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- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The law is very clear on this.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: If the person in question is unable to complete the breathalyser test-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and there is a reasonable excuse here-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----it is the decision of the garda in question in consultation with his or her superior as to what to do.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Shatter committed no offence at all.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: There is a difference between this particular incident and that of Deputy Wallace. Let me remind Deputy Adams that no report was generated by the garda involved.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: This is a matter for the garda involved. Contrary to all of the assertions made here, clearly no report was put together by the Garda.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Shatter will be here this evening to deal with the Fianna Fáil motion of confidence and he will answer everything.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams has long experience of dealing with gardaí-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and there is a difference between the cases of Deputy Wallace and Deputy Shatter-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----in that an offence was committed by Deputy Wallace which he understands, and in Deputy Shatter's case no offence was committed-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and the garda was entirely entitled to do as he or she did.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Government was very conscious of the fact that it would put in place a process that would not divide the country. In my view, the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, Deputy Jerry Buttimer, did a first-class job in chairing that committee's hearings.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: As he requested, the hearings were temperate, considered and well-meaning from different perspectives. As the Deputy is aware, the Chairman of the committee does not prepare the Bill. The purpose of the hearings was to have reflection, analysis, views and a consideration of the heads of the Bill that were approved by Government. The heads of the Bill were based on a number of important...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: No. The position is that we are required to clarify the circumstances under which a medical intervention is possible where the life of a mother is threatened. We are required to provide legal certainty in respect of the X case. The general prohibition on abortion in Ireland is restated in the heads of the Bill. This Bill is about saving lives, not ending them. It does, and will, provide...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Staff Numbers (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Currently, 29 members of staff in my Department are work-sharing. This represents 14% of my Department's total staff. In considering requests to participate in the Civil Service work-sharing scheme, my Department considers its operating requirements and endeavours to tailor workloads to allow for flexible attendance patterns that accommodate the business needs of my Department and the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Staff Numbers (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Government welcomes the Haddington Road proposals. Obviously, I am very grateful to the Labour Relations Commission for the work its staff have put into this, particularly the chief executive officer. Each union now has draft regulations for its own rules and procedures. The Government has published legislation which we must enact in any case to implement pay reductions and other...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Staff Numbers (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: As I said to Deputy Ó Fearghaíl, when somebody seeks one of these arrangements, every effort is made to accommodate that person irrespective of the sector in which they work or their level, in accordance with what I have said here. While Haddington Road sets out the collective agreement for the Civil Service and the non-commercial State sponsored bodies, NCSSBs, some of the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Staff Numbers (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I will have to give Deputy Adams that figure. I am not sure of the breakdown between male and female but I will send it on to him.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Council, NESC, is the only State agency under the aegis of my Department. The NESC provides guidance to Government on strategic issues for Ireland's economic and social development. Since coming into office on 9 March 2011, I have made appointments to the NESC. The appointments were made in accordance with the National Economic and Social Development Office...