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Order of Business. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: ——to back up what the Government has belatedly realised is a national emergency. We offer support in that context. That question was in order on the Order of Business. The Minister for Education and Science promised to introduce legislation to streamline the payments of third level grants through a single agency. This legislation is not on the list of priority legislation but the measure...

European Council: Statements. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: At last week's EU summit it was clear that, as a community, we have a long way to go to meet the ambitious objective set out in the Lisbon Agenda of making Europe the most comprehensive and dynamic knowledge-driven economy in the world by the year 2010. It is a daunting prospect given the difficulties and inhibitions in the various systems to achieving that. Although, as the Taoiseach has...

European Council Meetings. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Council meeting in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11566/06]

European Council Meetings. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the bilateral meetings he held on the margins of the recent European Council meeting in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11567/06]

European Council Meetings. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Does the Taoiseach have a view on the difficulties being experienced by the French in terms of protectionism? Is the Taoiseach happy with the situation that applies to mergers, in particular given the possibility of the take-over by Enel of the Suez energy company and the difficulties being experienced by France and Italy in this regard? At the European People's Party, EPP, meeting prior to...

European Council Meetings. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: He is nervous about the elections.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: We meet on a day of national emergency. The matter of accident and emergency units has been raised on at least two dozen occasions in the past two years by the leaders of the Opposition parties and by other Members on this side of the House. I wish to ask the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste the question that is on everybody's lips about this matter. When did the penny drop with the Government?...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: ——with his unbridled arrogance, but it is no joke for the——

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: ——384 people lying on trolleys today.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and his lot have sat around the Cabinet table for nine years and it was only yesterday that this became a national emergency in the eyes of the Tánaiste. On 12 October 2004, I asked the Tánaiste, Deputy Harney, what would be her political priorities upon taking office as Minister for Health and Children and she said: One of the...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: ——that the people have had enough and do not want any more of this Government, which has proven itself to be completely incompetent in dealing with this matter. Is the Taoiseach prepared to apply to his Government, the targets that the Tánaiste——

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for chewing gum is at it again. His conceit and arrogance are unbridled in the history of Fianna Fáil Governments. Without interruption from the Wicklow hills, when can we expect to see real improvements in the accident and emergency units? Will it take one month or six months, or is this another false dawn like all the other false dawns we have had from the Government in the...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: We have heard most of this before. The Government has decided and agreed——

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Government has decided and agreed, and accepted the repeated observations by parties on this side of the House, that there is a national emergency in so far as accident and emergency units are concerned. We have heard nothing from the Taoiseach on behalf of the Government as to the Government's plan to deal with capacity. What is the target for capacity? There seems to be confusion about...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: No questions are being answered in this House and nobody is accepting political responsibility for the problems about which we are speaking. It has suddenly dawned on the Government after nine years that this is a national emergency. The Tánaiste's statement yesterday was not driven by political sympathy for patients who are lying on trolleys today and every day, but by political...

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (28 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times the Government task force on emergency planning met in 2005; the number of meetings held to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11826/06]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (28 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent to date on developing an on-line passport application service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11969/06]

Written Answers — General Register: General Register (28 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount spent to date on developing an on-line application process for birth, death and marriage certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11971/06]

Written Answers — Driver Licensing: Driver Licensing (28 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 313: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent to date on developing an on-line driving licence application service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11970/06]

Written Answers — Motor Vehicle Registration: Motor Vehicle Registration (28 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 545: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent on developing an on-line facility to allow notification of change of vehicle ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11972/06]