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Communications Unit. (15 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: It is difficult to ask a different question on this matter. The Taoiseach referred to providing a better service to the public, but if news breaks at 2 a.m., does a 24-hour shift apply?

Communications Unit. (15 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Does the unit supply typed versions of the news broadcasts solely to Ministers and Ministers of State or do members of the Government parties also receive such transcripts? I have argued before that if the latter is the position, everybody in the House should be entitled to the transcripts, thus saving money for those who must buy transcripts from external companies.

Communications Unit. (15 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: He is now in an even more sensitive position.

Order of Business. (15 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I wish to raise a number of small matters with the Taoiseach. With regard to the Defamation Bill, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform referred on a number of occasions to his intention to introduce a press council. When are we likely to see that, which would give effect to the Law Reform Commission's recommendations, newspaper industry reports and so forth? It is a matter of...

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: On 12 April 2005, the Taoiseach made one of his greatest understatements when he said that "accident and emergency facilities are not up to scratch". He was right. On that day, the Irish Nurses Organisation estimated there were 350 patients on trolleys or chairs in our hospitals. Apart from stating the blindingly obvious, the Taoiseach also expressed confidence at that time that the...

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: A previous Taoiseach described the current Taoiseach as the most cunning and devious of them all. It has been reported that a Government backbencher said yesterday that it is sometimes impossible to figure out what goes on in the Taoiseach's head. The Taoiseach's response is very far removed from the reality. When I visited the accident and emergency unit of the Mater Misericordiae University...

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Does the Taoiseach admit, despite all the verbosity, that he has failed to engage with the key stakeholders? Does he admit he has failed to put in place short-term proposals that will deal with the accident and emergency situation? How many minor injury units in public hospitals have been set up, as promised in the Tánaiste's programme? They have been set up in private hospitals, but not in...

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: ——or to the hundreds of patients lying on trolleys and chairs today.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: It was completely overcrowded.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: They are still not up to scratch.

Written Answers — Nuclear Plants: Nuclear Plants (14 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the United Kingdom's new energy policy that will give explicit consideration to the building of new nuclear power plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5258/06]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to increase funding for disability under the disabled persons grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5269/06]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (14 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 225: To ask the Taoiseach if, in respect of decentralisation proposals that are relevant to his Department, he has satisfied himself that sufficient numbers of staff at Secretary General and assistant secretary level are willing to decentralise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5022/06]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (14 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 226: To ask the Taoiseach if the Secretary General of his Department has consulted officers at assistant secretary level regarding decentralisation; the number who have expressed an interest in decentralising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5037/06]

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (14 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 228: To ask the Taoiseach if it is intended to hold a national day of commemoration in respect of the Great Famine; if his attention has been drawn to the national committee for Famine commemoration proposal to have same on the last Sunday in May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5169/06]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (14 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have received the [i]ex gratia[/i] payment following the illegal nursing home charges controversy; the cost of the scheme to date in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4999/06]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (14 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in respect of decentralisation proposals that are relevant to her Department, she has satisfied herself that sufficient numbers of staff at Secretary General and assistant secretary level are willing to decentralise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5023/06]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (14 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Secretary General of her Department has consulted with officers at assistant secretary level regarding decentralisation; the number who have expressed an interest in decentralising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5038/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the details of the post mortem of a person (details supplied) in a hospital; if the clinician who carried out the post mortem referred the whole body or certain organs to another hospital for examination as sometimes happened according to the recently published Madden report; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a hospital could inform a person (details supplied) in County Louth where their daughter was buried; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5108/06]