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- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is a system that he appears to want to defend, continue and perpetuate. It is very necessary, with the rise in population, the longevity of people now-----
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----and changes in medical systems, that we move to a single-tier system of health.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: This works in most other countries in Europe, and what will apply here will be a system that is very suitable for our needs here in Ireland.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy mentioned private health insurance. The Minister for Health has said on many occasions that the McLoughlin report, for instance, pointed out way after way for private health insurers to reduce costs. The VHI increased its cost by 2% while others went up by 13% or 15%. This will have an impact on everyone in the country. We want to get it absolutely right.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: It will be central to this radical change to the way health services are delivered. That is why the Joint Committee on Health and Children will play a central part in dealing with the preparation and analysis of the baskets of services to be provided.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: Everybody will understand that what is involved is equity in access to treatment on the basis of medical need, as distinct from what one can pay and, in terms of community rating, those on lower levels subsidising those on higher levels. This is a serious piece of restructuring of the health service and I accept that we have to get it right. I do not want to see a situation where everybody...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: Members of the Deputy's party used to speak about exorbitant charges for this, that and the other.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: Yes, we will publish it very soon.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: In the next couple of weeks.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: I did.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: I did not tell him there would be an increase of 320% and I do not accept his figures. This is about getting it right because it is going to apply to every person in the country. Everybody will have a say and Deputy Micheál Martin can defend what he wants - an inequitable system that is grossly over cost and not working in the interests of the people.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: I have had some engagement with Stardust survivors in the past few years and raised the issue on a number of occasions when I was on the other side of the House. In the recent past, anytime I have been in contact with survivors of the Stardust, I have been accused of not telling the truth or it has been said I should produce information or evidence that would alter what has already been...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: I know where Deputy Adams is coming from and I accept the genuineness of his question. Any time I have met the relatives of the Stardust victims, it was obvious that their pain was still palpable. We understand that. If Deputy Adams advises the legal person that the families have employed to send me his evidence of what is different, new and warrants further analysis, I will consider...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----and if that is available to the legal person, I invite the families to make a submission to me on that basis and I will consult with the Minister for Justice and Equality on the basis of that evidence, new or different, on how it might progress this matter.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: The point the Deputy has raised has been raised with me and the Government by a number of Deputies from all parties. I was on Merchant's Quay some time ago with Deputy Catherine Byrne where I met some of the homeless community. I understand the pressures they are under. Deputy Joan Collins is well aware that almost 100,000 houses were built in Ireland during the so-called Celtic Tiger...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is wonderful for Deputy Collins to point out that there are 90,000 people on the housing list; we know that.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy wants an immediate response. I am sure she understands that Dublin City Council or any other local authority cannot just move in on a site tomorrow and say a specified number of houses are to be built there. Things do not work like that in reality. This is a fuse that has been burning for quite a number of years. The Government is left to clean up another mess here. That...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: We recognise that the construction sector-----
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Cowen for his comments.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2014)
Enda Kenny: The fact is that there are now 90,000 people on the housing list and they need accommodation. Every Deputy present knows well the pressure on families to move out of apartments that are too small to detached homes, particularly in greater urban areas.