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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: There were occasions in the past where people were rewarded with appointment to the Seanad on the basis of services they had previously rendered. What we want to do in this House with the revamped committee system is to engage with civic society and the sectors of civic society which were left out of the analysis, preparation, consideration and implementation of the laws of our land. Nothing...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 4 to 19, inclusive, together. The events of recent months surrounding disputes over parades in particular and the tensions and disorder they have provoked, alongside the unresolved issues of how to deal with the past, are exerting a harmful and even regressive effect on politics and community relations in Northern Ireland. That is why I very much welcome...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy McHugh made a point about the further potential for North-South engagement. As a Border Deputy, he will be well aware that the facilities which now exist, including the North-South Ministerial Council, the non-formal connections between Ministers and Ministers of State on cross-Border issues and the connections between agencies and organisations on either side of the Border, have...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No.14, motion re membership of committee, and No. 22, statements of appreciation in respect of the life and work of Seamus Heaney. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. and shall adjourn on the adjournment of Private Members' business, which shall be No. 114, motion re education, and which...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: The health (general practitioner medical service) Bill will be discussed at a Cabinet sub-committee in the next fortnight. It is being presented by the Minister of State with responsibility for primary care, Deputy White.

Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Minister of State will report to the Cabinet sub-committee on whatever progress has been made or whatever discussions have taken place. Legislation has not yet been prepared in respect of the question of the appointment of a Clerk of the Dáil. There is legislation governing this going back as far as 1959, and I am of the view that this should be an open competition. Clearly, the...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I do not have any objection to a debate on North-South issues. It might be useful at an appropriate time. A number of contacts are being made with the First Minister, Deputy First Minister and different Ministers, and that might help the process in so far as up-to-date information about particular issues is concerned. I answered a question from Deputy Martin about Narrow Water Bridge. I...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I understand the matters to which Deputy Dowds referred will be the subject of a presentation by the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, at the Cabinet sub-committee next Monday. However, it does not take a particular day for there to be, in accident and emergency wards around this country, a situation which, to put it mildly, is not very nice. Some 2,000 beds every night are occupied in...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I believe there are 27 Bills on the A list for this session, including both NTMA Bills. Work has gone quite some distance on the regulation of lobbying Bill to which the Deputy refers but it will be early next year before it is introduced.

Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I will have to return to the Deputy on that. The Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, is dealing with it and I will advise the Deputy on the position.

Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: The question raised by the Deputy was also raised by Deputy Naughten, and is due for answer in a parliamentary question tomorrow. I do not have the details of that answer. The business expansion scheme, BES, is related, including exclusion of particular areas. The Ceann Comhairle has clarified the position on speaking rights. We have an action plan, No. 2, for jobs, containing 332 action...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I have spoken to the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, about the greyhound industry, in which he takes a passionate interest. I will have him advise the House as to the progress being made on the preparation of that legislation. The Deputy is aware that the Government wishes to deal with housing assistance payments as an incentive to getting people off the live register and back to work...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for the noise nuisance Bill. I have referred to the housing Bill. Work has been undertaken on the national paediatric hospital development board (amendment) Bill which will be the subject of discussion at Cabinet sub-committee in the near future. The Minister for Health will outline the progress being made. I believe all information on the legislative programme is...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is doing a great job. I already answered that question. The Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, will engage with the Cabinet sub-committee next week in regard to this matter.

Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I believe that report will issue in the coming week or so. I will confirm this when I have the news from the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Troy is well aware of the potential of the natural facility we have in terms of mean wind speeds in particular locations around the country, including many locations in the west. There is an issue of contention balanced against this potential source of energy and jobs for the future. I am sure the issue has been raised already under the Topical Issues debate. It can be debated at...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Troy is talking about Ministers being able to provide answers to questions during recess periods. This has never happened before. I have ideas about how it might happen now, but this country effectively closes down in August in delivering elements of the public service in this respect. I am quite sure that the leader of the Deputy's party will raise it with me when I have the chance...

An Appreciation of the Life and Work of Seamus Heaney: Statements (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I would like to welcome Michael, Seamus's secretary, Susan, and her husband, Ciarán, to the House. As Friday mornings go, it was busy. Those with young families were out early, buying the last of the books and lurid lunchboxes. Everybody here was making calls, lists and readying offices for the start of the new term, all of us noticing the change in the light. All day, word of his...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 103 and 104 together. The Cabinet Committee on Mortgage Arrears has met on nine occasions since March 2011: 1. 14th March 2012 2. 3rd April 2012 3. 24th April 2012 4. 15th May 2012 5. 5th June 2012 6. 25th June 2012 7. 19th July 2012 8. 5th November 2012 9. 14th January 2013 The Cabinet Committee on Mortgage Arrears and Credit Availability has met on four...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Infrastructure has met on 14 occasions since the Government took office. The work of the Committee includes the implementation of commitments in the Programme for Government in relation to NewERA and infrastructural investment. It is supported by a Senior Officials Group which brings together the key Departments.