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- Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: For the information of the House, today the Government made an historic decision in approving the wording of the thirty-fourth amendment to the Constitution Bill which will allow the people to decide the question of equality of marriage which, in turn, will allow for the right of two people to marry, irrespective of their sexual orientation. This is the first time a people’s...
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy referred to several health Bills. The Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, is working on a range of them. The priority is to have the doctor visit card legislation agreed to and get it through. This will require much consultation. I will get the Minister and the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy on the Bills to which he referred as to their state of preparation.
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: The climate change Bill was published last week and will be taken in the second week of February. The Deputy will have more than adequate time to give his views on it. Tá a fhios ag an Teachta go bhfuil an reachtaíocht i dtaobh stádas oifigiúil na Gaeilge agus úsáid na Gaeilge anseo ar an gcéad liosta don seisiún seo. Ní ró-fhada a...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: The answer to both of the Deputy's questions is "No"; the Government has not made a decision on the question of a bid by IAG for Aer Lingus, and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport did not make a recommendation to the Cabinet in respect of the offer being considered. The Deputy outlined a number of important elements which concern our country in this regard. The Government is the...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: It was a matter of exceptional public interest then, as is the situation now.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: It will be announced tomorrow by the Minister. As I said, the tender process-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I am telling the Deputy the Minister will announce it tomorrow when the tender process is completed.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: As the Deputy knows, the interdepartmental group was appointed by the Minister some time ago. The advisers to the Government will be announced tomorrow by the Minister.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: The process is not completed. The Minister will make the announcement tomorrow.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: The process of the tenders for the appointment of the advisers-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----is not completed.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: They have not been appointed.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: As I said to the Deputy, Aer Lingus is now in a period of offer. This morning, the board of Aer Lingus issued a statement which briefly referenced IAG's intentions regarding the future of the company and indicated Aer Lingus would operate as a separate business with its own brand, management and operations, and would continue to provide connectivity to Ireland while benefiting from the scale...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I have already answered Deputy Martin in this regard. The Government has a duty of care to consider carefully all the indicators that might be contained in this particular offer, which is the third offer. Our Government must also take into account services and connections via Heathrow, competition in the air transport market, jobs in the Irish aviation sector, the Aer Lingus brand, the...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: Gabh mo leithscéal.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I agree with Deputy in respect of his first sentence.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: We do not have a mandate from the stock market but we do have a mandate from the people, and that mandate is to take into account the future of the people, their recovery in terms of our standard of living, our economy and what that means. The Government is obliged by virtue of that mandate to take into account all the issues that arise-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----following the offer made by IAG to the board of Aer Lingus. I am interested in Deputy Adams's comment about the workers. I have already made this a fundamental issue in terms of the workers with regard to regionalisation, connectivity and what it means. I think I heard the Deputy say yesterday evening that he did not want any change in the status of AIB, which would mean that he does...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy indicated that he does not want anything to do with direct recapitalisation, which is the same thing.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams does not want anything to do with the European Union and yet he is concerned about workers. In effect, what he was saying with his economic theories of last night is very different from his economic theories of today-----