Results 25,301-25,320 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: Let us be clear that I do not speak for any reporter on RTE. If the memo the Deputy speaks of was circulated then I would have assumed that a very competent reporter, like the one speaking on "Morning Ireland" this morning, would have had the details of what was contained in the memo. She was obviously very clear in the fact that she did not have the details to which the Deputy referred.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: You have had your say.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy makes a charge that memos were circulated to the media.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: We are talking about fairness, affordability and a workable scheme to provide infrastructure for the next 50 years for business and domestic consumers alike. The average charge as set out by the CSO's rules means that the bill for an average meter charge next January is €60. What it means-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: When I said to Deputy Martin that the Government had not signed off on a memo, on a proposal from a Minister, it means that the Government has the right to discuss all of the issues surrounding that, including vulnerable groups, affordability, assessments, metering, standing charges and all these things. I take very little notice of those who are opportunistic hypocrites, of which Deputy...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: Here is the Fianna Fáil four-year programme, which stated that it would transfer water services provision to a water utility and prepare proposals for implementation as appropriate with a view to start charging in 2012 and 2013, with an average charge of €400.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: I agree with Deputy Adams that the imposition of any new charge is always difficult for people. We recognise that, but I also recognise that 18,000 people have to boil drinking water every day. I recognise that this city is struggling to meet its daily capacity requirements.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: I recognise that there are 20 treatment plants around the country that are completely inadequate. I recognise that the infrastructure in so many places is grossly inferior to what it should be, so people have to deal with inferior, infrequent and poor supplies. The only way that can be dealt with is by having an entity that is entitled to borrow money to provide that infrastructure,...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: The average household charge in Northern Ireland, including water, is €980.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: Sinn Féin did not put a stop to that. They welcomed it with open arms. The taxpayer here pays €1.2 billion for water systems through 34 different local authorities. The system is not consistent or up to standard and it will never be up to standard until sufficient money is available to invest in infrastructure. The Government is unable through the Minister for Finance and the...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: If there was no subvention as proposed by the Government, the average domestic charge would be €580. Service level agreements, etc., are matters for further discussion. I do not accept that there should be 12 year service level agreements and I have said as much in the House before. The Deputy should also take into account the prospective 25% reduction in staff over the next five...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: I commit to having the Government discuss the range of issues we will have to discuss to make this as fair and affordable as possible. I also commit to have a full-scale debate in the Dáil, or in an appropriate committee, once the matter is finally decided. I also commit to ensuring the business plan is published and debated after it has been put in place.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: There is a process starting tomorrow with the regulator, who has to discuss and have a public consultation about the structure of the tariff to be involved here and later about the details of how that is going to apply.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Government has to give policy directions to the regulator and it will do so. As I have said, the Government's discussions in the next period will focus on how to make the important figures which have not been signed off on, as explained by the CSO in respect of the maximum subvention which determines the average meter charge, as affordable and fair as possible.
- Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 3, Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 20, statements on the White Paper on Universal Health Insurance. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the following arrangements shall apply in relation to No. 20: the statements of the Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for...
- Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Government will be quite happy to facilitate a debate when it has made its final decision on all of these matters. I will be happy at that stage to point out the differences between the Government's approach, which brings about an average metered charge, on the basis of figures supplied by the CSO and so on, of €240 per annum, as against Fianna Fáil's position that it will be...
- Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: I am not proposing a more liberal regime in respect of Cabinet confidentiality.
- Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: I expect every member of the Cabinet to live up to his or her constitutional responsibilities in so far as confidentiality is concerned, and I am satisfied they all do so. Regarding GP training places, young GPs emigrating, difficulties being encountered by the medical profession and so on, these are all part of the discussions that are taking place between the Minister of State at the...
- Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: I am aware of the Deputy's interest in these matters. The situation in so far as negotiating rights are concerned is the subject of a court case to be determined and, as such, I cannot comment on it. The Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, is meeting and consulting with general practitioners throughout the country on the issue. The health (general practitioner medical service) Bill was...
- Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)
Enda Kenny: Maidir le hAcht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, cuireadh na cinn don Bhille nua os comhair an Rialtais trí sheachtain ó shin agus foilseofar an Bille an seisiún seo. Maidir leis an mBille eile, the housing (miscellaneous provisions) Bill is due to be debated in the House in May.