Results 34,681-34,700 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny

Departmental Estimates. (14 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: This must be the first time in a long time the Taoiseach has not had an answer on an issue. Regarding subhead N, the Newfoundland and Labrador business partnership, I know there has been a relationship between Ireland and there for some time. The subhead amounts to €337,000. What are the proposed initiatives in 2006 for the partnership? I note the names of Messrs. C. J. Haughey and M. Lowry...

Public-Private Partnerships. (14 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the November 2005 meeting of the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public-private partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36484/05]

Public-Private Partnerships. (14 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: I was reading a report the other evening about pike roads in 1787 in Dublin where a shilling and eightpence was charged for horses to travel on them. These were the original toll roads. Did the interdepartmental committee consider the question of opening the tolled Kilcock-Kinnegad motorway? This major piece of infrastructure will be the only section of motorway on which there will be two...

Public-Private Partnerships. (14 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: I knew the Ceann Comhairle would stop me, which is the reason I am stopping myself on this matter. Has the interdepartmental committee on housing and PPPs considered the recently launched Transport 21 programme given that a significant part of the programme will be funded by PPPs? Will the Taoiseach comment on an issue brought to my attention recently regarding the costly and complex nature...

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: We do not agree with the proposals for dealing with No. 19 or No. 12. The Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005 is a bureaucrats' paradise. There has been no consultation with fisheries interests, and the Bill's essence is that it criminalises fishermen and their families for the most minor indiscretion, which would have the practical outworking that throughout the west no one...

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: It is important that the House record its thanks to Kieran Mulvey and his team from the Labour Relations Commission for arriving at a settlement in the Irish Ferries dispute, despite the fact that the Government, through the Taoiseach, said a number of weeks ago that nothing further could be done. While this will change the nature of social partnership, it is very important for the economy...

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: It should be noted that this particular debacle and scandal has continued under three Ministers, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Martin, and the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. When the Taoiseach mentioned former health board members, it was interesting to note that his own Minister sacked all the...

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Tánaiste has joined the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey, in making the understatement of the year. He spoke about small change; she speaks about teething problems. In an organisation where €133 million of the public's money had been wasted, heads would roll. However, no head will roll in this case because the Taoiseach will not identify...

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General states, as Mr. Travers and the Ombudsman stated, that this problem is not confined to one Department alone. Will the Taoiseach carry out an audit of major projects in other Departments that are clearly going off the rails as well? For example, is it his intention to carry out a full audit with regard to the report by the Comptroller and...

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: What about the Virgin Islands?

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: She was wrong.

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: Who are they?

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: My apologies.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (13 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms on which funds in the National Pensions Reserve Fund have been made available for public sector projects; and the reason they have not been taken up. [38838/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (13 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a senior executive (details supplied) of the Health Service Executive ever expressed concerns regarding her proposals to use State lands for building private hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38946/05]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (13 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will initiate the review of the Mental Health Act 2001 as provided for in section 75 of the Act and as part of that review if an examination of alternatives to the proposed mental health tribunals will be arranged particularly in view of the inordinate delay in the establishment of such tribunals; and if she will...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (13 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the delay in setting up the tribunals which were intended to review all involuntary detentions in approved psychiatric centres, she is satisfied that adequate systems are in place to protect the interests of persons who are involuntarily detained in such centres; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (13 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the moneys paid in respect of a programme (details supplied) in each of the past ten years; if annual reports have been furnished in respect of the programme; if he is satisfied in relation to these reports; if buildings are owned by his Department where the programme is centred; if not, the person who is the landlord; the extent of such...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (13 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason the name of ADM has been changed; his views on whether the former body's new name is confusing and too closely linked with his Department's own website address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38689/05]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (13 Dec 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if each of the regional drugs task forces nationwide are fully established; the funding drawn down in 2005 by each of these task forces; the work undertaken and implemented by these task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38741/05]