Results 26,121-26,140 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: We have started drafting. I will advise the Deputy on the progress being made on it. It went through the pre-legislative stage already.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is what I was just talking to Deputy Catherine Murphy about.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is equality now, is it not? Deputy Murphy was first in and she got the answer.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Government approved three amendments to the gambling Bill this morning for the Minister for Finance, where the Revenue Commissioners are involved in terms of licences to deal with online and remote operations for gambling-----
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----pending the introduction of the gambling regulator.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: That Bill was finished here last week and it has gone to the Seanad.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is awaiting Committee Stage in the Dáil.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: Perhaps the Deputy was absent for the Second Stage debate.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy can get his office to check; there was a debate here.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: I know the Deputy is interested in this. If I recall correctly, the Deputy, himself, received massive publicity for answering telephone calls or making bills of them. He got more publicity out of that than people did for years of hard labour here.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: Later this year.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: The cultural institutions Bill will be later in the year. Obviously, the idea here would be that if these things go for sale hopefully they will be bought by Irish people. The Bill, which is due later in the year, may be reflective of some of that.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council Meetings (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 94 together. Recent events in Iraq were not discussed at the European Council. Nor did the European Council discuss further sanctions on Syria. However, we did discuss the ongoing crisis there in the context of our discussions on Freedom, Security and Justice, in particular the need to increase contributions to global resettlements efforts. I will...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Tax Settlements (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: As I stated in my reply to PQ 25822/14 on 17 June, in March this year following a review by my Department an unprompted voluntary disclosure was made to the Revenue Commissioners which included a liability for benefit in kind in relation to use of taxis to and from home of €24, 506, including penalties and interest. This reflected a long-standing practice where staff are sometimes...
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (1 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: It was not possible to provide the detailed information sought by the Deputy in the time available. My Department is currently seeking to compile the relevant data and I will provide the information directly to the Deputy once it comes to hand.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: I think the Minister deserves the courtesy of making the statement he is about to make.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: I am interested in the Deputy's remark about the primacy of Parliament. He certainly abdicated his responsibility in that regard on a number of occasions over the years.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: I am interested in Deputy Martin's new-found interest in a property tax, which he does not want now but on which he had a proposition to make it heavier than is currently the case.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: The introduction of a property charge is part of the process of developing a system that is as fair and equitable as possible for people to contribute to the provision of services and the running of our country. Increasing income tax as an alternative to a fair property charge would have a very negative impact on the economy, jobs and the general situation. The ESRI pointed out that the...
- Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: There are degrees of cynicism.