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Order of Business (7 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Bill in question is awaiting Second Stage in the Seanad. I do not have the details but obviously people will reflect on what they believe it should contain before and during Second Stage.

Order of Business (7 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: No such debate is promised. However, the matter will obviously feature in some of the debates that will take place in the coming weeks.

Estimates for Public Services 2014 - Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Supplementary Estimate) (7 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: I move the following Supplementary Estimate:That a supplementary sum not exceeding €2,000,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2014, for the salaries and expenses of the Department of the Taoiseach, including certain services administered by the Department and for payment of grants and...

Estimates for Public Services 2014 - Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Supplementary Estimate) (7 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: This motion is about the €2 million required for the Fennelly commission of investigation. The Government will have to consider terms of reference for the Guerin recommendation for its commission of investigation. That is a separate matter.

Estimates for Public Services 2014 - Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Supplementary Estimate) (7 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputies for their contributions on this.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (8 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: I move:That Dáil Éireann approve the nomination by the Taoiseach of Deputy Charles Flanagan for appointment by the Commission, constituted as provided for in Section 2 of Article 14 of the Constitution, to be a member of the Government.Acting on my advice, the President accepted yesterday the resignation of Deputy Alan Shatter as a member of the Government. Following this, and...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (8 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: Today, the private sector is creating more than 1,200 new jobs every week. Each job created is another small step on Ireland’s road to recovery. I fully realise the challenge that lies ahead. There are still too many people out of work and too few opportunities for our young people to give vent to their creativity and to progress. That is why this Government of Fine Gael and the...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has become all seeing and all knowledgeable about all things of late. I recall a departmental official going before an Oireachtas committee on two occasions confirming that the Deputy had been told about a particular report a number of years ago, about which he had denied all responsibility. Perhaps the Deputy recalls it.

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Guerin report has been published. After some independent Deputies raised these matters in the first instance, I considered the matters serious and I treated them with gravity. The Government appointed Mr. Guerin to produce a report, which has been published, and this morning the Cabinet made a number of decisions regarding it. First, we decided to establish a commission of...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: As I said, Deputy Martin knows it all.

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: It was two years after the former Minister, Deputy Shatter, raised the questions arising from Donegal that the then Government was forced into establishing the Morris tribunal at an exorbitant cost to the taxpayer, following which little was enacted.

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Government made a number of decisions today.

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Guerin report was exceptionally critical of GSOC, and was critical of the Department of Justice and Equality and the Garda Síochána regarding the analysis, operation and management of these matters. Therefore, when this important matter was raised here, we took it very seriously and acted speedily, decisively and clearly regarding what must be done. We need a Garda force with...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: I dealt with the question on a number of occasions last week and I will take no smart comments from Deputy Healy-Rae.

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: We have decided to put in place a protocol for dealing with numerous historic and legacy issues that are beginning to arrive on the desks of Deputies and Ministers. We need to deal with those. We need to put in place a process between the Minister and the Attorney General for dealing with those historic and legacy cases. As I pointed out, the Cabinet agreed to the Minister's recommendation...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: I have already stated on many occasions that those people who have issues which need to be brought to public attention in doing a service will be treated with the respect it deserves. The Guerin report has found that, in particular, Sergeant McCabe has been vindicated in the issues he raised. Arising from this report the Government has responded in acting decisively and clearly to have a...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept that from the Deputy or anybody else. In the three years in which the Government has been in office, more was achieved than in the previous 16 years.

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: I point to the catastrophic economic consequences left behind by our predecessors in government, which left our bond interest rates at 15% in July 2011; they are now 2.79%. Approximately 300,000 people lost employment, which brought catastrophic economic consequences on their backs, but we have reversed that process to a point where we are now creating at least 1,000 jobs per week. We still...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----on behalf of the Government, I stated we would treat them with the gravity and the seriousness they deserved. From that we appointed Mr. Guerin, who has produced his report, and we have now confirmed a formal decision to have a commission of investigation into these matters. With the County Cork Bailey case and other related matters, after two weeks we had a Supreme Court judge, Mr....

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----but I beg to differ. The Deputy has continued to reference my quoting the wrong section of the Garda Síochána Act. I quoted the wrong section and I apologised for that to the House. The Deputy accepted the apology then but of course he does not want to do so now.