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- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: It will set out very clearly how services should be provided in the future with much greater impact and to the benefit to those who receive these allowances. It will not be like what went on in the past as Deputy Martin will be aware.
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin sat over here on this side of the House and refused to do anything about a scheme that was blatantly illegal.
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: That is Deputy Martin's record. He said he would stand by his record.
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: Does Deputy Martin stand by his record? His record was one of refusing to recognise the facts and to deal with the truth.
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: The information plan will be published tomorrow. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has not brought his recommendations for changes in technology and requirements to deal with broadcasting before the Government yet. I will come back to Deputy Martin with an update as to when the Minister might expect to do that.
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: The first Bill referred to by Deputy Adams is known as the Dunne judgment. The heads of that Bill will come to the Government shortly. It is expected to be published in this session. It is important legislation because of the context of the pressure on the Government in working with the banks and the Central Bank in dealing with mortgages in distress and the opening of the Personal...
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Government has decided to introduce a local property tax which will be applicable from July. The mechanics of this will be operated by the Revenue Commissioners. In response to Deputy Mattie McGrath's particular question, in so far as housing estates are concerned, those exempted from the €100 flat rate local charge will generally be exempted from the property tax. The Water...
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: The consultation process on this Bill began on 1 February and will close on 1 March. Following this, we will have the Bill later in the year.
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: The heads of the Bill have not yet been finalised and, therefore, it has not been discussed at Cabinet yet. When the heads are prepared, it will be brought to the Government and go back to the relevant Oireachtas committee.
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: As the Deputy is aware, the document is a Labour Relations Commission document. It was published in full yesterday. The commission has experts available in respect of the minute detail of any aspect of its paper. The unions are now in receipt of the document. They will consider it and ballot their members in the tradition that each union adopts. If Deputy Pringle has any particular...
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister has not brought his recommendations in this area before the Government yet. Deputy Healy-Rae will be aware that with changes in technology, people receive information and news in a much-expanded form compared to what they had been used to years ago.
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: That was approved by the Cabinet yesterday and the Minister will report progress shortly.
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: I expect it will be maybe eight to ten weeks. I trust Deputy Lyons will not tie me down to a specific date, but we will keep him updated.
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: It has not been discussed at Cabinet yet. There is no date for publication, although a good deal of work has been done on it. I will keep Deputy Durkan updated.
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: I have not had time to study the details of the decision of the High Court this morning. However, I can inform Deputy Doherty that work is very well advanced in the Office of the Attorney General in respect of the freedom of information Bill. I expect it will be published this session. Deputy Doherty referred to the Mercer report. I am informed by the Minister for Finance that it will be...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin should reflect on the situation that has evolved here. In view of the requirement to have an extra €3 billion of savings by 2015, the take from public pay is €1 billion between now and 2015, as 35% of spending goes on the public pay bill. The situation is that the unions and management negotiated this over a number of weeks and the LRC put forward its...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is advisable that we in this House express our respect for the trade unions which go about their business in representing their members in the best way possible.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: Some nurses were represented at the talks; others were not.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: The case Deputy Martin mentions may be a person who works a very different pattern of work than an average worker every week and may be at the extreme end of increments and premium payments. The point here is that these negotiations were the first and the most detailed. They were spread out across the spectrum, from those who earn the most to all of those under €65,000-----
- Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----who are not having any direct pay cuts applied to them. Everybody will make a contribution to reaching the target set here, which is about sorting out the public finances, getting the deficit down to 3% by 2015 and making arrangements that every person in the public sector, from the highest to the latest recruit, would make a contribution towards what is essentially a national...