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Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: There is no disconnect between my words and what we know is happening on the ground. In the past 12 months we have had some 16,000 individual start-ups in this country, which shows the motivation and ambition of people to get up and work. There is a churn every month of 36,000 on the live register, which indicates that people move off the live register into the world of work....

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The unemployment rate has dropped from 14.5% to 13.8%. After the Order of Business today I am going to Naas to turn the sod on a €100 million investment by the Kerry Group which will create thousands of jobs in the coming years in a world-class food innovation centre. This is part of the programme for the agrifood sector which is worth over €9 billion currently. In addition,...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 19, Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 - Order for Report Stage and Report and Final Stages; and No. 20, Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 - Order for Report Stage and Report and Final Stages. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. and shall adjourn not later...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Whip will deal with that matter. I take the Chair's point in respect of the staff. We agree with it.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I understand an extensive number of amendments have been submitted. As many of them are connected to each other, they have, therefore, been grouped. Amendments can be discussed individually or in groups and can be voted on in groups. Therefore, I am not sure of the point being made by Deputy Micheál Martin. Very few Bills in the past 40 years have been subject to such extensive...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: We will review it at the sos this evening.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health is at the Estimates committee this morning. The health information Bill is due for later this year. The publicly funded GP scheme is also due later this year as part of the approach towards universal health insurance. In respect of the private health insurance business, the Minister and the Department have been engaged with the private health insurers over the past...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: On the adoption (information and tracing) Bill, there are a number of very complex constitutional issues involved. The Minister would expect to have the Bill before the end of the year but I am not sure how completely the range of constitutional questions that arise can be dealt with. The Bethany Home issue is still under consideration by the Minister for Justice and Equality. I have seen...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I will ask the Minister for Justice and Equality. It is a different situation than applied in the case of the Magdalen Laundries and that is why it is still being considered by the Minister. I will bring the Deputy's interest and the comments he made a fortnight ago to the Minister's attention. There has been a lot going on in the drafting of justice legislation in the past period. The...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I understand the Bill is awaiting Committee Stage and that it is a matter for the committee to decide when it can be taken. That is the delay at present.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure whether the Deputy is talking about an existing Bill. There are two housing Bills, one for later this year and one for early next year. The issue of anti-social behaviour is one that is raised by many Deputies. I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, to respond to the Deputy in respect of the housing issue.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I understand that was a pilot report. The other report to which the Deputy referred was cleared by Cabinet yesterday.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I do not have a date in respect of the criminal procedure Bill. I understand Second Stage of the electoral (amendment) Bill to which the Deputy referred was ordered last Friday.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure of the extent of Government amendments to the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill that are required to be published following the consultation process which took place. These are serious matters and it is not simply a case of saying they will be published by Wednesday week or whatever. I cannot, at this time, indicate the extent of the amendments that will be introduced...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel provided revised drafts of the provisions of that Bill which relate to the amalgamation of the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority on 28 June. In addition, the office sent a memorandum to the Department regarding certain legal issues on 21 June. A response to most of the issues raised was conveyed back to that office on 8 July. In...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: That Bill is expected to be published later this year.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: This was one of a series of recommendations by the Constitutional Convention. The Whips have arranged for a discussion on the first report of the convention next week, which includes this particular issue. Yesterday the Government accepted in principle the recommendations made and, in line with our undertaking in this regard, we are giving an indicative timeline for implementation of the...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The heads of the criminal justice (corruption) Bill have been referred to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. I inquired this morning about the ongoing situation in regard to Priory Hall and am sorry to tell the Deputy that it is still tied up in the courts. I hope it will begin moving a little more rapidly toward a conclusion for the people involved.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: As I outlined to Deputy Pat Deering, the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel raised a series of very detailed questions on the media merger provisions of that Bill on 25 June, which are being consider by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: As I stated in response to Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, there will be an opportunity next week to debate the first report of the convention. Yesterday the Government approved in principle the recommendations of the convention, with an indicative timeline to deal with those recommendations, and possibly others, of the end of 2015.