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Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: I would first say that if the Deputy checked the record he would find that in the past 12 months at least 12 to 16 Bills collapsed in this House because there were no speakers from the Opposition.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Kelleher might suddenly come to life and say this is not true but it is true. I can produce the list.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: There were not sufficient speakers from the Opposition to fill the time. That is the first point.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin mentioned the matter of the abolition of the Seanad. I would love to see a situation where we could have a position where the Government would send the heads of Bills to committees.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy never listens.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: You never listen.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy might listen to what he voted for, if he wants some of his own medicine back here.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: Of course you did. The Deputy supported a position when a former Member, Mary O'Rourke, whom I heard on the radio recently, brought in a report about the Seanad. The Deputy could have implemented all those reforms if he had wanted to do so. He and a former Tánaiste, Michael McDowell, had three years to do that but they did nothing about it. Second, he put in place a system where he...

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Fianna Fáil working group that the Deputy voted for and supported wanted 15 minutes for the Order of Business, two hours advance notice of Leaders' Questions and holidays from mid-July to mid-September.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin was centrally involved in the discussions with the former Minister, John Gormley, and the former Minister, Tony Killeen, about the position in so far as the abolition of Seanad Éireann was concerned, but when he had the opportunity he did not deal with it.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: I am talking about the Deputy and the abolition of the Seanad.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: In fairness Deputy Martin, the best comment I heard about this came from Deputy McGrath-----

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----a la Winston Churchill, when the Deputy said we will fight this on the beaches, on the streets, in the constituencies, in the House and around the country. Deputy McGrath will be welcome in all parts of the country to deal with his proposition.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: I also listened to Deputy Ó Snodaigh talking about the same thing and I recall Deputy Doherty, in his strident comments, saying that he had used the opportunity in the Seanad to further the causes and the politics of his party. He said some people might find that hypocritical. He went in there, he said, to use the system but at the same time he called for its abolition. Deputy Ó...

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: I want to be clear on this, I will deal with the question of guillotines. We have had at least 16 Bills where the Opposition failed to provide sufficient speakers. We are going to move to a position very shortly-----

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----where this Dáil will have to work far more effectively, have to use the hours we are in here far better in terms of both the legislation and the work that we have to do.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: I give Deputy Martin my assurance that I would like to see a position where-----

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: Bills were guillotined previously. Time after time the Opposition has failed to provide sufficient speakers for the debate to extend to even the time that was proposed for a guillotine.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: On the proposal to construct a new prison in Cork adjacent to the existing prison, development consent for prison development is sought under Part 4 of the Prisons Act 2007, under which major prison developments are subject to a special approval procedure rather than the normal planning process. The main steps involved are written ministerial direction that Part 4 applies, the preparation of...

Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Minister proposes to move a draft Oireachtas resolution under section 26 of the Prisons Act 2007 to give development consent for the proposed new prison in Cork. After the resolution has been approved, it has to be confirmed by an Act of the Oireachtas. The confirmation Bill will be published after the resolution is passed. The Minister is anxious that the resolution be passed by both...