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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: As I stated, responsible Ministers and the various agencies that are answerable to them have primary engagement with the social partners, and they meet very regularly. We value those discussions. I take the Deputy's point that there is clearly a need for a discussion on many issues but I do not get much chance, given my job, to do as the Deputy desires. Yesterday, however, I was in Mayo...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: I know that the Deputy shares my view on facilities provided anywhere in the country which improve the lot of patients. On the issue raised, I have spoken to people who have needed dialysis three times a week for eight to ten years, many of whom live in my own county and who used to have to travel to Galway for such treatment. Taking traffic into account and so forth, they were spending...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: No, not formally.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: The individual line Ministers meet with the trade unions and all the other organisations on a regular basis.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: I meet with individual trade union people regularly in various places around the country but I have not formally met with the trade unions.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: He is providing me with information about the Deputy.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Government will honour its commitment in the programme for Government in so far as European matters about trade unions are concerned. The Deputy states that I met with representatives of the Construction Industry Federation and the Irish Farmers' Association. I think this is true. Glanbia is investing more than €200 million in the single biggest agri-investment in the history of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: The consequence of that investment is that there will be 2,500 jobs on family farms in a region from south Leinster right up to Louth. I met with representatives of the Construction Industry Federation and I told them that, just as the cowboys had been weeded out of the agricultural sector 20 years ago, we needed a construction sector that was capable of efficiently delivering high-quality...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: I do not know the details of the suppliers to the HSE and Tullamore Hospital that the Deputy mentions-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----but there are various ways of having that machinery implemented in a way that resolves disputes. Obviously the Haddington Road agreement speaks for itself, as the vast majority of public servants have accepted that process and have engaged in moving on as a country. We have had to deal with difficult and challenging times, but we also have the chance to expand our economy and have more...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: I would not want to have any inequality between Deputy Boyd Barrett and Deputy Healy. I answered this question last week. It is not possible to restore the Christmas bonus. It would cost €261 million and we do not have that money. It has been gone for a number of years and will not happen now. I listen to Deputy Boyd Barrett. I hear him. I listen to those organisations. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: No, I have not.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Government will honour and fulfil its commitment in the programme for Government in this matter. Deputy Micheál Martin mentioned the ESB. I was contacted by many ordinary workers in the ESB who certainly did not want to see a situation where electric power would be stopped and workers would be out on strike. I had no contact with the executive of the ESB or Mr. Ogle. Since my...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: I understand that and do not object to communication. However, I do not want to have a situation where the Taoiseach would be at the beck and call of the parties involved in every situation or where it became the Taoiseach's responsibility to meet all of them. We need to have the capacity to have the channels open but not on every issue that might arise.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: When I was talking about Irish Water, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald spoke about my honeyed rhetoric. I thought she was going to say it was flowing, but she did not. Now she says it is insipid. I doubt if anything I do would be acceptable to her party. However, it is Christmas time and I will allow her comments to pass.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 18, statements on the third report of the Constitutional Convention on same-sex marriage. It is also proposed, notwithstanding in Standing Orders, that (1) the proceedings on No. 18 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 7.30 p.m. and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the opening statement of a Minister or a Minister of State...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: It will be published tomorrow. On Thursday we will have an adoption Bill which deals with an extension of time for the 22 or 23 people involved in Russian adoptions. This is an issue which must be dealt with. We will also deal with the Water Services (No. 2) Bill and the Pyrite Bill. I will have the Whips examine it. I do not know whether we could have initial statements from the main...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is a bit behind. Much of the pressure on the parliamentary counsel system was because of the requirements of the troika. There might be a little more flexibility to deal with these now. I thought universal health insurance might have been in before the end of this session but it will not. It will also be in the next session. Today the Government approved the Minister to go ahead with...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: Yes and they will all be briefed in the coming weeks on developments and progress made with the contract.