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Departmental Expenditure. (6 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: What is the cost of the communications unit in the Taoiseach's Department? If I recall correctly, a number of weeks ago the Taoiseach said that one of the fundamental reasons for having the unit in his Department was that it cut out the requirement on other Departments to collect information. Yet questions tabled in the last two weeks clearly pointed out an extraordinary amount of money...

Departmental Expenditure. (6 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Admiral Brown.

Ireland-US Relations. (6 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if the arrangements have been finalised for his forthcoming address to the joint sitting of the United States Houses of Congress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35358/07]

Ireland-US Relations. (6 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach when he next expects to visit the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3538/08]

Ireland-US Relations. (6 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will convene a meeting of the Ireland-America Economic Advisory Board during his next visit to the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3539/08]

Ireland-US Relations. (6 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach the arrangements in place within his Department for maintaining contact with the Ireland-America Advisory Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3540/08]

Ireland-US Relations. (6 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I wish to ask three questions. I am acutely aware of the complexity of the whole immigration business and agree it will not be possible to address it unless there is all-round agreement on both sides. I received a letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, dated 29 January, in which he said that on the ground in Washington on a daily basis the ambassador and the personnel there are in...

Order of Business (6 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I recognise that on occasion there is a requirement for a Minister to attend abroad on international business or otherwise. This may well require that while the Minister attends, a Deputy fills in for him or her at Question Time. However, it appears quite a number of claims for rotation of parliamentary questions are being made. This is only a six-week session. While I understand this...

Order of Business (6 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I wish to ask the Taoiseach three questions. I see reports of threats concerning the so-called Real IRA. Is the Government aware of these and is the Taoiseach taking action under the appropriate legislation to deal with any consequences that may arise? No. 43 on the list, the education (patronage) Bill, is an important development in the future governance and management of the country's...

Order of Business (6 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: It is a bit away.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (5 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he revisited a draft Dublin Transport Authority Bill; the summary of the changes he ordered; when he expects to publish this Bill; when he expects to introduce it into Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3480/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (5 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the medical criteria that applies where domiciliary care allowance is awarded; and the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused this allowance. [3508/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 was entitled to a payment from the community welfare officer in one location to help pay for the costs of adapting their home for their mother for whom they care, but is no longer entitled to the same payment when they moved to a different home; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (5 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that a child (details supplied) in Dublin 24 is unable to attend school in their locality owing to a lack of available places in suitable schools, she will make arrangements for transport to be provided to bring the child to and from school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3333/08]

Written Answers — Special Amenity Areas: Special Amenity Areas (5 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 684: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his position on the need to preserve the Liffey Valley in west County Dublin and north County Kildare as a permanent area of natural heritage protected from future development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3355/08]

Public Transport. (5 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Transport the contact he has had with the different stakeholders in the integrated ticketing project to ensure compatibility between the different services and to ensure recent failures do not recur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3479/08]

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I know it is "Super Tuesday" but we have matters we must attend to in our own country. I am genuinely concerned at the leaking confidence evident now in the Irish economy. January saw the largest monthly increase in jobless figures since such records began, up 7,800 or 4.4% since December. That was the biggest monthly rise in percentage terms since 1980 and the largest increase in...

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach should take heed when the Ceann Comhairle says he is over time. It is time for the Taoiseach to go. That is a warning from the Chair. The difficulties in the sub-prime lending sector in the United States did not cause the problem here with house prices because the Taoiseach, his Minister for Finance and the Government have presided over soaring costs and a range of stealth...

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: I will provide the Taoiseach with the figure. Ireland is placed 33rd of 35 countries.

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2008)

Enda Kenny: That is a disgraceful remark.