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Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: I know Deputies Martin and Adams well enough. They can complain about it if they wish but I think it streamlines the business of the House. We now know the business for the week. We discussed this before and Deputy Martin would not agree. When he requested changes, we made them.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: I think it is very orderly. There are Leaders' Questions and Topical Issues today and we will take Leaders' Questions tomorrow and Thursday. We will take Private Members' business this evening and on Thursday morning. There will be an announcement in the Dáil, where it should be made, tomorrow at 3 p.m., and thereafter we will have a debate tomorrow evening and until 8 p.m. on...

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: We learned a lesson last year because there was a lot of criticism about the build-up of legislation in the context of the troika and everything else during the last session of the Dáil.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: No legislation was guillotined this year. I do not think one will find its equivalent in the records of the Dáil over the past 40 years. Legislation was guillotined time after time, Government after Government. There was no guillotine on any legislation in 2014. What we have here is a motion on water reforms, on which the House will vote at 8 p.m. on Thursday.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Economic Management Council Meetings (18 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Government has worked closely with the Irish banks to ensure that the banking sector supports economic recovery. As part of this process the Economic Management Council met with the banks on 9 November 2011, 21 February 2012 and 26 June 2012. As a Cabinet Committee, confidentiality of discussions at the Economic Management Council are protected by the Constitution and, in line with...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Rehiring (18 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: One person who previously retired from the public service, and who is in receipt of a public service pension, is employed in an unestablished position by my Department. The person concerned is the Government Press Secretary and I selected him for this position in 2011, in accordance with the usual procedure for appointments to this post.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: This has dragged on for years and has been of great concern to those involved. The deficit is €769 million. We established an expert panel that considered all the combinations and possibilities involved and was able to bring forward a further €20 million. Scheme membership comprises 5,000 active members, 5,000 deferred members and 5,000 pensioners. There is widespread...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is like a lot of other things that were allowed to drift, thus making the situation worse than it ever was. Just over three years ago, the deficit was €350 million; it is now €769 million.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: This has gone on for years.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: As I pointed out to Deputy Martin, the situation has gone on for years. Just over three years ago, the deficit was €350 million. It is now €769 million - that is, it is getting worse.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The trustees wrote to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. They recommended that the course of action being pursued here following legislation and the expert panel is the best option. This was voted upon by the membership in, Aer Lingus and 70% gave their verdict in favouring it. The Department of Finance said this could rescue the situation. As I said, the deficit now is...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: Feicim go bhfuil leas-cheannaire Shinn Féin ar ais sa Dáil, ach níl sí ag caint inniu. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Teachta.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: Tá súil agam go mbeidh sí béasach don Cheann Comhairle as seo amach. The position concerning the decade of commemorations that we are now entering into is one we have discussed here on a number of occasions. I do not accept that all of the noise I heard down at the GPO was about the issue of water. Some of the personnel I saw there I have seen in other locations when it...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yes.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: So we are not going to have a situation, in so far as we can, in which the children of the nation are not cherished equally.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: Those who might have interfered with them will be brought before justice, as the case may be, as the Deputy has often espoused himself. I am sure the signatories to the 1916 Proclamation would not stand for a situation in which evidence or information might be known, and is known, to people but they are afraid to own up because of what they stand for.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The announcement made by the Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys, is part of the ongoing consultation in respect of the very best things we can do in commemorating not just 1916 but also the decade of events whose centenaries are approaching. That is why she has already announced that the parade in 2016 will be led by relatives of the 1916 leaders. In addition, there will be a State occasion...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept Deputy Adams's references to glossy images. What is involved here is a genuine effort to have this recorded and commemorated in the very best way possible. That is why the professional historians' group has made recommendations about authenticity, inclusiveness and accuracy in respect of many of these events. I have heard lots of views about what should happen on Easter...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil an Teachta McDonald anseo. Mar a dúirt mé, tá súil agam go mbeidh sí béasach as seo amach leis an gCeann Comhairle. Sílim go bhfuil an ceart ag an Teachta gur botún a bhí ann ó thaobh an chórais aistriúcháin agus nár tógadh síos ón idirlín é nuair a cuireadh amach...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: From the questions the Deputy is asking, I presume it would be politically and socially divisive and in keeping with the Sinn Féin philosophy of causing as much trouble as it can without ever having to accept responsibility for governing.