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Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: As I said, the Whip will be as generous as possible.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: We are not going to drag out debate on the Bill interminably.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: I hope that the good lady who took ill is well and was properly looked after, and that she makes a full recovery. We have gone past the stage of what the Deputy has called for. The Bill is in the House and will proceed. As the seanfhocal used to say, "in your father's time", there were secret deals signed between him and the Government about which nobody knew anything. At least we now...

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: I never made any comment in contrary to the good man's character.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: In fact, he and I were very good friends, but while we were good friends, he never divulged to me the secrets of Fatima contained in that document.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: When he opened the filling station in Glenbeigh, he delivered one of the finest speeches I had heard in donkey's years.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The heads of that Bill were cleared in July and the Bill will be published early next year.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The time is fast approaching for a decision in respect of the European element of funding for the Narrow Water bridge. There have been discussions between Newry and Mourne Council and Louth County Council, the Executive and the Government here. We have always supported this in principle. The Deputy is aware of the estimate for provision of the bridge, but the tender which came in was very...

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: That is on Committee Stage in the Seanad.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The first step in the provision of universal health insurance is the free GP care for under fives. The White Paper on universal health insurance, leading towards universal health insurance, is to be published by the close of this year or very early in the new year.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: Long before the Deputy came in here, the late Deputy Vivion de Valera used to raise the question of the appropriations Bill going through in ten seconds every year, and the corresponding amount of money which was voted through without any debate at all. Second Stage is for general observations and issues about a Bill, whereas Committee Stage is for exploration and analysis. I have already...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Eireann) Bill 2013, was published in June 2013, further to a commitment in the Programme for Government. A regulatory impact analysis (RIA) is normally required for all primary legislation but there are certain exceptions to this rule which are set out in the relevant guidelines. As the Bill concerned involved amending the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Remuneration (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the name and current salary of each staff member I appointed, is set out in the table below. The salary cost for Special Advisers employed in my Department is €557,788. The comparative full year figure for Special Advisers employed in this Department in 2010 is €1,072,920. Name Title Salary Mark Kennelly Chief of Staff...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Correspondence (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: There have been a number of contacts over the years to my Department in relation to this case from the family in question and from public representatives acting on their behalf, including correspondence from the person referred to by the Deputy. I formally responded to this correspondence on 28th May, 2012.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The total allocation for my Department in the Estimates set out in the Budget Book for 2014 is €17.931 million. This is an overall decrease of 19% on the 2013 Revised Estimate allocation. The administrative budget has decreased by 13% and programme budget by 30%.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept that. The position as outlined is that the design and focus of this budget is to get this country out of the bailout programme which it has been in for some time. It is also designed to get our country back working through a range of measures. The objective of the Minister for Health, as I have outlined on many occasions, is to reform the current health system, to bring...

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: Despite that increasing cost the number of insured has fallen by approximately 170,000 over the same period. In the Government's view, taking into account the headline principle of exiting the bailout and moving towards universal health insurance, fairness is the issue. The Government has decided that a subsidy of €200 per adult will be available for all adults across the board who...

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: There is no incoherence here. The Government has been very clear about the budget focus on exiting the bailout and on dealing with the right of people not to have any income tax increases as a result.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is unlike what Fianna Fáil proposed in its own budget for an increase of €500 million. Fairness is involved here.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: What the Government has decided to do is-----