Results 21,461-21,480 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: What is the Deputy saying?
- Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I intend to see that any appointments that are made are absolutely transparent and accountable to the House.
- Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The heads of the children's Bill were cleared on 23 April and the Bill will be introduced later this year. The betting Bill the Deputy referred to was published last year but so many amendments were required that it had to be redrafted and will probably be republished during this session.
- Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Bill will be redrafted and published in this session.
- Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I suggest the Deputy put down a Topical Issue matter on the second issue he raised. I know the Deputy attended the committee hearing on postmasters and the report is with the Minister for his consideration. He will bring his response to the Government and the House.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I wish to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to provide the costs in the time available. I will write to the Deputy with the information requested as soon as it is available.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I met Mr. Tom Donohue, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, on Thursday April 18th 2013, for a courtesy call. Mr. Donohue was in Dublin to speak at a conference organised by the US Embassy, at which I delivered the keynote address on the importance of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The prospects for an EU-US trade agreement was the main topic of discussion...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The table beneath provides the information requested by the Deputy in relation to the number of personnel in whole-time equivalent terms in my Department and the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), the only State Agency under the aegis of my Department: Salary Band Department of the Taoiseach NESC Less than €20,000 2.58 0 €20,001 to €30,000 43 0...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The table beneath provides details for the category of staff referred to by the Deputy who received overtime from 2007 to date and the amounts involved. No overtime was paid to Secretary Generals or Special Advisors as overtime is not payable to staff in these grades. Overtime Paid Name 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Ann Marie Durcan, Personal Secretary € ...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Irish Language Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committe on Irish and the Gaeltacht was established in 2011 and has met six times.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I, like millions of others, read the story of the actress Angelina Jolie and her decision to have a mastectomy, as well as her statement to her children that their mammy would always be the same. She made her decision based on the risk of death, as her mother had died of ovarian cancer. This is of particular interest to a cohort of women in this country and around the world. The demand...
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The working group has a function. I have no wish for it to be like working groups in the past, which did not do anything other than make a report.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: As Deputy Martin is aware, this issue concerns the lives of women here. It is also true to say that if a general practitioner anywhere in the country has a concern about someone in his surgery who may be in this category, he will not say to her that he is sorry and that she will have to wait 18 months because of his concern that she cannot be screened. If the GP has a genuine concern that a...
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: We are all interested in this. We need to understand and assess the numbers waiting for 18 months for assessment. Are they all for this particular category? Am I to understand that if a GP has a person in his surgery this morning, he must say that he is sorry and that they cannot do anything for the patient for 18 months despite the fact that she may have a serious possibility or...
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not have all the details of all these to hand this morning. However, I assume the working group-----
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Yes, a GP can refer someone.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: We have had cases-----
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is aware that the breast screening system which operates here is one of the most effective of its kind.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Cases have come to my clinic involving those covered in the private sector who were advised to go through the public hospitals and actually got treatment there very quickly.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: People who are at immediate risk can be referred by their GPs for immediate screening where there is a risk and a probability that they may well be in this category. I assume that the working group will assess all of these figures and realities. At the moment, if a GP has someone about whom he has a genuine concern to the effect that she may be in danger of being caught by this type of...