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Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: This is a Minister who is stripping services from hospitals and not replacing them with anything better. Question No. 17 in the name of Deputy Coonan queries the value for money achieved in respect of the extra moneys spent on hygiene because more money does not mean cleaner hospitals. We need to ask what happened when information about the deaths in Loughlinstown hospital became known....

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: How much for a microbiologist?

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: I saw the results of a poll at the weekend in respect of the information about the Lisbon treaty. For my part, as the Tánaiste will be aware, six months ago I made the point that the Fine Gael Party would support this treaty strongly and campaign strongly on it, irrespective of any political differences we might have with the Government on economics, health, justice, crime or whatever. I...

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: When can we expect to see the publication of the broadcasting Bill? What is the reason for the delay in respect of the long-stay institutions Bill? Is it constitutional or does it relate to property rights or legal complexities the Bill has run into? A very significant number of people are waiting for this Bill to be published. If the Tánaiste cannot give me the information about what...

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: I understand Deputy Connick has made his maiden speech. If so, it is on an auspicious day in the House, on which a serving Taoiseach attends for his last day. I am sure the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ahern, has seen a few Taoisigh move on in his time and I have seen all the outgoing Taoisigh since 1975. I am honoured, as leader of the Fine Gael Party, to say that we strongly support...

Order of Business (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Does the Taoiseach have any update on the problem that is becoming more apparent concerning pharmacy patients? I know I must raise this matter in the context of the pharmacy (No. 2) Bill, but I assume that some contingency plan is being put in place because the matter is becoming more serious. Perhaps the Taoiseach could provide an answer to that.

Tributes to the Taoiseach (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: When it comes to paying tribute to a man, too often we articulate a list of his achievements. I grant that it is one way to measure a man — it piles up the objectives reached, goals attained and targets hit — but it is also a way to lose sight of the essence of a man by focusing on the little round of deeds and days that make up his curriculum vitae. The essence of a man is to be found...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: This is the Taoiseach's last day in this House in that role and I will have to pay tribute to him in a few minutes. I am sure he did not expect that on his last day as Taoiseach, the front page of a national newspaper would carry the story of a primary school that is forced to hold classes in a converted toilet. This is not the kind of situation our children should face in 2008 as education...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Ten years ago action was promised and two years ago it was promised with immediate effect. This is a commentary on our public services. The Minister of State may smile all he likes but the fact remains that 300 people per day lie on hospital trolleys, wards are being closed in Tallaght and at James Connolly Hospital and services are being stripped away in Monaghan and Navan and not being...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: I will ask it now. That school in Wicklow has postponed referrals of children between 16 and 18 years of age with special needs because there are 500 on the waiting list. The Taoiseach recently said that his greatest regret from his time in office was the failure to build the national sports campus. I ask the Taoiseach, on this special morning, to revise that assessment and admit that his...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. The Minister for happiness has abandoned the summer works scheme.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: In thousands of cases arrangements have been made for building works to go ahead but they have not proceeded. Deputy Hayes exposed the complete abdication of responsibility for special needs and autism by the Minister for Education and Science. The other day Deputy Quinn, in a devastating contribution, showed how the Minister for Education and Science could not answer how many prefabricated...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: What about Glenville national school?

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 330: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if progress has been made in securing a site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15206/08]

Ministerial Transport. (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in place in his Department in respect of the use of the Government jets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3558/08]

Ministerial Transport. (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: What transport is available? Is it one jet or two? Are the Beechcraft still available? I was in one a few times, which was an experience. What is the priority rating? Are there occasions when former Taoisigh can use the transport?

Ministerial Transport. (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: I was interested in the way the costings are computed. When the late Pope John Paul II died, the Vatican requested State participation and I had the honour of travelling to attend that funeral on the Government jet with a number of others and in the presence of the Taoiseach. I was astounded to read a few weeks later that I had cost the State €11,000 to travel as a passenger on the...

Ministerial Transport. (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: I thought that was Gorse Hill.

Ministerial Transport. (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Perhaps on the Queen Mary.

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2008)

Enda Kenny: Last week, bearing in mind that Deputy Bertie Ahern will not be Taoiseach for much longer, I raised with the Tánaiste the case of a 76 year old patient with Alzheimer's disease who was on a trolley in the Mater Hospital for four days. The Tánaiste dismissed my point as being facile and simplistic. I find this extraordinary if it is the new philosophy in Fianna Fáil. It is neither facile...