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Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: That will be in this session as well.

Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: I will have to come back to the Deputy on that matter. There was an immediate response on humanitarian issues.

Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: There was also assistance for white goods and flooded houses. As regards the engagement with the insurance industry, including the Insurance Federation, where flood defences are being put in or are planned, there is no reason that insurance companies should not provide insurance in terms of the risks involved.

Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yes. I will have to revert to the Deputy on this specific question.

Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: Work is under way to reform and consolidate the Domestic Violence Act 1996. It is planned that the reformed legislation will include provisions on emergency barring orders and safety orders. These reforms are needed to enable Ireland to ratify the Council of European Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, which is known as the Istanbul...

Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: I will have to investigate this for the Deputy. The Bill has been on the Seanad Order Paper since 2007 but has not moved. I will consult with the Leader of the Seanad to see what is going on over there.

Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: There is a solution to all problems in regard to people in mortgage distress, be they members of a particular sector or not. However, it requires a working out of what are termed sustainable solutions - in other words, what arrangements one can make to enable people to get on with their lives without having a crushing weekly burden. It requires an engagement between both the lender and the...

Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for the publication of that Bill, but I will advise the Deputy on its state of progress.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (25 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: My Department has no designated Information Officer. The responsibility of overseeing data protection in my Department is the responsibility of Corporate Affairs Division. All records and data, electronic and paper based, held in my Department are maintained in compliance with the provisions of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (25 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: There are no semi State companies under the remit of my Department.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: The House is discussing a serious matter and a serious process has been put in place to deal with matters outlined in documents the Deputy gave me last week. At that time I said I believed he was right to give me those documents, and he was correct in doing that. It does not mean he was right in everything else, from my point of view, in his charges about maladministration and incompetence...

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: ----- of what the connections and the communication to Sergeant McCabe were. Obviously Sergeant McCabe had a different perspective on that. The Minister, Deputy Shatter, will be answering questions again at the end of this series of statements. I welcome the statement from Sergeant McCabe in respect of the process that is now in place. Deputy Martin asked me the question yesterday, and I...

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is focusing on a political point.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yes he is. The Minister has said he respects whistleblowers - he said that in his statement.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: He is not satisfied with the Act which has been in place for some time and is now in the process of being changed. I am glad the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality will hold public hearings on how this might be restructured or reformed so that, based on the lessons learnt from all of this, it will not happen in the future. The Deputy, as the leader of his party,...

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: From his perspective, he set out what his understanding of that was. Other people can have a different view as to what communications-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----they received from the commission or whatever might be.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin knows-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----that a much more serious issue are the allegations that were made by Sergeant McCabe in respect of the much publicised tragic case-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----of the murder in Limerick, but also allegations of Garda incompetence and misbehaviour in regard to assaults and other issues. That is the much more serious matter that we need to deal with here.