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Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: There were 155 applications. The €8 million fund-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: I will respond in English so that everybody will understand this. What the Deputy has just said is typical of the reasons that we are not as bilingual as we should be. The Deputy is suggesting that neither the Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys, nor the Minister of State, Deputy McHugh, is capable of learning our native tongue or relearning it as the case may be. I think it is an insult...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----the Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys, and the Minister of State, Deputy McHugh, by their example of immersing themselves in the language to be conversationally fluent will demonstrate to a great number of people throughout the country that it is quite easy to learn the Irish language. Beidh an líofacht acu tar éis tamaillín bhig. I advised the Minister of State, Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: Is it not a good thing to say, "I am as Irish as anybody else, but my líofacht in my native tongue is not at the proficiency that it should be, but I'm going to learn it"? I remember the former Minister of State, Mr. Carey, from County Clare, whose Irish was long gone, went back and relearnt it. I remember the former Minister of State and Leas-Cheann Comhairle, the late lamented Jim...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: I know the Deputy's interest in the language and he knows mine. I want him to understand that the Minister of State, Deputy McHugh, will prove and demonstrate that he will be able to come into this House or anywhere else and engage conversationally as Gaeilge with the líofacht that it deserves.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams said that the Office of An Coimisinéir Teanga has been absorbed into another entity. I make the point to him that the Government reversed that decision and left the office of An Coimisinéir Teanga with its neamhspleáchas, with adequate staff and adequate funding because of the extraordinary work done by an iar-Aire Stáit, an Teachta Donncha Mac Fhionnlaoich....

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: Táim ag dul go dtí an Bhruiséil inniu. Ní bheidh mé in ann cuid de na teangacha ansin a thuiscint, ach tá córas aistriúcháin ar fáil. Tá córas aistriúcháin againn anseo freisin. Má thagann daoine isteach ón nGaeltacht chun caint leis an Aire, beidh sise in ann úsáid a bhaint as an gcóras sin leis...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: Séard atá mise ag rá, Gerry - gabh mo leithscéal, a Theachta, ná-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: Nuair a thagann an Dáil thar n-ais tar éis an tsamhraidh, beidh an tAire Stáit go líofa sa Ghaeilge agus beidh tuiscint ag an Aire ar an nGaeilge.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: Ná bíodh aon imní ar iad siúd atá ag teacht isteach ón nGaeltacht go dtí an foirgneamh seo. Beidh tuiscint mhór ag an Aire agus ag an Aire Stáit faoi chéard atá i gceist.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: Tá an Ghaeilge ag an Teachta Martin-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Collins for her question. I recommend that everybody involved in this dispute should avail of the facilities of the well-tried State mechanisms for dealing with disputes and bringing about a resolution. I hope this can happen.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: There has been some commentary about NERA's involvement in this company and its employees. While Deputy Joan Collins is aware the authority acts utterly independently in these matters, it is its practice to instigate investigations where there are allegations of breaches of employment rights legislation, as would be appropriate for it to do. There have also been calls generally for a...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Joan Collins has raised a fundamentally important point here, which is that workers are without wages for five weeks. I acknowledge that Deputy Dowds met the workers last week. This dispute must be resolved but it will not be resolved with the current impasse. The way it can be resolved is to use the mechanisms of the State that are available to both sides. The Government desires a...

Tributes on the Retirement of Members of Staff (16 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am sure all Deputies, particularly those who have been around for a number of years, will know of the outstanding contribution Norah White has made over the years in the restaurant. Norah has been the longest ever administrator of the Dáil restaurant, having occupied the post for the past 48 years. She has responsibility for the restaurant and its accounts and will retire next week....

Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: I welcome Deputy Martin back and I note his comment about people being concerned about some statements from this side of the House; I am a little concerned about some of the statements he himself has made in the past few days. I think the people would take those into consideration, given that he is now setting his sights on the Labour Party, it seems.

Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Government has given two directions. The regulator is to issue its definitive findings and charges in the next week or so. The Government has given two directions to the regulator, that the average meter charge should be €240 - it will be approximately €238 - and that children should be free. That is at a level of 21,000 l, based on surveys carried out by Irish Water and...

Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: I have never had much time for the Deputy's hypocrisy. His own programme was for higher charges, introduced sooner and with no exemptions.

Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: All of a sudden it is incomprehensible, monstrous and all these things.

Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: Where is Deputy Martin living?