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Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: The report on the programme for Government is a litany of failure. For example, in the area of health, the promised extra 200,000 medical cards have not been delivered. In June 2002, a total of 1.207 million people were covered by medical cards and in April 2005 only 1.145 million were covered. That is a failure.

Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: We were promised 3,000 extra hospital beds but that has failed and we were promised extra nurses and consultants but again the Government has failed to deliver.

Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Does the Ceann Comhairle expect me to confine myself to generalities?

Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: I am speaking to the Head of Government who is responsible for the programme for Government and the Ceann Comhairle tells me I am not entitled to ask him a question.

Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: The first question is to ask "the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of An Agreed Programme for Government".

Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Part of that agreed programme for Government deals with the area of health, namely, accident and emergency units, waiting lists, medical cards, consultants, doctors——

Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Am I entitled to ask the Taoiseach why we have no fully staffed traffic corps, which is part of the programme for Government? Why will there be no metro to Dublin Airport by 2007, which is part of the agreed programme for Government?

Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Why is there no competition in the Dublin bus market, which is part of the agreed programme for Government? I could go on and on but the Ceann Comhairle is ruling me out of order. The Taoiseach might comment on the six questions I have raised about the implementation of this programme.

Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Whether the Taoiseach answers, he does not have to misconstrue what the Chair said. I always respect the Chair's rulings.

Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Chair told me years ago to ask those questions. He said that is the way to get information from the Taoiseach of the day.

Public Private Partnerships. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent work of the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public private partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16998/05]

Public Private Partnerships. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Regarding major infrastructural projects and the PPP system, we have evidence from the Committee of Public Accounts of cost over-runs totalling €9 billion. When one talks to designers, architects and builders, one sees that the pricing element seems very much askew. In his capacity as chairman of the infrastructure sub-committee, where does the Taoiseach feel that the mistake is being made?...

Order of Business. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: The transport reform Bill is due in 2005. Has the Cabinet received and discussed the McCann report on the western rail corridor as part of the overall transport programme? When is it proposed to publish the report on the review of the inland fisheries? This report has been available for a number of months, but it has not been published yet. Are there any proposals to amend the Education Act...

Order of Business. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Has the Cabinet got the report?

Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: I apologise to the House for my late arrival. I was held up by a Fianna Fáil Member.

Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: I apologise to the Taoiseach. In the last number of weeks I have had the opportunity to attend public meetings in Dublin dealing with antisocial behaviour. At a dozen or so of those meetings it was obvious that there is serious concern among members of the public at the rate of increase in the figures for assaults and so on. Deputy Richard Bruton has released information given to him arising...

Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach deserves some type of accolade for the confusion that comes out in his answers at all times. The source of this information is not some pie in the sky. Rather, it is the reply to a parliamentary question given on Tuesday, 10 May 2005. These are the official statistics from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform as given to Deputy Bruton. For the Taoiseach's...

Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: In 17 out of the 18 Dublin districts headline offences are up and detection rates for offences are down. This is appalling in terms of the Government's ability to ensure the public are protected from vandals, thugs, criminals and gangland warfare. The Taoiseach has failed utterly in this respect.

Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: These are not statistics with which we are dealing but people.

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (24 May 2005)

Enda Kenny: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures he intends to take to improve access to bank accounts for persons on low incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17192/05]