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Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----100,000 new medical cards issued this year-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----and there were 20,000 discretionary cards. We have to have a conversation about this. I am saying to Deputy Martin that, in the process of renewal in a case of a person who is terminally ill, there is a lesson to be learned by the HSE. A person who is deemed and verified to be terminally ill-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----is not suddenly going to have his or her medical condition changed.

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: There needs to be compassion and an effective understanding of how that card is to be renewed if it is a full medical card. In the case of a discretionary card, clearly, that is where discretion kicks in, but this is not that case as I understand it. I do not know whether Deputy Martin has better information than I have, but my understanding is that Ms Fleming-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----is entitled to a full medical card and what is involved is the process. I do not blame her partner for being annoyed if it is a case that there were calls from the HSE about verification of the illness. Once it is verified that a person has a terminal illness, whatever that illness is, we have to have an understanding how to put in place an effective renewal process which takes that...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: Aontaím leis an Teachta maidir lena ndúirt sé faoin Athair Reid. Chas mé leis cúpla uair agus tá a fhios agam go ndearna sé obair dian, iontach i leith próiseas na síochána, ní hamhain sa Tuaisceart, ach i dtír na mBascach, sa Spáinn freisin. Níor chas mé go pearsanta leis ach cúpla uair, ach bhí...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: There is a process to be followed here. The process is that the Government decides on the budget and puts it through the Oireachtas. The HSE responds to the Minister for Health in respect of providing a health service plan to implement the effective running of health services based on the figures given to the Department in the budget. The Minister for Health has three weeks to reflect upon...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: As I have already pointed out to the Deputy, the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and the Department of Health are currently examining the plan. The Minister for Health has a statutory requirement to respond to the plan and he will do so. The Minister's job is either to approve the plan or approve it subject to amendments. That process is...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy wants to ensure that I get something myself, he should give it to me before I leave the Chamber. I will be happy to respond.

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: A veritable river of material comes into the Department of the Taoiseach every week. I cannot, and do not, see every single item. Therefore, if the Deputy wants to give me something again, he should make sure that I get it myself personally.

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: We always live up to our obligations. Week after week for a long time Members raised in this House the issue of the promissory note and the requirement to pay €3.1 billion per annum for ten years to Anglo Irish Bank. The Government in its negotiations through the Department of Finance and the Central Bank with the European Central Bank arrived at a position whereby this has been...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: Lest the Deputy thinks the previous Government would have done things differently a number of years ago had it had the opportunity to do so, that is not the case. Given the circumstances with which we were faced, the Government, including the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform and the Central Bank, put a cogent case to the European Central Bank in respect of the decision...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 38, inclusive, together. I participated at the European Council on 24-25 October, the outcome of which I reported in detail to the House on 6 November. I also travelled to Paris on Tuesday, 12 November for the second conference on youth employment in Europe at the invitation of President Hollande. I was accompanied in Paris by the Minister for Social...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: I will be happy to accommodate Deputies.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: For somebody who aspires to the leadership of her party and does not believe at all in Europe, Deputy McDonald makes a long speech about a lot of issues. She asked me what happened in respect of the decision on the bailout exit. The Government made a clear, precise and courageous decision, arising from the sacrifices made by the Irish people in recent years, about the formal closure of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: We discussed that. I do not mind doing it another way.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: I understand that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: I repeat my offer to have priority questions for the leaders of the Opposition.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin has asked quite a lot of questions in his contribution. He is correct that €60 million is available under the direct recapitalisation from the European Stability Mechanism, ESM. It is well recognised that a €60 billion capacity for financial assistance is included in that mechanism. The single supervisory mechanism is a precondition for direct bank...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: I am referring to their capacity to have information to deal with potential bomb threats, for example. That information strategy is the responsibility of the Garda Commissioner and the Chief Constable. From that point of view, most countries are anxious to move on. Chancellor Merkel made it perfectly clear that we want to focus on the future and that there should not be a cessation of the...