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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: Clearly, the conditions set out in the Good Friday Agreement for any Border poll mean they do not exist at present. I would be happy to have an engagement with Members when it becomes clear as to the agenda for and structure of the talks and to engage with all the parties and those Members of the House who may have constructive suggestions to make.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy. I should think that, when one meets the existing bodies that are in place here, there is a great deal of work that can be done. I do not think one needs to form new bodies for the sake of doing it. That is always the case, be it with Waterways Ireland, InterTradeIreland or the agencies that are in place. There were quite a number of new faces around the table the other...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Adams for his comments. He can take it from me that, while he might feel we have not done all that we should do in respect of Northern Ireland, we take a real interest in it. He may be able to help us because there seems to be an attitude in Northern Ireland that says that Deputy Adams, as the leader or president of his party, does not allow the Deputy First Minister to make...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: The fact that both Governments are getting involved in setting up talks means that we are concerned about what has happened and what has not happened. The people voted for devolved responsibility and authority to be given to the Assembly in Northern Ireland, and that devolved responsibility was given. The problem was related to the working through of that authority and responsibility....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: No, actually. As I said to the Deputy before, I devote one Monday in the month to Cabinet sub-committee meetings and, occasionally, if people are not available or whatever, we have them on a different day. I find it is better that way. One has timelines and issues that need to be dealt with. No one doubts the scale of the challenge facing any Minister for Health. I recall the Deputy...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Oct 2014)

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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: The issue of waiting lists, to which the Deputy referred, has been in the news in recent days. I have heard authoritative sources from the HSE address this question. The manipulation of waiting lists has been denied both by the Minister and the HSE and they are very clear on that. The Deputy knows there is a €500 million overrun in the HSE and the Department of Health this year, so...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I answered that. To clarify, people who lost their medical cards under the discretionary system and had them restored need not worry. They will continue for as long as necessary.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet sub-committee deals with a range of issues about health, whether general expenditure, the HSE implementation plan, the development of concepts such as money follows the patient, strong primary care and community systems, the hospital groups and their development to a point where they will make recommendations in due course about services and how best they can be provided, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 to 20, inclusive, together. As Deputies will be aware, the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, William Hay, has announced his intention to resign as an MLA due to ill health. I know that I speak on behalf of all in this House in wishing the Speaker well and thanking him for the dedication and service he has given to the Northern Ireland Assembly. I...

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I expect the Garda authority will be set up before the end of the year. The person who is appointed chairman will also be in a position to contribute in respect of the advertisements that have been placed for the appointment of a new Garda Commissioner. I understand Deputy Wallace was invited to Farmleigh to discuss the concept of the police authority but was unable to attend on the day....

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I do not disagree with the principle of what the Deputy is saying. The decision by the Government to set up an independent police authority is a radical change from what has applied since the foundation of the State. It is a change we intend to follow through, and it will be a litmus test in many ways for the independence and authority of the new body. The advertisements have been placed...

Appointment of Minister of State (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I wish to announce, for the information of the Dáil, that the Government today assigned Deputy Dara Murphy as Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality with special responsibility for data protection. This is in addition to his responsibility for European affairs and data protection at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on health last met on 29 September and the next meeting is scheduled for early November. The committee has met on 27 occasions since this Government came into office in 2011.

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

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Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

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Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----knock on the doors and say, "We're opposed to water charges". This is the usual Sinn Féin stock; it is also opposed to property charges. In respect of water, it had better revise its budget submissions because it will cost an extra €850 million. What will it do for USC, income tax, PRSI and so on? No bonuses have been paid to anyone in Irish Water and the chief executive...

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: As I said to Deputy Martin, the regulator has instructed that it reduce its costs by €170 million, some 8%, between now and 2016. I do not share Deputy O'Dowd's view about Irish Water. I have to admit there certainly were teething problems, both in respect of the perception of the spend on this and the breakdown of that detail, and the inability in many cases to communicate the...

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----and they will find it from the rich or something like that.

Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am disappointed that the Deputy did not come in with his party's budget today and I am even further disappointed that there is no mention that there is a charge of €850 million involved in that. No bonuses were paid, and no bonus will be paid to the chief executive. There is a pay freeze until 2016 and the regulator has requested a €179 million reduction in its cost base,...