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Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Office pays for staff membership of the following organisations: Organisation Memberships in 2011 Law Society 109 Irish Centre for European Law 1 Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development 3 Irish Agresso User Group 1 British and Irish Association Law Librarians 1 Association of Chartered Certified Accountants 1 In 2011 the Office paid €11,858 in relation to these memberships.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The work outsourced by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions under the category general operative mainly involves the provision of internal and external mail delivery and collection services and the operation of general office machinery such as franking, guillotine and shredding machines. When plans to move the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to a single site have...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The following lists show the amounts paid by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to Counsel and to State Solicitors in each of the past five years. There are some differences between the totals of the list of fees to individual barristers shown below and the totals of amounts broken down by Court type supplied in the answer to a question from the Deputy on 27 March. For 2010...

Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: Parliamentary Questions relating to the proposed water charge should be addressed to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, who has responsibility in the matter.

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not sit on any formation of the EU Council of Ministers. I am a member of the European Council, which is a separate institution. I attended all meetings of the European Council in the period in question.

Written Answers — Legal Services: Legal Services (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: Seventy nine Senior Counsel have been briefed in 334 cases since January 2011 to end March 2012 while 235 Junior Counsel have been briefed on 2,400 cases in the same period. It should be noted that both Senior and Junior Counsel may be engaged in the same case. The following table shows the breakdown of counsel briefed: Number of cases Senior Counsel 35 1 18 1 17 1 14 2 13 1 11 1 10...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: No retired civil servants have been re-employed by my Department.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: No public servants who have retired from my Department have been re-employed.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the only State Agency under the aegis of my Department. The NESDO was established under the NESDO Act 2006 and is the body corporate for the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). NESDO has a limited internship scheme in place for graduates in the general areas of economics, commerce and social sciences. Because of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: No retired public servant is working in an established position in my Department or the National Economic and Social Development Office, which is the only agency under the aegis of my Department. One person who previously retired from the public service is employed in an unestablished position by my Department and is paid an annual salary of €119,795 per annum. The employment contract of...

Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: We will have had ten hours debate on Second Stage-----

Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is a requirement that the motion is taken to discuss amendments that were not part of the published Bill. While the motion refers to the four groups - the Government and the Opposition parties - the amendments on Committee Stage will be taken all day tomorrow and until 3.40 p.m on Thursday. They are taken in sequence and every Member is entitled to speak on those amendments, including...

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: I assure Deputy Martin that I can empathise with every parent in the country who has a challenge and a changed set of priorities once it becomes obvious to them that a child born to them or under their care has a particular set of problems. As Deputy Martin is well aware, the vocabulary changes entirely and also the entire emphasis of a family changes in respect of what might be the best...

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----with the range of problems that affect children. I know from my own experience that parents of children who are deemed to be on the autistic spectrum can face a range of difficulties, some of which create significant challenges. However, some children progress very well and I refer to young people who have been categorised as autistic and who have graduated from third level colleges....

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is quite well aware that a review or evaluation of any entitlement either brings change or a continuation of the status quo. I reject his charge that the Minister for Social Protection and the Government are targeting autistic children.

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The chorus is very strong today. I reject that charge. As the Deputy is well aware, there is an evaluation process for every entitlement. If he is talking about a review of the evaluation process, that is always taken into account.

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: An evaluation process brings with it an eligibility of conditions that apply. I reject out of hand the Deputy's assertion that the Government is targeting autistic children-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----to remove deliberately a consideration from them that they currently have. I do not know what group of parents Deputy Martin met.

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is fine. I meet others around the country regularly but I did not meet that group today. I have no objection to receiving that material from the Deputy and we will respond to it. I want the Deputy to understand, however, that I do not at all accept the question of deliberately targeting autistic children. Over many years, there has been an evaluation process for every entitlement or...

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: First of all, I am grateful to Deputy Adams for his generosity in recognising that we all have birthdays. In this Government, there are two such occasions on this date.