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Order of Business (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Will the Ceann Comhairle let me finish?

Order of Business (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I am rarely out of order. The Ceann Comhairle has rarely been out of order since his first day in the job.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: He has made a lot of progress. The Minister said that parents could appeal decisions. No appeals system is in place because a section of the 2004 Act has not been commenced. Can I get a report from the Taoiseach on when the sections of the Act which have not been commenced will be commenced? When will the Act be effective? A total of 150 cases are backed up in the High Court. I was...

Commissions of Investigation. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: A couple of weeks ago the Taoiseach was in Manchester where, among a number of other high profile activities, he met the UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. In the context of the new relationship between Ireland and Britain, the Good Friday Agreement and the peace process, which everybody supports, the allegations of collusion which were debated in this House a couple of weeks ago are central...

Commissions of Investigation. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach for his answer in respect of the Smithwick inquiry. I support that. Considering the record of British Governments over the years and centuries, they have always been meticulous at the very least in note-taking and recording, both internally in the affairs of this country over the centuries and internationally. I have no doubt these records exist either in MI5, MI6 or...

Commissions of Investigation. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach.

Departmental Staff. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in place in his Department governing the employment of political advisers, press officers, personal assistants and other political appointees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32328/07]

Departmental Staff. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 11: 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. [3542/08]

Departmental Staff. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 12: 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. [3568/08]

Departmental Staff. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: What are the guidelines for limiting the numbers of staff to be appointed in the Taoiseach's Department or other Departments? Does the Taoiseach agree that since 2002 the number of senior staff appointed directly to Ministers has gone up from 34 to 43? The senior staff of the Minister for Education and Science, whom I welcome back to the House, did not increase whereas those of the Minister...

Departmental Staff. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I added up the figures while I was listening to the Taoiseach.

Commissions of Investigation. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if representatives of his Department have met the family of Mr. Seamus Ludlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34142/07]

Commissions of Investigation. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the MacEntee commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3560/08]

Commissions of Investigation. (19 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting of 22 January 2008 with the family of the late Mr. Seamus Ludlow. [1991/08]

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: We should be honoured the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is here this morning to represent the Green Party. I am aware today is Valentine's Day but I was going to say, had the Minister, Deputy Ryan, not come into the House today, that it would be easier to find a green man on Venus than a Green Party Minister in the Dáil. Today it is the turn...

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Also, four Ministers are absent who are not paired. However, one cannot control them all. The Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, will recall that there was a time when it was obligatory for Members to attend the House for the Order of Business.

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I wish to raise a couple of matters with the Minister. It is a source of regret to me that the Minister for Education and Science was not present for the Dáil vote last night on the Fine Gael motion on autism moved by Deputy Brian Hayes.

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I want to state publicly that I admire the spirit of Deputy O'Rourke. It is a pity it was not matched by three or four members of the Fianna Fáil Party who could have stood up for children challenged in this way. This would have sent to the Minister for Education and Science a direction that this type of Thatcher-like approach to the process of education should be more flexible. This is a...

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I know; I am on the run.

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: What action will the Government take to assist the Garda Síochána in ensuring these people serve their due sentences——