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- Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The economist the Deputy referred to has produced several reports during the years in which certain proposals were outlined but it was not possible to follow through on them. I expect this Bill will be produced in a matter of weeks and we will have plenty of opportunity to debate it here.
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for that but I will send the Deputy a note on the current position.
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I am unsure of the details discussed at the meeting last night, but the Deputy has raised the matter with me as he said he would - as has the Minister, Deputy Bruton - and has completed his commitment to the group. Seriously, the Government is concerned about every job and is interested in the opportunity to create as many jobs as possible. The views expressed at the meeting will be taken...
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not know who owns the boat. This is the first I have heard of it.
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not know the situation that has arisen whereby the men are being kept in Tralee. Clearly, if they are due legitimate wages, they should be paid. I am unsure of the situation with regard to deportation, but I will ensure there is some communication with Deputy Ferris in this regard.
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The heads of the Bill were approved in July last year, but it has not come back from Government for approval yet. I assume that work is being undertaken. Clearly there is an issue arising with regard to the type of case that Deputy Butler mentioned.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Meetings (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: Neither I nor any of my officials have met any representatives of the tobacco industry in the last six months.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Jobs met 8 times in 2012.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Service Reform Plan Update (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: My Department has no responsibility for any of the Bodies listed in Appendix IIa of the public service reform document published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 17 November 2011.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: This is not a matter for any individual teacher in any school.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister devolved greater responsibility to each school in respect of career guidance and the opportunities for schools to restructure their teaching staff. The report to which the Deputy refers is very welcome. I hope that its guidelines will be implemented. It is part of an overall approach to dealing with this problem which causes a great deal of stress for young people and which...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and the whole school community is involved in this depending on the numbers involved, or the individuals who might be vulnerable. The Minister is also confident that the guidelines will assist schools in providing the guidance and support that is needed. It is a matter of great concern and interest to everybody. The Minister has tried, given the constraints on him, to have a whole...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy is aware that guidance provision is now managed from schools within their standard teacher allocation rather than separately, as had been the case. Schools continue to make provision for guidance and counselling and such decisions are made by principals in the best interest of their students. They know them, their environment and their interests and will have the best regard to...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I read the story in today's newspaper about the couple aged 82 and 85 years. From its different chapters throughout the country I am well aware of the work of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which does an enormously important job in difficult circumstances. It is true that in these straitened economic times more people have turned to the society; the figures do not lie. However, Deputy...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Pearse Doherty is welcome to the House as a properly elected Member from Donegal. He will realise that in the almost two years since the Government took office a sea change has occurred in respect of this country's reputation-----
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and its economic position. He will also be aware of the actions taken by the Government in the context of restructuring the banks and making decisions that have improved the capacity of the economy to grow. The Deputy has often made mention of the fact that we lost 250,000 jobs in the private sector, many of them in his own county and the surrounding region, in the three years prior to...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The reputation of this country internationally has been restored to a level of credibility which has not obtained for many years. This is evident in the consistent stream of foreign direct investment into Ireland-----
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----in the reduction in our bond yields from 14% to below 4%-----
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----in the interest of the European Investment Bank in our plight and in the stimulus package which was announced and which is now under way in many schools throughout the country.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: These developments arise on foot of decisions taken by the Government to improve the disastrous situation in which it found the country when it came into office.