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Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: I met Louise O'Keeffe and the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, some time ago. We said we would bring forward a memo before the Christmas recess. The Minister presented it yesterday. As the Deputy is aware, the award is based on that determined by the European Court of Human Rights. In that sense, it is an important step. Clearly, it is impossible to determine the...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: We indicated that we would make a decision on the matter before Christmas and that has happened. There will be no objection to having a debate on it in the new year.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir), 2014: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2014: First Stage (17 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: No.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (17 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: This week's meeting of the European Council presents an important opportunity to demonstrate that the European Union is taking further concrete steps to address the falling growth rates and high unemployment which characterise the current economic situation throughout Europe. It will focus, in particular, on setting out the strategic orientation of a plan to boost investment levels in...

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am just checking on Deputy Martin's record on this matter. When this happened previously he stated it was not a crisis and not his fault.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: If I recall correctly, he spoke about putting an end to waiting lists in two years, but that is in the past.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: The answer to the question is the accident and emergency departments were not as safe as they ought to have been with the numbers in the units and, as a consequence, in the corridors

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health established the emergency department task force in December 2014 and it held another meeting today. Obviously it is working on a serious plan to regulate this in a way which will not have these surges which occur every so often becoming full-blown crises. The Deputy is aware the Government provided €25 million in the last budget, on top of an additional...

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: If I recall, the Deputy is the former Minister who accepted no responsibility for any of this. He denied there was a crisis when billions were sloshing around and being wasted by a profligate government.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: The answer I gave is not meaningless, with respect. Overcrowded emergency departments and patients on trolleys in hospital corridors mean the situation is not as it should be. We have admitted on many occasions that it is not right and proper to have patients on trolleys, particularly those who have had to wait for more than nine hours on a trolley. This is not as safe as it ought to be....

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: Sometimes I reflect on whether one should listen to Deputy Adams or watch what his party actually does. He comes in here regularly and he, himself, chooses not to avail of the excellent quality of our health service here in Ireland, but that is a matter for him. I remind the Deputy that there are 120 patients on trolleys in Northern Ireland today, 40 of whom have been on those trolleys for...

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am talking about the Deputy and his question.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: As the House is aware, the emergency department task force met today, which is the second meeting of the group. In the light of the recent pressures on emergency departments, the task force wants to access and assess all suitable non-acute accommodation to the maximum extent possible. The Deputy will have an opportunity in Private Members' business to expand on the document he has and he...

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am satisfied, it should be noted, that the HSE has the capacity to recruit where it is necessary to deliver front-line services. In many of these cases the problem does not lie with the availability of front-line service numbers.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: Does the Deputy want to shake hands with me while he is at it? Thank you.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not consider that I engaged in a personal attack upon the Deputy. It is his own choice as to what he wants to do and he did that.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is only right and proper that, as the Deputy continually refers to the excellence of the services in Northern Ireland for which he claims full responsibility, the truth be known in respect of the numbers on trolleys today and the numbers who have been on trolleys for 48 hours or more.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: I also take the Deputy to task in respect of his outrageous behaviour in respect of the discussions and negotiations being conducted by the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, in Northern Ireland. The Deputy First Minister of the Executive was quite prepared to make much more solid progress than Deputy Adams.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am very glad that in the interests of everybody, particularly the citizens of Northern Ireland, the negotiations were concluded.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy marched across the floor today with a two and a half-page letter from HIQA. I thank him for that. I will study this letter very carefully. I take the point he makes. The writer of the letter, the chief executive, states that he wants to assure the Deputy, and therefore everybody else through this medium, that the authority will continue to maintain a watching brief on the...