Results 33,241-33,260 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny

Freedom of Information. (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: I was going to suggest that there could be an increase in the number of requests for information from the Department of the Taoiseach. There were 142 requests in 2003, 45 in 2004 and 61 in 2005. It appears the decline will continue in 2006, probably due to the nature of the charge and the restrictions introduced by the Minister for Finance. Will the Taoiseach comment on this matter? Is it...

Freedom of Information. (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach was the Minister for Finance and is now the Head of Government.

Freedom of Information. (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: As a matter of policy, will new agencies, even those set up under the Taoiseach's own Department, be automatically included under the Freedom of Information Act?

Departmental Expenditure. (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the expenditure incurred by his Department during the first half of 2006; the way in which this compares to the figures projected in the Estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25552/06]

Departmental Expenditure. (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: I am strongly of the opinion that we should revive the discussion about the European constitution. Does the Taoiseach possess a figure for the allocation for the activities of the National Forum on Europe for 2006 and is there a tentative figure for 2007, in view of the importance of that matter and the fact that the French and the Dutch must make their decisions as well? The National...

Social Partnership Agreements. (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the new partnership agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28182/06]

Social Partnership Agreements. (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet with the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28183/06]

Social Partnership Agreements. (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent activities of the national implementation body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28185/06]

Social Partnership Agreements. (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 20: To ask the Taoiseach the number of studies currently being undertaken by the National Economic and Social Council; the topics currently under study by the NESC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30783/06]

Social Partnership Agreements. (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the social partnership discussions, was any analysis of the impact on the economy of the immigrant labour force carried out? What consideration has been given to a decision the Taoiseach must make in respect of opening Ireland's labour market to people from Romania and Bulgaria when they become members of the EU on 1 January 2007? Is there any view on this? What consideration...

Disclosures relating to the Mahon Tribunal: Statements (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: This is supposed to be accountability day. This is supposed to be the day when standards are defined and adhered to. This Taoiseach is still the great evader. I was elected to the House in 1975 while the Taoiseach was elected in 1977. Through those years I have watched his rise through Fianna Fáil as a Minister of State, Whip, Minister and Taoiseach. In all those years in politics, I...

Disclosures relating to the Mahon Tribunal: Statements (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, can check the record. I respect utterly the Taoiseach's right to a private life and his family's right to a private life. This is no business of mine and I will not stray into that area. Politically my attitude is radically different from the Taoiseach who came into the house just a short time after myself. For...

Disclosures relating to the Mahon Tribunal: Statements (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: He was wrong to conceal it for the past 13 years, wrong to condemn hypocritically in this House when he knew he had accepted money, and wrong to declare he had done nothing wrong. Today, he says it is an error and a misjudgment, honest or otherwise. He refuses to face the questions I asked him last week. Is he man enough to state that what he did in accepting this money for personal use...

Disclosures relating to the Mahon Tribunal: Statements (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach cannot apply one standard to himself and a different one to others. Did he not think it strange or unusual that it was at this event only that he received payment? Third, the Taoiseach has claimed persistently that the first payment of £16,500 came from individuals and that now, 13 years later, he has repaid those individuals. Can he explain how at least one of those payments...

Disclosures relating to the Mahon Tribunal: Statements (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: Finally, the Taoiseach in his interview with Brian Dobson referred to whether it was a political donation or a personal donation. The Taoiseach appears to consider the idea that this was first a political donation, which therefore could be passed to his party or constituency. What made him decide it was really a personal donation that would go into his own pocket? Was it made by cash or cheque?

Disclosures relating to the Mahon Tribunal: Statements (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: At any of the previous Manchester dinners, were the Taoiseach or any of his associates given a contribution that was political and was passed on to his party or constituency? Was there any other function——

Disclosures relating to the Mahon Tribunal: Statements (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: ——either in this jurisdiction, Great Britain or the United States, where a similar whip around was made for the Taoiseach personally?

Disclosures relating to the Mahon Tribunal: Statements (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach on that occasion in Manchester represented my country, our people and our Government.

Disclosures relating to the Mahon Tribunal: Statements (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: In his taking of that money, those who contributed, for whatever reason, saw him not as a citizen from Drumcondra but as a named person, Bertie Ahern, the Irish Minister for Finance.

Disclosures relating to the Mahon Tribunal: Statements (3 Oct 2006)

Enda Kenny: In putting his hand on that money, he diminished the standard of his office and let down the young people of this country.