Results 24,481-24,500 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: We do not have a date for publication of that Bill, but I want Deputy McLellan to understand that the Government considered this matter yesterday arising out of the difficulties that many businesses and households are having. A memorandum was produced during the time of the previous Government which made several recommendations. It is important we engage with the insurance industry and that...
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The housing Bill will be this session.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Cowen will hear it again. It will be this session, that is, this session.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The judicial council Bill will be this session. The bank Bill to which the Deputy referred is due next year.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I am not sure what Deputy Healy-Rae's question is.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Local Government Reform Act was completed and dealt with last month.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: As I indicated, the housing Bill is listed for this session. Furthermore, following Deputy Durkan's request, there will be statements on housing to allow Deputies to give the circumstances that apply in their constituencies.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The heads of the criminal justice (legal aid) Bill were cleared back in 2010. It is scheduled at the moment for early next year. The heads of the regulation of lobbying Bill were cleared last week and it will be published this session.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The traffic and transport Bills are scheduled for early next year.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Later this year but it will not be introduced this session.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: This will be tagged on to the DNA Bill. I will inform the Deputy about the exact procedure.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Incorrect.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: No Bill is promised in this regard but the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport will bring any recommendations he has to Government. I will inform the Deputy of the current position and whether work is ongoing on that.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Bill is complicated constitutionally and the Minister expects that it will be published this year. We hope we can adhere to that. However, it is a complicated Bill.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Bill is on Committee Stage in the Seanad. I expect it to progress before Easter.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I will have to advise the Deputy on the current position. I know the Minister has made some recommendations but I will get back to the Deputy.
- Judicial Appointments Bill 2014: First Stage (12 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: No.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I reject the Deputy's assertion that the Minister for Justice and Equality set out to deliberately undermine GSOC. This is a matter on which there has been a great deal of confusion in the last period.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I apologised to the House for the reference to section 80(5); I had misquoted the section of the Act. However, the point is that in regard to the responsibility of GSOC which is to oversee the Garda Síochána, when GSOC initiates a public investigation into a matter of public interest, it can only be about the Garda. In that sense, section 103 states that the commission shall...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Under section 103 of the Act, where an investigation of public interest into the Garda is initiated by GSOC, it is required to report. The Minister for Justice and Equality will go before the Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions. That committee was set up by this Government and it now deals with this purpose. The Minister has no difficulty in going before the committee to...