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Order of Business (26 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I do not want the Bill to be unduly delayed, but I want it to be given proper consideration in accordance with the process I have set out. When the Minister for Health is ready, following the information hearings, to bring the heads of the legislative foundation to the Government, he will do that. They will then be sent on to committee for proper debate and discussion. I do not want to set...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Do not ask me to tie it down to before or after a certain date. As I stated previously to the House, this is an important and sensitive matter, but I do not want anybody to think it is being long-fingered indefinitely. When the Minister has prepared the heads he will bring them to the Government and we will deal with them and send them to committee for consideration.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I do not have an answer before me but I will ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to provide the information for the Deputy. This is a matter of considerable interest to the people who occupied Priory Hall. I will ask the Minister to update the Deputy on the current position.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: International Summits (26 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) is attended by political and business leaders and heads of international organisations and provides a unique forum for debate and discussion on a wide range of topics of global economic and political interest. I attended the 2013 annual meeting in Davos from 23-25 January. Details of my programme are set out below. The primary purpose of my...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Enterprise Statistics (26 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The information sought by the Deputy is not available for the past four years to date but is available for 2006 – 2010. The latest CSO Business Demography returns for 2010 were released on 22 June 2012 and the tables below provide data on business start ups and active enterprises for the sectors requested. The terms used by CSO are "enterprise births" which refers to new business start...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Agencies (26 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 150 and 151 together. The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the only State Agency under the auspices of my Department. In 2012, the salary of the Chief Officer of the NESDO was €170,546. This included an allowance of €24,355, being 16.66% of salary in lieu of superannuation. Including the Chief Officer, five staff...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I was interested in the Deputy's comments at the weekend that when one disagrees with something, one always proposes an alternative. I will be interested to hear what he has to say about that. The Deputy has a brass neck to make a political football out of an issue which is very serious for the people concerned. He sat on these benches and reduced the blind person's allowance not once but...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin says the decision of the Government is incomprehensible, wrong, unprecedented and scandalous and was unannounced and that he will stand over his record. Here is the record.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: In December 2010 he sat at the Cabinet table.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The then Minister for Health and Children prepared a memorandum for the Government following a review of the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant by her Department. She decided to close the mobility allowance scheme to new applicants and abolish the motorised transport grant with effect from 1 March 2011.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Does the Deputy stand over his record?

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The then Government was afraid to face the truth and there was an election. The Deputy knew, following the comments made by the Ombudsman, that the scheme was not in compliance with the Equal Status Act or the Disability Act and, therefore, not in compliance with the Constitution.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: However, that was nothing new to the Deputy's party which was described years ago for what it was.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Government set aside almost €11 million for the scheme for this year. That money is ring-fenced.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Yes, it is. What we want to do now-----

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin stands over his record of refusal to deal with reality. The reality is that these schemes are not in compliance with the Equal Status Act, the Disability Act or the Constitution.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The issue is how to deal with this when one ring-fences money for this purpose. What is required is for us to rise to the challenge of creating a new scheme to provide access to transport for the persons who need it and leave money in situ for that purpose. That is what the Government decided yesterday.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The reality is that Deputy Micheál Martin wants us to continue with a scheme that is deemed to be illegal under the Equal Status Act-----

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----and outside the definition of disability today. The world has utterly changed since that circular was issued in 1979 and we are now charged with dealing with this. The money has been provided for the people who need this service and it will continue to be ring-fenced for that purpose.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: In the forthcoming period the person appointed will meet all the federations and groups. The Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, and the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, met the Disability Federation of Ireland last Thursday and officials met the Irish Wheelchair Association and the Disability Federation of Ireland on 12 February. The officials and the Minister of State have...