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Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: They are due back in early January for Bandon. The assessment process will take place. The scheme will be constructed between 2016 and 2018. The main elements include new walls and embankments; excavating the channel by approximately 1.6 m for a distance of 3.5 km; replacement of the pedestrian bridge; underpinning Bandon Bridge; construction of new fish passages; and the associated...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Office of Public Works is currently refining a preferred option for the Crossmolina flood relief scheme.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The humanitarian process to address the situation on the part of the Department of Social Protection is already in place. There are three phases. There is an immediate assessment if people have to be moved to accommodation. Then there is provision of cash for the immediate situation in any house as well as a longer-term analysis when the water is pumped out. The same will apply in respect...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Next week, we will have a further report on other areas that have been damaged, including bridges and roads and so on.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Let me assure Deputy Adams------

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Let me assure Deputy Adams that it is utterly unacceptable for any public representative to use his or her position for financial and personal gain. There can be no place in public life for the kind of behaviour that was witnessed on the RTE programme last evening. Public representatives are required to comply fully with the codes of conduct governing the performance of their duties....

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Martin for his comments. This is an ongoing situation and it is not the first time it has happened. On behalf of everybody in the House, I empathise with those whose homes and businesses have been devastated by the impact of serious flooding and those involved in agriculture whose lands have been flooded, causing difficulties for the movement and feeding of stock and so on....

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I disagree with the Deputy's statement that he gets the sense that the Government does not appreciate this. Does he not understand that we have had reports collated from local authorities and people on the ground whose homes and businesses have been flooded as well as from many other sources? The schemes that are at the construction stage are those for the River Wad in Clanmoyle, Dublin,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legal Costs (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am informed by the Director of Public Prosecutions that the following table outlines the details requested by the Deputy. Year Gross Expenditure €000 Appropriations in Aid €000 Net Expenditure €000 2011 €37,820 €1,043 €36,777 2012 €39,890 €1,043 €38,847 2013 €37,145 €996 €36,149 2014 €37,675...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The total expenditure by my Department on photography from 9th March 2011 to 4th December 2015 is provided in the following table: Year Amount spent on photography 2011 (9th March to December ) €28,069 2012 €13,449 2013 Department €6,778 EU Presidency €38,172 2014 €12,750 1/01/15 - 4/12/15 €9,820Photography costs in my Department have reduced...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Relations Contracts Data (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The following table provides details of external public relations firms employed by my Department from 9 March 2011 to 4 December 2015: Year Name of Consultant Purpose of Consultancy 2012 & 2013 Caroline Erskine, Media and Public Affairs Consultant To assist in the implementation of the communications plan for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The following table details the external consultant reports commissioned by my Department since March 2011. Title Company involved Cost Publication date Health and Safety Statement 2011 QTS €1,270.50 2011 Health and Safety Statement 2012 QTS €1,270.50 2012 Health and Safety Statement 2013 and Risk Assessment QTS €1,783.50 2013 PEEP Assessment and Disabled Access...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Advisers Data (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: There are five Special Advisors on staff in my Department. The following table provides a breakdown of gross salary for Special Advisors per annum from 2011 to 2015. Total Gross Salary 2011 Total Gross Salary 2012 Total Gross Salary 2013 Total Gross Salary 2014 Total Gross Salary 2015 €576,153 €586,011 €557,788 €566,878 €574,534

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The 2016 Centenary Programme Office is shared between my Department and the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. In my Department, 1 Assistant Principal Officer, 1 Higher Executive Officer (seconded) and 1 Clerical Officer (seconded) will be assigned to the Programme Office. Expressions of interest for temporary assignment to the 2016 Centenary Programme Office were sought from...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Costs (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: My Department does not procure legal services as such. When necessary, my Department avails of the services of the State Claims Agency and obtains legal advice from the Office of the Attorney General. The legal costs incurred by my Department and the National Economic and Social Development Office from 2011 to 2015 is provided in the table below: Year € 2011 €43,535 2012...

Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: All Deputy Martin is interested in is being able to say the Dáil is obstructing business and cutting people short.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Does Deputy Martin want to go all night for the remainder of the session?

Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Government has important legislation to get through. Deputy Martin said he would be constructive and would support necessary Bills.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Here is an indication of four of them but all Deputy Martin wants to do now is delay matters by calling for a vote on the proposed guillotine.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin should do as he did last week and accept the timescale set out here. He can end the votes and stop wasting time but that is not his intention.