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Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: I would like to raise five matters. First, the register of persons unsafe to work with children Bill was listed at No. 40 in the Government's legislative programme and it was promised in the programme for Government. Will it be fast-tracked? Second, I refer to the health Bill and the establishment of a new inspectorate for nursing homes. There is continuing concern about the nursing home...

Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: In view of the special relationship between the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, does the Government propose to issue a statement in respect of Iranian comments about blowing Israel off the map?

Departmental Records. (26 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the total expenditure by his Department since January 2005; the way in which this figure compares with that provided in the Estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24241/05]

Departmental Records. (26 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: The latest European Commission report and research indicates that half of the people in this country have no opinion at all on the European constitution. Given this worrying statistic and the fact that the report was concluded under the flag of the Irish Presidency of the EU, will the Taoiseach undertake any further funding initiatives to enhance public awareness of the EU constitution? Where...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (26 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the costs which have accrued to his Department in respect of the Barron inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24242/05]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (26 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach when he next expects to receive a report from the Barron inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24243/05]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (26 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. Does the Taoiseach expect the MacEntee report to be finished by mid-November, given that it is dependent on other people? Does he expect it to be published? I am glad the Ludlow report is being prepared for publication and that the Taoiseach expects the report on the Dundalk bombing will also find its way into the system. The Joint Committee on Justice,...

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach might let me know when he finds out the answer to the question raised last week about the implementation of sections of the Children Act, particularly section 111 and others. I raised the matter previously on a number of occasions dealing with issues related to child protection. It has been well signalled that the Government is to announce shortly the be all and end all of...

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: It is a major Government plan dealing with infrastructure.

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: We have been awaiting the Minister of State's proposals for Dáil reform for quite some time. When the Government is making major announcements of national importance, they should be announced in this House first.

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: If the Government wants to make public relations displays afterwards — and the Minister, Deputy Roche, is very much into that — it can feel free to do so.

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: He has been very kind of late but this is the €20 billion question.

Leaders' Questions. (26 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: When we raised the matter of the Ferns report yesterday I had only been handed it a brief time before the Dáil met. Having read the report last night and as a father of young children, the words we used in this House yesterday barely do justice to the horror suffered by so many people, the victims of the abuse outlined. There is clearly a national consensus that we must deal with this type...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. In reply to a question yesterday from Deputy Rabbitte the Taoiseach, quite rightly, responded that he, as Taoiseach, could not answer as to whether similar incidents have occurred or are occurring in any other part of the country. Everybody here has had contact with priests of the Catholic Church who set out on their ecclesiastical business with the...

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the files which have been requested from his Department by the Mahon tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24245/05]

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 received by him for each year since the Act's inception; the number of internal reviews requested and granted or refused in each year to date in 2005; the charges levied in each year by him; the subsequent reduction in charges; the number of...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 212: To ask the Taoiseach the number of households in each Gaeltacht area where it is estimated that Irish is spoken on a full-time basis as an every day language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30648/05]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) who was made redundant following the abolition of the National Rehabilitation Board in 2000 and who was subsequently deemed to be owed an abolition of office pension by the High Court has to date not received any payment from the Health Service Executive, the successor to the ERHA...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 225: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has not received payment from the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30037/05]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (25 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 293: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will be available in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30656/05]