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- Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Bill was enacted in July. The Minister is proceeding to ensure the legislation is implemented. I will provide an update to the Deputy on the progress that has been made.
- Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: Haulage is a vital industry and a number of Departments are involved. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport spoke about the matter yesterday. The Government introduced a VAT rebate for diesel fuel for hauliers, who are an important element of the economy. I hope the group can continue to work with the hauliers in the interests of coming to a conclusion.
- Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Bill is not due until next year.
- Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: The latter Bill is due this session. The universities Bill was cleared by Government, the heads are being worked upon, and the Bill is due for publication early next year.
- Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: The issue is of considerable interest to the police authorities and to farming organisations, and is being examined. For whatever reason a ram from Northern Ireland arrived in my office with his tag intact. I am not sure how he got there.
- Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: I will revert to Deputy Doherty as I cannot answer his specific question now. The Bill dates to 2005 and has been around for a long time. In respect of the question on FOI, the order was signed last week by the President, Uachtarán na hÉireann, and is now law. It may well be that an implementation period is required. I will check the situation for the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Live Register Data (21 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Live Register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Benefit, Jobseeker's Allowance and other registrants with the Department of Social Protection. However the series does not capture the previous employment status of claimants and therefore the requested breakdown is not available.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Remuneration (21 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: No performance related pay has been paid to any of the staff in my Department for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Redeployment (21 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: Since 2011 to date, no civil servants in my Department designated a County Mayo venue as their preference for a transfer.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: I had the opportunity and privilege of meeting Maíria Cahill over the past hour and a half or so. This is a courageous, confident and brave young woman who is a force to be reckoned with. She overcame the horror of being raped and was obliged to face down the IRA and its generals, secret or otherwise. All Members know that the horror of rape is that it is not simply a violation but is...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: I will give it serious consideration. I take the advice of people in the House as to how best that might be able to be put in place. The Deputy is correct; the most powerful people in the IRA conspired in this. It is reprehensible that a young woman of this courage and bravery should have been kicked about in the last week. Her goalposts have changed and have been changed deliberately. I...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: Let us not forget that the central issue here is that a young woman was raped, sexually abused and required to go before her abuser and three other men from the IRA. The Deputy's deputy leader does not believe this. She has blind allegiance to the Deputy as leader of the party while a young woman with courage and bravery is not afraid to speak out. In the past week she has had numbers of...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: I find it absolutely unbelievable that Deputy Adams would come into this House of Parliament and say a man who raped and sexually abused a woman is a decent person.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: Let me be quite clear: there are very many decent people in the Sinn Féin Party.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: I asked the Deputy a question.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: I asked him to confirm whether Maíria Cahill was required to attend-----
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----a meeting with three gentlemen and her abuser. The Deputy says these are included among the people who are decent. He needs to clarify that. He also needs, without laughing about it-----
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----to clarify for people down here whether his associates in the IRA, when it was in formal session, knew of people who were guilty of sexual abuse in Northern Ireland and were moved from there to this jurisdiction to so-called safe houses in this city and south of here, and also in Donegal and Louth, because of fear of publicity. Are those people still here? Is this true?
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: Does the Deputy know any of the activities they are involved in now? These are the most serious matters for everyone. Sexual abuse was rampant in many sectors in society, not alone in paramilitary organisations, but the Deputy has responsibility for this and we need to know the answers. I will facilitate a comprehensive debate in the House in the best way possible and we can consider the...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)
Enda Kenny: I will meet the four people to whom the Deputy refers, who are named.