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- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Budgets (7 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: The table below details the total allocated budget for my Department from 2011 to 2014 and the actual outturns in each subhead. Vote 2 - DOT 2011 Budget Allocation 2011 Outturn 2012 Budget Allocation 2012 Outturn 2013 Budget Allocation 2013 Outturn 2014 Budget Allocation Outturn to end Sept 2014 A Subheads - Administrative €'000 €'000 €'000 €'000...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (7 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Convention produced nine reports in total, all of which have been laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. In response to the recommendations in reports of the Convention on the Constitution, the Government has already announced that it will bring forward proposals in 2015 for referendums on same-sex marriage, reducing the voting age to 16 and reducing the age of candidacy for...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: IBEC Membership (7 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: No State agencies or organisations under the remit of my Department are paid up members of IBEC.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin raised this issue yesterday. I notice that he has not yet submitted his budgetary proposals, in which I understand there is a €3.4 billion black hole.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin has some neck to come in here and say what he is saying. His party in government proposed the introduction of water charges at a minimum charge of €400 per household with no allowances.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is true.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin subsequently rejected that proposal and is now opposed to the introduction of water charges. If he were in Government, however, he would have to do it. There is a €3.4 billion hole in his party's budgetary estimates and he needs to explain what he proposes to do regarding the €4 billion adjustment he has objected to in recent years.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: The country is coming out of a recession. I do not accept the comments from the former Minister of State who piloted the relevant Bill through the House that Irish Water is as he says. I do accept, as everybody does, that some of the issues that were raised in the initial stages of the establishment of Irish Water were not as they should be. Clearly, there was not the clarity of...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: The former Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, brought this Bill through the House with the specific Government direction to put in place Irish Water to deal with a situation that was neglected for years. We were one of the most inferior countries in terms of the quality and supply of water-----
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----with so many different systems. Deputy Martin comes into the House every week with a barrage. He, on behalf of his party, put forward a €400 charge with no allowances.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Government set directions for the regulator-----
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----of an average charge of €240 per household, an allowance per household and an allowance per child. That means a person living alone will have 40% of his or her water needs provided by the allowance-----
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----which means his or her average charge is approximately 50 cent per day. There are 411,000 recipients of the household benefits package, including pensioners, carers and those with a disability. They will receive an extra €100 per year to assist them. Deputy Martin never wants to know about what he left behind. Some 18,000 people on public water supplies-----
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----have a boil water notice or other restrictions in place. The Deputy left that situation behind him. The Environmental Protection Agency reports that remedial action is required on 16% of supplies for almost 1 million people, including large schemes, such as the Dublin city supply and the Cork city supply. They are badly in need of proper remedial treatment. There are significant...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Adams. In regard to his comment on the water charges, I understand Sinn Féin proposes that domestic water charges should be abolished and that this would then go back on the public pay bill. This would impose a charge of €850 million to be raised. I understand from its submission that it has left aside something like €300 million, leaving a hole in that...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: I accept the principle referred to by the ESRI and many others that there is a need to meet social housing demand. Clearly, this is an issue Government has reflected upon in terms of Construction 2020-----
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----and the new planning Bill and the issues that pertain in terms of Part V, incentivising contractors and builders-----
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----to be able to get back to the business of providing houses.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: We hope that 5,000 homes will be added to the social housing stock this year.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: For the Deputy's information, the Government made available €68 million to the local authorities as a construction initiative.