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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: It filled a long-standing void whereby no Government attempted to deal with the interpretation of the Supreme Court in respect of what the people put into the Constitution.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: I have said before that the question the Deputy raises will not be dealt with in the lifetime of the Government and is one for consideration by the next Government.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 15, motion re referral to select committee of the proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Doha amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, to be found on a Supplementary Order Paper; No. 16, motion re leave to introduce a Supplementary Estimate - Vote 33; No. 17, motion re referral of the Supplementary Estimate on Vote 33 to the select sub-committee; No. 18, Irish...

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: We lost time here because of a series of objections to your good self, a Cheann Comhairle, and the ruling you gave in respect of Standing Orders. The Opticians Board has to be subsumed into the Health and Social Care Professionals Council. This has to go through the Dáil and it has to go through all Stages in the Seanad. It is an urgent piece of legislation dealing with a critical...

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: Nuair a bheidh an cinneadh déanta ag an Rialtas, beidh díospóireacht anseo sa Dáil againn, taobh istigh de choicís sílim.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: We will have the debate on sexual abuse next Wednesday. I would like to get the views of Members as to the structure of that debate. I share the Deputy's view about its importance. As I have said on many occasions, there can be no equivocation about sexual abuse or about harbouring those who have carried out sexual abuse or are a danger to children in particular. With regard to...

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

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Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: There was a party in Government some time ago which made 300 or 400 appointments in an interregnum period before an election. I would not comment on it.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The water environment Bill is due next year. I will come back to the Deputy about the social impact bonds Bill. The other Bill mentioned by the Deputy was the broadcasting (amendment) Bill. A great deal of work has been done on that Bill and I expect that it should be produced before the end of this year. I hope it can be produced by then. If not, it will be very early next year. The...

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: I will revert to the Deputy in respect of social impact bonds and give him an update. In respect of the health reform Bill, a number of policy measures are being considered and I must update Deputy Micheál Martin and the House in that regard. The health (transport support) Bill is expected early next year.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: On the health (transport support) Bill, I have already indicated to Deputy Micheál Martin that it is due early next year. The national monuments Bill is scheduled for the middle of next year. I met a number of personnel in regard to the issue of Moore Street. It is a complex problem, given the views expressed by the different groupings. The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the...

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: That is another issue being addressed by Dublin City Council and the people.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: I have asked the Minister to examine the consequences of the decision by Dublin City Council to determine what is the best thing to do.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: We discussed this issue at the Cabinet sub-committee yesterday. I will let the Deputy have that piece of information. I expect the Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, to bring the document to the Cabinet next week and then the Deputy will have it. We will stand by this promise, at least. He will have his discussion and the opportunity to say his piece. The Minister is very interested in seeing...

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: On the children's hospital Bill, the design team is in place and working very well. The project is on track. I cannot give a date for publication of the Bill, but it is very much under control. The sod will be turned for Central Medical Hospital next year. I do not have a date for the bail Bill. The Deputy has raised the matter on numerous occasions. I will investigate the current...

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: Shortly after it was elected, the Government made the decision to support the concept of a technological university for the south east, taking into account the merger of Waterford Institute of Technology, Carlow Institute of Technology and other ancillary facilities. That is the intention of Government and that was its decision. For a variety of reasons, there was a recent break-up in the...

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: On the water services (amendment) Bill, the Government will make its views known, having listened to the people, within the next two weeks. There will be a discussion in the House arising from this. On the ESM Bill, we have made it clear that the option is open to the Government to lodge an application for retrospective capitalisation, if that is its decision, from this point on. As the...

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is normally very clear, but this is quite confusing.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The medical practitioners board Bill is awaiting Committee Stage in the Seanad. The criminal justice (miscellaneous provisions) Bill is due late next year.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: I do not know whether the Minister has met the survivors or families of the victims of the Omagh bombing.