Results 25,801-25,820 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: I think it is a case of the extent of the impact on families being recognised by the Government. It is not all perfect by any means.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: We recognise, following the centralising of the medical card system, that the inequality in the level of discretionary cards awarded was higher is some parts of the country than in others. In other words, some counties had a very high level of discretionary cards awarded while others did not. In the centralising of that system, clearly significant numbers of families where there were...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: I regret that very much. The decision made by the Government today is to restore discretionary medical cards that were withdrawn on review from July 2011 to May 2014. It will cost €13 million but will not be taken, as the Deputy put it, through a reduction in further front-line services. The Government decided today that this will be dealt with later. It is also true that between...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: The clinical panel set up by the Minister will continue its work on the assessment of the medical circumstances that will allow for people to avail of medical facilities based on medical grounds. That is an area in which we all can have an input in the time ahead.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: I answered the Deputy’s question last week in respect of the resignation of Mr. Daly from the west and north west hospitals group. I stated then that after this was brought to the Minister’s attention, he was dealing with it in a very serious fashion.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: An issue arose with a conflict of interest about the awarding of a measure of work to a company associated with the former chairman. When this was brought to the attention of the Minister, it was dealt with seriously and the chairman resigned. I understand Mr. John Killeen has assumed the role of interim chairperson of the board. I answered that question for Deputy Adams last week. As...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: The cost of that will be €13 million, which the Government approved this morning.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: I am glad to note the political policy regulatory structures on banking governance will be examined by the Oireachtas committee free of any direction from the Government-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----free of any instruction from the Government and free to do as an Oireachtas committee can do under the new Act-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----which is to make its own determination of its terms of reference regarding who it should examine and call, and the period it should apply. I take scant notice of the comment from the side by Deputy Martin who was involved-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----in a decision where there was a private inquiry held into banking with a specific time limit, admittedly carried out by a very competent person-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----who conducted 140 interviews. It was a time-constrained private banking inquiry. It is only appropriate that the Oireachtas committee under the new inquiries Act should be enabled to hold a public inquiry-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----into the issues of governance, regulatory authorities and policy positions.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: I am quite sure the members of the committee will play their full part in what is a matter of real substance and interest to the Irish people, that this should never happen again.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: I am well aware of the 14 years of difficulty in respect of bringing to shore the Corrib gas field. I understand tunnelling finished in recent days, the tunnel will be backfilled-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----the pipe to bring the gas ashore will be put in and gas should flow from the Corrib field within the next six months or so. This is to be welcomed. I am also aware of and have had occasion in the past to visit members of the Rossport and Pollatomish area when they were in Wheatfield prison. I have had engagement with them over the years. I have also had engagement with the many...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: In any event I welcome the fact the standards employed in the Shell development are of the highest. In the area in the past 14 years, 200 to 2,000 people have been working on a daily basis-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----which has been a very significant financial and economic injection into the locality which I know very well. I hope the field will be brought ashore for the benefit of the people in the next 12 months.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: Given all of the files which exist on this, all of the court cases and all of the decisions made on it, I do not agree with Deputy Daly that there should be a full public sworn inquiry into policing efforts at the Shell development in Bellanaboy.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: I do not know whether the Deputy knows all of the people down there in the locality but I know most of them. The vast majority of those who caused all the trouble in Bellanaboy were not from the area. They were imported serial protesters who went out of their way to cause trouble-----