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- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I expect next week. I will send the Deputy the full details.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Healy-Rae for his comment in regard to the new year. As the Deputy is aware, the situation in so far as post offices are concerned is now the subject of very well-regarded business development group under the chairmanship of Bobby Kerr, who understands the retail business exceptionally well. I would say to the Deputy that the Government has no policy of closing post offices.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: The only people who can protect the future of post offices are the communities who use them. The Government has already outlined the opportunities and options open for consideration as to how post offices can be maintained. Believe me, the Government does not want to close any post office. The only community that can keep them on a sustainable path is the local community. It will not be...
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: It will be in this session.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is not necessary. Our country is in a very different position from Greece. This matter has arisen because there is a general election in Greece at the moment.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: We have exited the bailout programme and our country is able to borrow money at 0.86%, which is very much down from the bond yields of 15% a number of years ago. The situation is that the decision of June 2012 was one that was made by the European Council to clean up the enormous economic mess that was left to this Government as a legacy. What we are trying to do is in the interests of the...
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Stanton made the observation that there should be a short period allocated for discussions in respect of the incidents in Paris. He is Chairman of the committee dealing with justice matters. The Constitutional Convention made a recommendation that references to blasphemy should be removed from the Constitution and the Government accepts that. That referendum will not be held this...
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: There will be one relating to a reduction in age of eligibility for the office of president.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: The people's Constitutional Convention did not decide observations on priority for referendums. It made recommendations on elements that should be considered for referendums.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: There are to be two referendums.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: One relates to marriage equality and the other relates to the presidential issue. They both came from the work of the Constitutional Convention.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: Similarly, the question of blasphemy arose from the work of the convention. That referendum will not be held this year.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: With regard to the water services Bill-----
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----we can expect the heads - it will be a short Bill - before the end of the January.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I hope that will be enacted by the end of February. With regard to the general practitioners issue, it is expected the legislation for those over 70 will be dealt with in the first quarter of 2015 and negotiations are ongoing with the GPs with respect to those under six.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I have answered that.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I answered it.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: There will be four or five heads in the water services Bill and they will be produced before the end of January for the Government. I hope it will be enacted by the end of February.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I was happy and privileged to represent the Irish people in Paris this week after an atrocity based on terror and fear. The demonstration of support by the ordinary citizens of France and the leadership of the European Union demonstrated the importance of why we have a European Union. The case in Mullingar was sensitive. It was a personal case and was not a case of turning a blind eye to...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Coppinger should bear in mind that the family involved requested privacy. She can understand they do not want this individual case discussed in the Dáil. I respect their request for privacy. There are two referendums to be held in May, one on the question of the eligibility limit for the Presidency, which was a recommendation from the people's Constitutional Convention, and a...