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Programme for Government. (12 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: Treadmills.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: I have two questions for the Taoiseach. First, what is the expected date of publication of the electricity regulation (EirGrid)(amendment) Bill, which is to give ownership to EirGrid to build and own the east-west electricity interconnector? Second, I am aware the Taoiseach and his office have a personal interest, as has the Ceann Comhairle, in the issue of Dáil reform and that he has...

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: Yesterday Deputy Hayes raised the issue of charges on schools for the use of water. This is a problem that has reached ridiculous proportions. On the one hand, one agency of the State, the Department of Education and Science, is paying money to schools while on the other hand, local authorities levy charges on them for water. One school in County Sligo is charged €7,000, a school in...

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: ——and when she said in the beginning that what she wanted was happy parents, happy teachers and happy pupils——

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: This is not a happy, clappy situation where schools will be on the dry by virtue of the fact that the Government has displayed a complete lack of joined-up thinking. What does the Taoiseach propose to do? The Department of Education and Science will screw the schools by virtue of the fact there is no system to provide for usage of water in schools and where parents will be forced to pay for it.

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: I reminded the Taoiseach yesterday of his selective amnesia about persons who addressed the joint Houses of Congress in the United States. The Minister for Foreign Affairs forgot he received an increase of €10,000 in the past two years. I listened to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on the radio this morning who seems to have forgotten that he is in Bali to...

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: I am now expected to leave this to the thousands of parents around the country who are being forced out to do all these charity gigs, golf outings, raffles and sponsored walks, to raise money to pay to the local authorities for water used in the schools where their children attend. This is a very real problem and the Minister for Education and Science has failed utterly to do anything about...

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: There is no joined-up thinking between the Department of Education and Science and the local authorities. I want to know what will happen before these schools are presented with very substantial bills. In a school of 100 pupils, the capitation grant is €17,500. The amount required to run that school is at least double that figure. I spoke yesterday to Councillor O'Connor who has a...

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: Did the Taoiseach read the Council of Europe report?

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: The son of the Dáil has done his job.

Programme for Government. (12 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the proposed work programme for 2008 of the task force on active citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31358/07]

Programme for Government. (12 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the civic life commitments in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32327/07]

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (11 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 744: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the start up grants that have been provided to each school in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin; if she will provide extra funding for these schools in view of significant additional costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34190/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of persons registered as availing of tax exile status in the country; if he has plans to provide conditions whereby a greater proportion of the tax forgone might be available to the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34134/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the conditions and criteria that apply for persons who are availing of tax exile status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34135/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (11 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of non-Civil Service staff employed by her Department; the specific roles of these staff; the cost of these staff to the Exchequer; the number of these staff engaged in carrying out her work as a constituency Deputy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34193/07]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of co-located private hospitals to the Exchequer with a breakdown of the cost for each of these hospitals; the amount of tax relief involved with these hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34194/07]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason children in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20 can not access a speech and language therapist; the measures she will take to rectify this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34195/07]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (11 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 374: To ask the Minister for Transport if the rail line from Glasnevin Junction, Dublin running along the Royal Canal south of Croke Park is in active use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34200/07]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (11 Dec 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 375: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that the Oireachtas Library is furnished with a copy of the feasibility study which was undertaken by Irish Rail on the proposed interconnector and the option of increasing services via the Phoenix Park tunnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34201/07]