Results 25,481-25,500 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I saw the Deputy's poster at Malin Head so I know he is interested in the small farmers of the west.
- Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for referencing the small farmers of my native county. He forgets one factor in his analysis of the agricultural sector, which is productivity. The original intention from many of the former eastern bloc countries was to have a flat rate payment across the board. Were that to happen productivity in this country would drop drastically. One cannot equate a 300 acre farm in...
- Leaders' Questions (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I know it is Deputy Flanagan’s intention to be at Lake Garda himself. Good luck to him with the electorate. They may well decide to send him there for more reasons than one. The Deputy is perfectly entitled to raise his case. The environmental scheme I mentioned, introduced by the Minister, puts €1.45 billion into the pockets of small farmers mostly and smaller entities,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 37, inclusive, together. These questions concern my bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Cameron on 11 March in Downing Street and Northern Ireland related issues. I answered a question in this respect on the last occasion in January of this year and at that time and in light of previous representations, I took questions in two groups and on a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for his comments. On the previous occasion, we split these questions into Northern Ireland and issues related to the Prime Minister. Two of the 37 questions grouped together related to Ukraine and Russia and I did not refer to those in my reply. Perhaps I should have put those two as a subsection. As I have told the Deputy before, I am willing to have Taoiseach's...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Adams for his contribution. Everybody can agree that the suffering of all victims is the same. Therefore they deserve justice and for the truth to emerge in respect of each of their sad and tragic cases. It is true to say that Sinn Féin has signed up to the Haass talks and that other parties have not. Therefore when two parties such as these have a disagreement about an...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: In respect of the notice from the Secretary of State, as I told the Deputy, I know I was informed late in the evening that it was the intention to issue a statement not approving of an investigation into Ballymurphy. I will have to check for Deputy Adams to ascertain whether the copy of the statement was submitted to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade or to the Department of the...
- Appointment of Ministers (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: For the information of the Dáil I wish to announce that having informed the Commission constituted as provided in section 2 of Article 14 of the Constitution, that Dáil Éireann has approved my nomination of Deputy Charles Flanagan to be a member of the Government. On 8 May 2014 the Commission appointed him accordingly. Subsequently, on 8 May 2014, I assigned the Department of...
- Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 9, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; and No. 4, Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 9 shall be decided without debate. Private Members’ business shall be No. 146, motion re discretionary medical cards. ...
- Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I assure the Deputy that he does not need to be worried about drift from the Government point of view. We are firmly focused on the spring of 2016. The twin pillars given to us in the mandate by the people in 2011 were to sort out our public finances and to get our country working.
- Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is at a point where we have had the lowest interest rates in the history of the State, at 2.79%-----
- Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----the highest growth in employment in the OECD, the continuing fall in numbers on the live register over 23 months and a refocus of the priorities. The Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, was merely endorsing what we have already said that we need to continue to implement our medium-term strategy, with a view to having our deficit below 3% by 2015 and eliminated by 2018 and full employment...
- Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: If Deputy Martin has any concerns about drifting off course or straying into areas where we should not be, we are very focused on 2016, very focused on going to the end of our remit-----
- Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----and very focused on letting the people answer the question whether we sorted out the public finances and whether we got the country back working again.
- Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Martin for his concern but I assure him it will be fine.
- Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: On the latter question, I am bound by the Ceann Comhairle's direction. I cannot answer for Mrs. Justice McGuinness's group. It has published its terms of reference and it is now analysing the situation in respect of EirGrid, the western and southern routes and also the question of the interconnector for the North. The Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, has made it perfectly clear that we need to...
- Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I understand Deputy Timmins's request. A vote is scheduled for tomorrow evening. I will ask the Chief Whip to look at the Deputy's request to see if we can be generous if not flexible.
- Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I expect a leaflet on the issue will be circulated by the Deputy this evening.
- Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: On the request made by Deputy Timmins, with the consent of the Ceann Comhairle, we will be able to grant the ten minutes' speaking time the Deputy seeks. I have assigned responsibility for the Department of Defence to my Department for the moment to show how seriously I take the issue. I will reassign responsibility in some little time and in the meantime, the Chief Whip and Minister of...
- Order of Business (13 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I suppose the Deputy will have his van parked at Dooks for the Ring of Kerry cycle.