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Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: It has outlined a series of options from Cork towards the south east, and north east towards Dublin. Obviously, it is its responsibility to set out what it considers the best option of a line-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Minister will present to the Government his initial assessment of the 30,000 submissions to consider the implications.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: First, Deputy Healy said the situation was fundamentally flawed. In his second question, on whether consultation was adequate, he said this was flawed. I am not clear on whether-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am not clear about whether Deputy Healy is talking about the proposition of strengthening the grid in our country.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am not clear whether he is saying the proposal to strengthen and improve the capacity of the grid is fundamentally flawed or whether the consultation process is flawed.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: More than 30,000 people have sent in responses as part of the consultation process. They have written letters and made submissions. The test of the consultation will be borne out by the analysis to be conducted by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he goes through all of these.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I read in one of the national newspapers last week a letter by a former worker of the ESB who had worked all his life in close proximity to high-tension lines. He made the point that he had lived - thanks be to God - to enjoy the fruits of his pension for many years. He wondered whether any surveys were carried out on people like him who had worked in very close proximity to high-tension...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The World Health Organization has said the lines do not represent any undue risk. Are we to believe it or not?

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: People always have different views. I have encountered this on so many occasions over so many years on different issues. I suggest to Deputy Healy that we have a very common sense and rational discussion about this. Let us see the analysis of the 30,000 plus submissions. EirGrid has a responsibility to decide its preferred option independently of the Government.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Government has a responsibility to examine the policy that emerges on the best approach to providing the country's infrastructure for the next 50 years. Deputy Healy will have adequate time to make a full and wholesome contribution to that. On the question of whether I believe the consultation was adequate, I am used to dealing with people along these lines. Sometimes, no matter who...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. The programme for Government sets out the detailed and ambitious work programme for the Government, with progress being reported on an annual basis. In the two reports published to date, the Government has reported progress on two thirds of its commitments. The next report will be published in March. The timeline for the delivery of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is absolutely right and perfectly in order to raise questions like that here. This is one of many issues that the Deputy can raise, as leader of his party. The Deputy, having been in the Department himself previously, is well aware of what the situation was and how it has evolved to the point now where everybody starts on the same basis. In other words, there has been no...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The director general of the HSE is examining the issue of discretion in the awarding of medical cards. The HSE set up a group to review how to meet the needs of those with life-long medical conditions, of whom the number is significant. The Minister for Health will report to the House on that review in due course. There were 620 commitments in the programme for Government and of these,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The situation is entirely different to that which this Government met when it came into office. We were blocked out of the international markets. We had no name, no standing, no credibility, could not borrow money, were in hock up to our necks and had quarterly visits from the troika. Even Deputy Higgins should be glad that we exited the bailout programme in December, the first eurozone...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: If Deputy Higgins wants to castigate the Irish League of Credit Unions he should do so.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The comment by the league is an indication that people are now in a position to save some money, but it is not all that we would like because we are still in a very challenging position. The economic engine of our country is in a very different position from three years ago and all of the details in that regard are fully available to the Deputy and to every other citizen and will continue to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin referred to the comments made by the chief executive officer of the HSE on the challenging year ahead. The chief executive officer said it would be a challenging year and that it might not be possible to deliver in full all programmes. As some of them are demand-led, it is impossible for anyone to say in advance what the demand will actually be.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The overall service provided has not diminished in its impact or effect. While costs have been extracted from the delivery of health services, there has been no diminution in their quality. The Deputy claimed the Government had interfered with the HSE's annual plan when it certainly did not. The duty and responsibility of the Minister for Health are to either accept or not accept the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: While it will be a challenging year, I expect it will be one that will be delivered on fully. The Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, has pointed on many occasions to the savings of €25 million made in terms of the eligibility of the over-70s for a medical card, as well as the €23 million savings with other measures concerning medical cards, yet extra moneys are included in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: What I wish to see is a Republic where citizens can be proud to hold citizenship, where the economy is well run, where services are provided for those who need them and where, when a health issue arises, people have access to treatment based on their requirements, as distinct from what they have in their pockets. I wish to see a country in which there is opportunity for young people and, as...