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- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Government and the Dáil will consider all of the reports of the Constitutional Convention and will debate them here, as is right and proper----
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: ----and as already committed to by the Government.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I am well aware of the outcome of the vote.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: We will consider all of the convention reports and will discuss them here in open session, not in secret rooms as used to happen before.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: That Bill is not due until next year.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is a piebald question. Several matters must be considered but the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is examining this from an animal welfare perspective. I will update the Deputy on the favourites in due course.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill was passed years ago.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: If the Deputy checks the digital archives, he will find that Bill. It was passed several years ago.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill is due before the summer. In respect of the other matter that the Deputy raised, the last time I had contact with some of the survivors of the Stardust tragedy, they informed me that their legal advisors had new information to present. I advised them that their legal advisors should present that information, if it is new, and I understand...
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I have already referred to that Bill, which is due later this year. I have also already commented on the issue raised by Deputy Broughan.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Deputy McDonald raised a number of questions. We have already dealt with the Bethany Homes-----
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: We already dealt with the Bethany Homes issue. That has been confirmed as not being akin to the Magdalen situation by Government. The Government has made a decision on that - not just this Government, but a previous Government. The Magdalen laundries issue is being dealt with very effectively following the judicial report into it and payments are being made. The Minister has already...
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Of course.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The health reform Bill is due this session. The Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, spent six hours in the company of people who lost their babies in Portlaoise hospital. He has made it perfectly clear that following receipt of the chief medical officer’s report, which will be given to him shortly, he will consider the question of a completely independent investigation by HIQA. The...
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Bill is still on the Order Paper. A motion has been submitted for it to be withdrawn but that has not been activated yet. Many amendments have been tabled. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, will inform the House of his intention to draft a new Bill, given the range of amendments that are already there.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I agree with the Deputy that autumn has come and gone. Spring approaches. I am informed by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs that the legislation will be presented to the House in the coming weeks. A few legal issues remain to be clarified.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Legal Services Regulation Bill is on Committee Stage next Wednesday.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: It will come back when Committee Stage is finished.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Committee Stage must conclude before the Bill comes back to the House.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The committee must finish with the Bill. I expect Committee Stage to be finished next week.