Results 26,161-26,180 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: These deaths are all unfortunate and tragic. Everybody sympathises, obviously. One does not need legislation to drive carefully. I do not blame anybody for getting involved in an unfortunate and tragic accident with those consequences. It is a matter that everybody is concerned about. Mr. Byrne has been very outspoken about matters that need to be dealt with, in his opinion. The...
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: Sinn Féin brought forward a proposition for a wealth tax too, but it has abolished it because it can see the consequences of such a tax.
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Supreme Court has made a decision in this case. Its judgment needs to be examined carefully. The case before the court rested solely on the interpretation of a single clause in the 1987 lease between Ickendell, which is the landlord, and Bewley's, which is the tenant.
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: Last year, the High Court interpreted that clause to mean the rent payable to Bewley's must be allowed to fall to reflect market values. The Supreme Court ruled that the lease in question provided for an upward-only rent review. It also said that the case arose from the specific terms of the lease and not from an issue of general application. The judgment needs to be studied. A commitment...
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: However, we found that this was constitutionally impossible.
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: I am not committing to anything because that is the formal legal advice we have had.
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: However, I undertake-----
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: Despite the noise from people on the other side-----
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----who were responsible for assuming one could run a country on property inflation-----
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: They drove this country over the edge.
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: I will study this judgment very carefully to see what general application it might have.
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: When we tried to legislate for reductions in cases of upward-only reviews, we found that it was constitutionally not possible on the basis of the formal legal advice.
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: I hope it will be enacted this year.
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: I would not believe the comments that have been made about "strong indications" with regard to this commissionership or that commissionership. It is important for the EU to have a college of Commissioners who are prepared to listen to the message of people from all over Europe and make decisions in the interests of the EU and of growth, stability and the creation of jobs.
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: As Deputy Naughten knows from his long experience, it is a matter for the Seanad to define its own business.
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: I am here every week.
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a publication date for the health information Bill.
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: That Bill is expected before the end of the year.
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: Work is ongoing on that Bill by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and the joint committee. It is quite a complicated Bill but I expect it to progress.
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)
Enda Kenny: The heads of the Bill have not yet been presented to Cabinet. I am not sure how far they have come down the tracks, but I will get back to the Deputy on it.