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- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Economic Management Council met the banks on a number of occasions-----
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and mortgages, lending and access to credit were central issues in the discussions that took place.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Finance also met the chief executives of the banks this month to discuss this very issue. As Deputy Pearse Doherty is aware, we put through the Houses a most complicated item of legislation to deal with personal insolvency. The agency established under that legislation will take up office and begin working with people in the very near future.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: This is a further incentive for the banks and their trained personnel to get down to business, make decisions and arrive at conclusions in respect of the many mortgages that are in distress. This matter is coming to a head because the Government made the decisions to which I refer and forced the banks into a position in which they are obliged to have personnel in place to deal with clients...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: This is an issue that must be addressed. No child in this country should be hungry. I have visited schools and spoken to principals and I am aware that a child is unable to concentrate, study or learn properly if he or she is hungry. A couple of years ago, the principal of a school located not too far from these Houses took the unorthodox decision to involve the parents from surrounding...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: Some €37 million will be spent on the school meals programme this year. A total of 192,000 children will receive meals under the programme. A further €2 million has been allocated in respect of the programme, which is an important consideration. However, I have been visited by parents who have made me aware that some of the wholesome sandwiches and meals delivered to certain...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----we must educate parents in respect of better methods of cooking. We must also seek to discover whether major food brands might become involved.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: In addition, we must consider an extension of the breakfast club scheme. As already stated, however, it is not in the best interests of children that some of the food that is provided each day is being dumped.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: There is a need for restructuring, in which the Ministers are very interested. The fact that €37 million is being spent on it this year - an increase of more than €2 million - and it will deal with almost 200,000 children shows that it is an issue of obvious concern to the Government and the Department. It is one that requires constant monitoring and discussion with principals...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I am not interested in having a row with the Deputy. The point he has raised is very serious. School principals know the background and circumstances which cause such problems which are many and evident across a number of issues. It is a case of being able to have a flexible scheme. The Deputy is aware of the need for sensitive treatment of children in school, as no one want to see social...
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 1, Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 Seanad - Second Stage. Private Members’ business shall be No. 87, motion re An Garda Síochána (resumed), to be taken at 9.30 p.m. and conclude after 90 minutes, if not previously concluded.
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for publication of that legislation to amend section 37 of the Employment Equality Act 1998. The output and throughput of legislation in the House have been extensive. Much of that legislation has been introduced to meet a requirement because the country is in a programme which has a timeline and is governed by the troika memorandum of understanding. I discussed...
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Bill to amend the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act is expected this session. As I advised the House yesterday, the discussions and negotiations with the European Central Bank are ongoing; they have not been concluded. We expect the matter to be brought to a conclusion before the end of March, the next payment date.
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: We have made it clear that, in the Government decision on this matter, it is the timber and not the land that is being sold.
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The land is retained in State ownership for the people. The forestry Bill is expected in the coming weeks. The Deputy will have ample time to ventilate his views on this. The gentleman to whom the Deputy referred, Mr. Bacon, has been involved in producing reports for the country over the years and the results have not always been as he expected.
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: This session.
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The family leave Bill is expected to be published this session.
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy. The rural transport network is an important element of the fabric of society. I was going to say that the Deputy's belief that the network was in danger might have been why somebody in his county wanted permits for people who might not use the road transport network to allow them to get home.
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: It would have an impact on road safety and lives. I assure the Deputy that this is an important matter. The rural transport network has proven to be of great social benefit to many who would otherwise not be able to get to their local town, for example. We are conscious of the hiring of advisers by Departments. In the case the Deputy mentioned, the fees were for specialist legal advice...
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I am aware that the report was published this morning and that it contains the recommendations to which the Deputy refers. The matter will be considered by the Government in due course. We will publish our decisions following consideration of the report.