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European Council Meetings. (25 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: I think confirmation earlier might have helped matters.

European Council Meetings. (25 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: No, it was not.

European Council Meetings. (25 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: It should have been set out to the forum a few weeks beforehand.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: One thing we can be sure of is that the stamp of Fianna Fáil's failure in Government over the past ten years has been an obscene waste of public money. Yesterday's ESRI report confirms in its own words that the Government has blown the boom. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, responded to this by saying we must take prudent, transparent and immediate action, as distinct from...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: I accept the Taoiseach could not possibly know the individual incidences of every agency or quango around the country. My point is that following Deputy Varadkar's investigation the freedom of information material given to him clearly shows that the opinion of the FÁS executive, who is responsible for a €9 million advertising and PR budget, is that having control of that spend could...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: This is not how public money should be spent. The Comptroller and Auditor General's report, accessed under freedom of information legislation, clearly indicates directly contradictory evidence. These papers are being made available to the Committee of Public Accounts and I will send them on to the Taoiseach. I ask the Taoiseach to act on this information and consult, through the Department...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: The internal report is here.

European Council Meetings. (25 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting in Dublin with the French Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Michel Barnier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19683/08]

European Council Meetings. (25 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Council meeting in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24261/08]

European Council Meetings. (25 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the bilateral meetings he held on the margins of the European Council meeting in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24262/08]

European Council Meetings. (25 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach his contact with other EU heads of Government since the referendum on the Lisbon reform treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24263/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans she has to address the shortage of general practitioners in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24526/08]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost to date of the proposed new national children's hospital at the Mater Hospital site in Dublin; the expected final cost of the provision of this hospital with a breakdown of these costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24527/08]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expected closure dates of the paediatric hospitals in Tallaght and Crumlin; the process involved in these closures and in transferring services elsewhere; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24528/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting lists for the provision of methadone in areas (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24529/08]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans for a new secondary school in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin; when this school will be open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24532/08]

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime rate in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin for each year from 2002 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24530/08]

Written Answers — Drugs Seizures: Drugs Seizures (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in areas (details supplied) in County Dublin; the quantity of these seizures for the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24531/08]

Written Answers — Serviced Land Initiative: Serviced Land Initiative (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 22 May 2008, the cost of each application under the serviced land initiative received by his Department from Mayo County Council; if funding has been allocated in respect of these applications; if a timescale is in place for granting applications; if so, the...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: There are no prizes for knowing what the question will be today. The Taoiseach said in this House six months ago that the economy would grow by 3% in 2008, that over 24,000 new jobs would be created and that inflation would be held to 2.4%. He was wrong on the first, second and third counts. The economy will shrink this year, we are losing hundreds of jobs every day, there are an extra...