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Order of Business (19 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: The heads were approved and published a long time ago. The Bill is static but is expected some time next year.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: No, the Bill is on the Order Paper for debate this week and the debate has to be finished before the end of the session.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: Asking the Minister to park the Bill is not a solution. The House will have to deal with it.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: During the course of the debate the Deputy will get all of the detail he wishes to have. Sometimes it can be too much.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Convention Expenditure (19 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: The total expenditure on the Convention on the Constitution to date is €908,000. The Convention was first convened in Dublin Castle on 1 December, 2012 and all of its plenary meetings have been held in the Grand Hotel, Malahide, which was selected following a competitive tendering process. A breakdown of the costs involved in running the plenary meetings up to and including...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (19 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: The following table sets out the total amount paid by the Offices of the Attorney General and the Chief State Solicitor to the specified companies for each year from 2004 to date. Amounts marked with an asterisk (*) are in respect of expert evidence relating to litigation against the State. Year Arthur Cox Matheson A&L Goodbody McCann Fitzgerald William Fry Mason, Hayes, Curran...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Seanad Reform (19 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: On 23 October 2013, I listened in the Seanad Chamber to the views of Senators on how to move forward in relation to the Seanad. I now intend to meet with the leaders of the parties in the Dáil and Seanad to discuss the matter further with them. I will take all of the views into account so that the future of Seanad Éireann can be shaped in a way that will enable it to become a...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: There has been no change in the medical card policy. Nobody is automatically entitled to a medical card. The problem we had in this country for so long was that different health areas allocated medical cards based on different criteria. Everybody is now treated equally, starting here. Nobody is automatically entitled to a medical card. If a parent, parents or whoever has an income in...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: He asked if the child was entitled to appliances and aids and the provision of services on the basis of his needs, as distinct from an illness, via a determination based on discretion. To answer that I would need to have the facts in front of me.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: I can sympathise with the mothers of Ronan and Katie. Deputy Martin mentioned the Fine Gael political gathering in Limerick. Nobody told me the person involved wanted to meet me. I spoke to several people on the way in. That is not the issue. The issue is that Deputy Martin has a right to ask a question here about two children and a walk that is taking place regarding their discretionary...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: There is no change in the policy. Nobody is automatically entitled to medical card. Issues such as income and discretion apply after that. Because of all the cases that were brought to light here I called HSE to the Cabinet sub-committee. It put together a communications system for dealing with sensitive cases. Deputy Ó Fearghaíl may laugh.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: I was getting sick and tired of information floating around without reality. One sits down and deals with each individual case. I do not speak for the director of the HSE. He sat down with this mother on two occasions, whether to discuss the details of this case or little Ronan's circumstances I do not know. I do not have that information, but I will find out for Deputy Martin. There has...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: I can give Deputy Martin the number of discretionary medical cards that were allocated this year. Twenty thousand newcomers were allocated medical cards on that same discretionary basis. Deputy Martin is entitled to ask the question. In many of these cases, where a determination is made on discretion, the person involved might be entitled to a long-term illness card which gives them aids,...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: Anyway, it would be unfair to outline the circumstances that apply in an individual case in that detail.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: Bravo, Deputy Martin - strong talk. The Deputy was the person who, as Minister for Health, signed the working time directive. He was the one who said he would have the problem sorted out by 2004. Ten years on, this is another mess which has been left to us to clear up. The European Commission decided to bring the country before the court as a result of the Deputy's gross incompetence and...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy makes the charge that there has been a change of policy, but let me assure him that since the start of the year some 100,000 new medical cards have been granted, of which 20,000 are discretionary medical cards. The Deputy left behind a most unholy mess of a structure that we now have to change.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: Some 20,000 new discretionary medical cards have been granted this year alone. Under the system I have changed, with the communications element of the HSE, where something of this nature is required, the HSE deals with each individual case. The Deputy can wave all the paper he likes, but there has been no change in the policy on the issuing of medical cards. Nobody is entitled to a medical...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: That is the case the Deputy raised.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is entitled to raise the case. Unlike his predecessor who said to me when I had raised an individual case that it was too facile, I will allow that the Deputy is perfectly entitled to raise a case. This is a House of Parliament. My understanding is that the long-term illness card in the case mentioned by the Deputy does cover the medical condition and requirements of the young...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: I will. Both the Tánaiste and I met Dr. Haass recently in Dublin. He was invited to come here by the Executive and look at the question of flags, parades and the past. He has gone through a listening process and hopes to conclude his engagement, discussions and recommendations by Christmas. It is only appropriate that there be rational and appropriate discussion. It may well be that...