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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: The total expenditure by my Department on photography from 9th March 2011 to 11th June 2015 is provided in the following table: Year Amount spent on photography 2011 (9th March to December ) €28,069 2012 €13,449 2013 Department€ 6,778.00 EU Presidency€38,172.26 2014 €12,749.90 1/01/15 - 11/06/15 €3,204.27Photography costs in my...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (16 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: The following table provides details of external public relations firms employed by my Department from 9 March 2011 to 11 June 2015: Name of Firm Purpose 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 and Associated Projects Q4 Public Relations Support...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Consultancy Contracts Data (16 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 and 149, inclusive, together. The total amount spent on external IT consultants by my Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 to date is as follows: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 € 11,711 € 18,679 € 0 € 2,560 € 0 € 0 My Department does not have any ongoing IT consultancy contracts in place.When IT...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Parliamentary Questions (16 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147, 148 and 160 together. Every effort is made by me to give a full and comprehensive reply to Deputies for each parliamentary question tabled to me. Each answer is checked for accuracy by officials in my Department before the draft reply is forwarded to me for finalisation. When answering supplementary questions during Question Time in the House, if the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (16 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: The information is contained in the following table: # Number of appointments to State boards under his Departments remit made since March 2011 to date Number of vacancies in State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011 to date Number of vacancies in State boards under his Department's remit publically advertised since March 2011 to date in 2015 Number of appointments to State...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Requests (16 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: The information requested in relation to requests received by the Department of the Taoiseach under Freedom of Information from 2009 to 2015 is set out in the following tables. # Total FOI Requests Granted Part Granted Refused No Records Withdrawn 2015* 120 18 45 6 10 2 2014 173 37 89 14 17 16 2013 91 20 40 9 11 11 2012 153 43 61 14 15 20 2011 98 28 52 3 11 4 2010 110 41 44 5 12 8...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Process (16 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 152 and 153 together. The only Bill initiated in my Department since 2011 was a referendum Bill - the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013. This Bill (number 63 of 2013) was published on 6 June 2013, before the formalisation of the pre-legislative review process by Standing Orders which came into effect in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Expenses (16 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: The total amount spent per annum by my Department on subsistence payments to staff and on taxi costs from 2011 to 11 June 2015 is provided in the table: Year Subsistence Taxi 2011 €27,487.01 €41,174.93 2012 €38,803.34* €30,273.37* 2013 €46,802.27* €28,609.89* 2014 €45,636.17 €24,828.37 1 Jan - 11 June 2015 €16,835.65...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Consultancy Contracts Data (16 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: The table details the external consultant reports commissioned by my Department since March 2011. Year Name Details Cost 2011 QTS Health and Safety Statement 2011 €1,270.50 2012 QTS Health and Safety Statement 2012 €1,270.50 2013 QTS Health and Safety Statement 2013 and Risk Assessment €1,783.50 2014 QTS PEEP Assessment and Disabled Access Review €307.50 - -...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: International Summits (16 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 158 together. The EU - CELAC summit of Heads of State and Government took place in Brussels on 10th and 11th June on the theme "Shaping our common future: working for prosperous, cohesive and sustainable societies for our citizens". The format of the Summit involved two working group sessions and a discussion session. I attended both working group...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: I have not spoken to the Leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party since the recent election in the UK. I last met with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the British Irish Council Summit in the Isle of Man last November. I will meet with her again at the British Irish Council Summit which is convening in Dublin this Friday 19 June.

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: No.

Joint Committees: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, two or more Joint Committees, in accordance with their orders of reference, may hold a joint meeting or meetings in this Dáil to consider the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), an EU-US trade agreement currently under negotiation.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 25 September 2014 setting out the rota in which questions to members of the Government are to be asked, questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence:Minister for Finance Tánaiste and...

Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of the Terms of the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), done at Bonn, Germany, on 26 January 2009, a copy of which was laid before the Dáil on 6 May 2015.

Fiscal Responsibility (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: No.

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2015: First Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: No.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: The heads of the Bill are being finalised at the moment and it is expected that it will be published later in the year.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Bill will be later this year, but the presentation or publication of the Bill should not prevent the system from being able to treat people where they need treatment. The opticians and experts who work in the area of cataracts have quite a deal of work completed and have a very heavy work programme. The wait for the publication of a Bill should not stop people from getting the treatment...

Order of Business (9 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: The recommendations of Moriarty were grouped into five categories, namely, political funding, company law, Revenue matters, regulation and tribunals of inquiry. The Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012 was enacted by the Oireachtas on 28 July 2012. It brought into force restrictions on corporate donations and considerable reductions in the maximum amount a political party...