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Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: We have apologised, we are doing something about it and we are fixing the problem, not just in this case but for all others for many years ahead.

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I was responsible in two ways, first as leader of the Fine Gael Party and second as Taoiseach. In respect of the Fine Gael Party, I have already pointed out that the system that the party had in place internally was not followed through. I noted reports today in some of the newspapers suggesting, for instance, that members of the executive council of Fine Gael were disappointed that there...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: My job is to lead a Government that is sorting out our finances and get our country turned around. I would have thought the Deputy might want to talk about the live register figures this morning but he does not.

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I have listened to the Deputy's comments and he made three points. First, he mentioned about asking a Minister to make an appointment. Second, he mentioned telling a Minister to make an appointment and, third, he said that a candidate had expressed an interest in being appointed. I have dealt with all of this and I have accepted responsibility. I have apologised for the entire process. I...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I will tell Deputy Martin one thing now. I am actually sick and tired of a position where we have had a flawed process for years in this country. Because of the flaw in the process, people who want to give service can be labelled as lackeys, hacks or cronies. This is the forum of the Dáil. I heard a name on national radio this morning of a young man appointed to a State board who...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I saw him grow from a primary school lad to the adult he is now. That young man has a B.Sc. honours degree as well as an M.A. in innovation and management. He did his stint in Brussels. As many other students did, he worked in a bar for the summer.

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: He applied for a job with a multinational.

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I want to make the point. I am going to make the point. He applied for a job in a multinational with cloud computing. There were 5,000 applications and less than ten were accepted of which his was one. The point I am going to make to Deputy Martin is one that he will appreciate. He wanted to do his public duty and give service but because the firm does not give him time off, he took ten...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: The answer to that question is that there was no instruction given to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. She herself read his qualifications and credentials and appointed him, as she was entitled to do, as a member of the board.

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: As John McNulty said himself, he did not know at the time he was appointed whether or not he was going to be a candidate for the Seanad.

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: He was a person who was being considered for nomination but he did not know. As far as I am concerned, we need to move on. This was a flawed process.

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I tell you lads, if you want to have a long debate sometime over what happened over the years we can do that but it is not for today. This process has been flawed and will now be fixed. I want to see a situation where people in our country, wherever they come from, who want to serve on boards and do public duty can do so without being branded because of the flawed process. They should be...

Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: The value for money report to which the Deputy referred was commissioned by his party when it was last in government. The Minister has the report and will consider it.

Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Minister is dealing with the matter of small schools in the first Topical Issue shortly. I do not know the details of St. Christopher's Care Centre. I understand the Deputy will raise that by way of parliamentary question or Topical Issue. I will mention to the Minister for Health that the Deputy has raised it on the Order of Business.

Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy raised a valid point. The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council is independent and it was set up by Government to be objective and provide independent analysis of its view of the state of the nation economically. The Deputy will have read the report and the recommendations of the council. The same applies in respect of the IMF, the Commission and many other financial institutions and...

Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----and we are in the process of preparing for the budget on 14 October. The Deputy's request is that the finance committee should discuss this.

Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: We have a pretty packed legislative agenda, but I will report to the Chairman of the finance committee. There is no objection here at all. These are all public reports. There are many different views even within them as to what decisions should be taken. The Government will sit down and make decisions at the end of the day and that has got to be done in the next week to ten days. I will...

Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: The health reform Bill is a major piece of work that the Minister is looking at. There are several blockages in the system in respect of patients being taken in. This is about hospital management, as Deputy Wallace is well aware. Over the coming period the new Minister for Health will report on the progress of the health reform Bill and perhaps bring the committee up-to-date. Deputy...

Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Construction Contracts Bill has gone through the Houses, as Deputy McGrath is aware, but I gather the implementation body is not fully operational yet. I assume the Deputy is referring to a recent dispute with a construction firm not too far from here. I will send Deputy McGrath an up-to-date report on the current situation. There is no date for the publication of the family courts...

Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: The broadcasting Bill is due for early next year. The health situation is always challenging, especially with a very substantial overrun this year. The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, is now engaged with officials from his Department as well as the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and his officials to try to work out the best option for the budget for 2015. I have already answered...