Results 27,541-27,560 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The emergency accommodation, the void and empty units are all being considered now. I hope the meeting tomorrow will bring about some focus from all of the agencies working in this area.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: As the Deputy pointed out, the Committee of Public Accounts received legal advice from the Oireachtas yesterday evening. The position has already been outlined by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. By the way, the issues raised by the whistleblower came about as a result of a welcome reform made by the Government allowing for protection of witnesses making disclosures in...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: ----- about the documentation received by the fraud investigation committee. They know exactly what their powers are and will act upon the witness statement sent to them. The charges the Deputy makes against certain people are not for me to answer here. There is a process in train, which was availed of under the legislation by the whistleblower and the documentation required and requested...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: A law was introduced for whistleblowers to bring forward certain matters of information they feel are relevant, important and in the public interest. The law is framed to protect the whistleblower, which is an important reform and a central element of the law that must be maintained. The whistleblower must be protected. The fraud squad investigation unit made a formal request for a...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: In fact, I know that the whistleblower had this confirmed to him last week by the Minister and I expect the fraud investigation unit to investigate.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: This is an issue of great personal concern to the women who had to go through this procedure. The Deputy is right on that point. I know Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin is one Member who has raised this issue on many occasions. The options were stark. Every individual would have the opportunity to go to court to be involved in an adversarial conflict, the outcome of which could...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy quoted from the letter, but the State is not looking the other way. Actually, in response to claims made in the House by many Deputies, the State has responded by asking a justice of the court to look at the nature and scale of what was involved and set out a scheme to allow for prompt payment, depending on the nature and scale of the procedure women had to go through, while...
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 20a, motion re Leave to Introduce Supplementary Estimates [Votes 12, 17, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36 and 40]; No. 20b, motion re Referral of Supplementary Estimates [Votes 12, 17, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36 and 40] to select committee or sub-committee; No. 37, Social Welfare Bill 2014 - Report and Final Stages (resumed); No. 38, statements opposing domestic violence;...
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is absolutely hypocritical of the deputy leader of Sinn Féin to come in here and demand time for Topical Issues when it is proposed to debate an issue that is so important to everybody, namely, the Water Services Bill, given that she came in here a couple of weeks ago, held up this place for five hours and did not allow Topical Issues to be taken at all. We are allowing the House to...
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: In respect of the Merger of Pensions Ombudsman and Financial Services Ombudsman Bill, a steering group of people central to this has commenced its work looking at this. It will be next year before it is published. I cannot put a timescale on it. The Gambling Control Bill is due in the middle of next year. It is quite a complex matter and the issue is, as the Deputy correctly pointed out,...
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is due next year. The Deputy is right in saying that it is very complicated. It is very complicated. In respect of the mother and baby homes and the Westbank orphanage, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has almost completed work on the terms of reference. As they will have to be approved by this House, everybody will have an opportunity for debate. I know he is conscious of...
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: As the Deputy knows, the way out of poverty in the programme for Government is by creating jobs.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: He will be glad to know that the unemployment rate has dropped to 10.7%, a decrease of 2%. Approximately 80,000 jobs have been created in the last period.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: I agree with the Deputy that the challenge is to spread the benefits from a rising economy and rising confidence in consumer sentiment throughout the country. That is why USC was reduced at the lower level and 83,000 were taken out of the requirement to pay income tax. The efforts of Government will be aimed at spreading that to the most vulnerable, including the children and families the...
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: That Bill was enacted last October. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is meeting representatives of the milk sector today. There are global implications due to the scale of productivity internationally with big producers. For many years Ireland has been constrained because of quotas. This is why it is important we keep raising capacity in Ireland into the future as an...
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: A great deal of work has been done on this matter, and additional submissions have been received from external sources. It is still expected that the Bill will be published this session, before the end of the year.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: That will be the middle of next year.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy opposed the children's referendum, if I recall correctly.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: He was quite vociferous on the matter.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Mattie McGrath is always good at attracting notice.