoke to Séamus Brennan outside this House just after Christmas and he knew that this was not going...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (8 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 887: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the role for private incinerators in terms of Ireland's waste management policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26835/08]

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: No, it is not agreed. Some 52 amendments are tabled to the Bill, one of which deals with sequential or tiered opening hours, which is a cause of great concern to people. Every Deputy from all sides of the House and none has a view on this. The use and abuse of alcohol and the difficulties it causes socially and for families and the persons themselves is of great importance to everybody....

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: For the third time I object to the principle of the guillotine here. The new Chief Whip, Deputy Pat Carey, should know guillotines are not acceptable to the Opposition. This is an important Bill. Although there is only a small number of amendments from the Seanad, I again register my opposition to the Government's guillotining of Bills in this way.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: To put some regularity into this, could the Government Whip give us the sequence of speakers from the Government side for tomorrow and Thursday's debate so Opposition speakers can follow the respective Ministers and the debate will not be all over the place?

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Enda Kenny: I appreciate that.