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Cabinet Committees. (6 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: It was Deputy Ó Caoláin's question.

Cabinet Committees. (6 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: I was going to ask the Taoiseach whether any of the Cabinet sub-committees had dealt with the issue of ministerial pay but I suppose, under Cabinet confidentiality, we would be unable to find out.

Cabinet Committees. (6 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: The sub-committee on innovation might have dealt with the issue.

Cabinet Committees. (6 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: I did not know that and I do not see it anyway ——

Cabinet Committees. (6 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: ——unlike some predecessors from various parties. Does the Taoiseach chair the six committees or are they chaired by individual Ministers? What is the role of the sub-committee once it arrives at a decision? Does the decision go to the Cabinet as a recommendation from the sub-committee? If, for example, the Cabinet sub-committee on infrastructure discusses a bridge across the Corrib and...

Task Force on Active Citizenship. (6 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent work of the task force on active citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18898/07]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (1 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress he has made to advance the use of the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26314/07]

Order of Business (1 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: The Tánaiste stated in the House that it was intriguing that the requirement to apply for a pension within six months does not apply to any other public service pension. Is it intended to make the application system for all pensions equitable, in the sense that a number of people who did not apply in time for what might be called public service pensions, having reached pensionable age, were...

Order of Business (1 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: In 1992, the Labour Relations Commission produced a code of practice to deal with disputes in essential services. Today, we are told that ten operations have been cancelled in Tralee General Hospital because of a dispute involving electricians. There has also been an announcement by the flagship company, Waterford Crystal, to move 500 jobs abroad. In other areas, particularly in the health...

Order of Business (1 Nov 2007)

Enda Kenny: While I understand the Tánaiste's point of view, there is inequity in the treatment of people who apply for an ordinary old age pension, which could be described as a public pension in the sense that it is paid for by the public. Is it intended to provide equity across the board for public servants and those who apply for pensions from the State?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (31 Oct 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will amend the qualifying criteria for the age allowance; if there are plans to increase the allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26196/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (31 Oct 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on increasing the back to school, clothing and footwear allowance applied to the family income supplement using the threshold for two parent and one parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26197/07]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (31 Oct 2007)

Enda Kenny: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proportion of total payments repaid to date in the refunding of nursing home charges; the number of payments processed each week; the number of refunds outstanding; her views on whether all the payments will be reclaimed before the cut-off date of 31 December 2007; if these payments are not refunded by that date, the action that...

Order of Business (31 Oct 2007)

Enda Kenny: No. 7 is a motion re orders of reference of committee. It concerns an expansion of the number of members of the Select Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. No. 8 deals with the appointment of two extra members to the committee. This could have been avoided if we had had clarity from the Government Chief Whip. Last week we expanded the membership of two or three committees and...

Order of Business (31 Oct 2007)

Enda Kenny: Nuair a bhí mé ag caint leis an Teachta Ring, d'iarr sé orm ceist a chur ar an dTaoiseach maidir le cathain an mbeidh an tuarascáil maidir le stádas na nGaeltachtaí foilsithe ag an Rialtas. Tá mé taréis an cheist seo a chur ar an dTaoiseach deich n-uaire le bliain go leith anuas, ach níl aon freagra le fáil. Chuala mé ráfla go bhfuil an tuarascáil le foilsiú anocht ag an Aire...

Order of Business (31 Oct 2007)

Enda Kenny: Excuse me, a Cheann Comhairle——

Order of Business (31 Oct 2007)

Enda Kenny: Under what Standing Order is the report——

Order of Business (31 Oct 2007)

Enda Kenny: Under what Standing Order is the report on the status of the Gaeltachtaí not in order?

Order of Business (31 Oct 2007)

Enda Kenny: It has been promised.

Order of Business (31 Oct 2007)

Enda Kenny: It has been promised on a dozen occasions.