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Order of Business. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: It should be effective spending.

Corrib Gas Field: Statements. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: I am glad this debate is taking place. This has proven to be a most controversial proposal. It has generated a great deal of debate, information and knowledge and, in some cases, has tended to split communities. The debate has centred on a number of areas, from the issue of natural resources in general to the process by which planning permission was approved for the pipeline from the well...

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: It is well known the Taoiseach has a history of signing blank cheques. The latest episode of the blank cheque written for the PPARS system is his most spectacular to date, at least of those we know about. I expect many Government members will say they know little about the PPARS system. The personnel, payroll, and related systems software project was set up in 1998 with a budget of €9...

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: At least I did not falsify my degree.

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: I have rarely heard such rubbish as the Taoiseach's defence of this system.

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: He has blamed the consultants, he has blamed the health boards, he has blamed the workers and he has blamed the nurses for not working regular hours.

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: He has blamed everybody except the Government. There have been three Ministers for Health and Children — Deputy Cowen, Deputy Martin and Deputy Harney — during the seven years in which the Taoiseach has sat in the Taoiseach's chair. They approved the budget for the system under discussion on an annual basis. They knew of and approved the increases in the Department of Health and...

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Does the Taoiseach stand over this system? Why was the system not designed with the needs of those who will use it in mind? Can the Taoiseach confirm that contracts were sent out with the tender documentation, saying what the Department had estimated in the first place, what it wanted from the system and the conditions that applied to it? What were the incentives? What were the penalties that...

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: It is clear what should have happened. There should have been fixed price contracts. Conditions of contract should have been sent out with the tender documentation. Above all, there should have been oversight. The Minister for Health and Children of the day and the Taoiseach as the leader of the Government of the day should have accepted responsibility. None of those things happened, however....

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: It is even more shameful the Taoiseach and his Government will not accept an iota of responsibility for this debacle, which can be added to the litany of dishonour that has developed during the Administration's seven years in office. The Government prefers to shove responsibility to Professor Drumm and carry on regardless. Its ethics are "get in here and stay in here", but the people have a...

Order of Business. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: I note from the Government's legislation programme that under section B, Bills for which texts are being prepared, none of the proposed legislation is expected to be published until mid-2006. In respect of the planning and development (strategic national infrastructure) Bill, will the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government make a clarifying statement arising from his...

Order of Business. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: ——get certificates of freight and, as a result, cannot work for county councils. This means job costs will rise and productivity will be lowered.

Order of Business. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Will the Minister clarify the position in this case?

Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent developments in the Northern Ireland peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24216/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the political parties in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24217/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24218/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach when he next expects to meet the British Prime Minister, Mr. Blair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24219/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach when the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation will next meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24224/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach when he next expects to visit the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24225/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 19: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the Colombian Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24521/05]