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Constitutional Amendments. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: I commend the Taoiseach for the efforts he has made to date in meeting all the leaders of the EU and accession countries. If it is possible, it is particularly important that this matter should be concluded during Ireland's Presidency of the EU. Personally, I would not regard it as a failure of Government ——

Constitutional Amendments. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: The Ceann Comhairle is being very touchy because ——

Constitutional Amendments. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: Allow me to explain. They are quite obvious. The first question is about constitutional matters. The Chair knows as well as I do that if the Taoiseach in his capacity as President of the EU is able to conclude the IGC, the matter will have to be put to a constitutional referendum of the people.

Constitutional Amendments. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: I am talking about constitutional matters. The Chair knows that if the Taoiseach can conclude this matter successfully, it must then go before the people by virtue of the fact that they must vote on it.

Constitutional Amendments. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: This is a constitutional matter.

Constitutional Amendments. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: I have but the Chair has refused to allow me to elaborate on my point. Does the Taoiseach consider that during this Dáil a situation will arise where the people will have to vote on a constitution, hopefully to be concluded during the Irish Presidency? I hope that question is in order. In 2003, the Taoiseach stated that he would be willing to hold a constitutional referendum on property...

Constitutional Amendments. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: At that stage the Taoiseach will be in the gallery.

Constitutional Amendments. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: I would like to ask a different question, which the Taoiseach answered before. The all-party committee recommended that the right of emigrants to vote in national elections — to the Dáil — should be confined to those who are ordinarily resident in this jurisdiction, and I support that. Will the Taoiseach confirm that he accepts that recommendation of the all-party committee? It remains...

Constitutional Amendments. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: I accept that.

Constitutional Amendments. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: It would be a job to canvass them all.

Leaders' Questions. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: Last year I had the opportunity to meet the relatives of the victims of the Omagh bomb. This was one of the most sobering meetings I have ever attended. Over two hours, people made their case cogently that what they are in pursuit of is the truth. Why, the day before we debate the Nally report in the Dáil, has a visit to Omagh been arranged suddenly for the Taoiseach? Is this just a cynical...

Leaders' Questions. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: I am well aware of the time the Taoiseach has spent over the past number of years dealing with the Good Friday Agreement and the attempts to bring about a peaceful solution to the problems of Northern Ireland and cross-Border activities. Will the Taoiseach confirm if he is to meet with the families of the victims of the Omagh bomb in Dublin, at an appropriate time convenient to him? Will he...

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: Is that a guillotine, or is it simply the adjournment of business of 10.30 p.m.? We are opposed to guillotines.

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: Regarding the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Bill 2003, in December 2002, the Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, clearly said that he intended to put an immediate stop to public service recruitment and reduce public service numbers by 5,000 by 2005. It has now emerged that public service numbers——

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: ——have gone up by 20,000 in the last year. Is that a cause of concern to the Taoiseach, and is the matter to be addressed in the context of putting the Bill before the House?

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: Twenty thousand members of the public service have been recruited.

Electronic Voting: Motion (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting the Government's failure to: —consult with, or seek the agreement of, the other parties in Dáil Éireann for the fundamental change in our electoral system involved in the extension of the use of electronic voting to all constituencies and electoral areas for the European and local elections; —establish an independent electoral commission to oversee...

Electronic Voting: Motion (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: We are moving this motion collectively because of the urgency and gravity of the matter in hand. This is not a matter of mere technology. We are debating the quintessence of democracy — how we, as democrats, elect those who govern us. We are addressing the power, significance and value of the individual vote. We are examining a development that can affect the security and accuracy of the...

Electronic Voting: Motion (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: The Minister should ask the public.

Electronic Voting: Motion (17 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: I have never heard such mush.