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Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views at the job losses announced by a company (details supplied) in County Mayo; his further views on whether these 40 jobs have been lost as a consequence of too high operating costs; if he proposes to visit the location; his proposals to provide alternative employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the development of an industrial business park for Ballina, County Mayo which has been ongoing for some time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9722/06]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits to Ballina for potential industrial developers and many returning personnel in the past three years organised by the IDA; if the town continues to be recognised for investment purposes as a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9723/06]

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received an application for funding for an extension of the rural transport scheme for north Mayo covering 13 services per week from six rural transport providers; if he has examined this application; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the area involved is 87% rural and has a population of 26,000 persons; and if he will...

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Fine Gael is happy to support the Labour Party Bill on the whistleblowers issue. If the outrageous scandals exposed in the great bastions of Irish society over the past few years have proved anything, it is that Ireland needs whistleblowers and plenty of them. It is said that all it takes for evil to thrive is for good people to do nothing. I firmly believe that when good people act for the...

Inquiry into the murder of Mr. Patrick Finucane: Motion. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: I met Mrs. Geraldine Finucane and members of her family some weeks ago. I agreed to pursue an all-party motion in favour of a full public inquiry into Mr. Finucane's brutal murder. I am pleased all party leaders have approved this initiative because it is vital the elected representatives of the Irish people send a clear message to the British Government on the issue of a murder that shocked...

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Will the HSE see to it that subventions are equal across the country?

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: On this matter, I do not wish to object to the principle of what is involved but I note in the notice given to the Whips that the third amendment proposed by the Minister is to deal with the consequences of an administrative oversight in regard to the commencement of certain provisions of the Aer Lingus Act 2004. The last of these amendments had not been signalled to the House and the Bills...

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Today is International Women's Day. According to Amnesty International's Irish section, from 1996 to December 2005, 115 women have been murdered in this country. Clear commitments were given by the Government at the Beijing platform nine years ago in regard to introducing a national women's strategy. It is 11 years since that platform and nine years since the publication of the comprehensive...

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform wrote to Deputy Jim O'Keeffe in May 2005 saying he would have the amendments shortly.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: I know that, a Cheann Comhairle.

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: In the words of Donna Cleary's family, she was not in the wrong place at the wrong time. She was a young mother enjoying herself at a friend's party. She was gunned down by a criminal who should have been in jail. No one has explained why this man was not in jail. He had a conviction, lost his appeal and there was a bench warrant for his arrest. The Government did not supply the resources to...

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: He blamed everybody for the woes afflicting the world. In this case, the Government is responsible for a situation in which resources were not made available to the Garda Síochána to implement a bench warrant for a convicted criminal who was walking the streets and responsible for the murder of an innocent woman who should be alive.

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has failed on two key performance indicators. Detection rates have decreased under his stewardship and the incidence of headline crimes is rising on an annual basis. If he survives until next year, he will have presided over 500,000 headline crimes during his tenure as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. This is an appalling...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport the date when full integrated ticketing will be introduced on all public transport systems in Dublin; if he is satisfied with the slow rate of progress on this initiative to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9117/06]

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason people over 70 years of age with a medical card have to pay their doctor to get a medical form signed in order that they can get a renewal of their driving licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9222/06]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Finance the annual yield for deposit interest retention tax for the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9257/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people availing of single person's tax credit, married person's tax credit, widowed person's tax credit, in year of bereavement, qualifying for one parent family credit, home carer's tax credit, PAYE tax credit, age tax credit, single, widowed and married for the tax years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claimants for rent relief for private rented accommodation for single people under 55 years of age, over 55 years of age, widowed under 55 years of age, widowed over 55 years of age, married under 55 years of age and married over 55 years of age for the tax years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (7 Mar 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the establishment of open-source centres of excellence here; the locations chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8820/06]