Results 28,161-28,180 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: There is a court case listed on this matter now. The letter was sent to the Ceann Comhairle on 25 November 2014 by Deputy Shatter in respect of the Guerin report and the proposed terms of reference for a commission of investigation. That was written to the Ceann Comhairle on 25 November. My private secretary received a letter on 8 December 2014 enclosing a copy of that letter. That was a...
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: A copy of the letter that Deputy Shatter sent to the Ceann Comhairle-----
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Shatter wrote to the Ceann Comhairle on 25 November. My office received a copy of that letter on 8 December with a covering letter from the legal firm of solicitors, Gallagher Shatter. In that letter they requested that the reference in the terms of reference to the Minister for Justice and Equality would be withdrawn. The private secretary had previously written to the firm of...
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: At its meeting of 19 November the Government approved the terms of reference. The letter that came to me was not about this debate, it was about a request to remove the reference to the Minister for Justice and Equality from the terms of reference.
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: Obviously, the terms of reference speak for themselves where that reference is still included. The Ceann Comhairle has ruled on that basis, under section 57(3), that a debate cannot be held on the terms of reference. The Government is very clear on the terms of reference and the Ceann Comhairle has so ruled.
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: Yesterday, the Government Chief Whip informed the other parties' Whips of the Ceann Comhairle's decision and they were quite free at that stage to take the matter up with the Ceann Comhairle's office.
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Cabinet made a clear decision to set up a commission of investigation. It did so in the context of the advice of the Attorney General who does not advise the Ceann Comhairle. The Attorney General advises the Government. The Government made its decision and the terms of reference are there dealing with the outcome of the investigation into certain matters in the Cavan-Monaghan area,...
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice and Equality received her letter this morning. The Whip followed through with the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, but the ruling of a Ceann Comhairle is not reversible. The Ceann Comhairle has made his ruling.
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: He has found that under section 57(3) a debate is not allowable on the terms of reference of this commission of investigation in the manner in which he has interpreted those rulings. The Government set out to have the commission of investigation established and its terms of reference debated. The Ceann Comhairle, in his utter independence, has made his ruling-----
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----to the effect that a debate is not allowed.
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: As I already indicated to Deputy Adams, the correspondence I received last year was from the legal firm and it included a copy of the letter to the Ceann Comhairle requesting that the reference to the Minister for Justice and Equality would not be part of the terms of reference.
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: As the Deputy knows, the Government left it in as part of that. What we need to do now is proceed with setting up the commission of investigation, which is very important.
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle to put the matter to a vote.
- Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters relative to the Cavan/Monaghan Division of the Garda Síochána) Order 2014: Motion (28 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I move:That Dáil Éireann approve the following Order in draft:Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters relative to the Cavan/Monaghan Division of the Garda Síochána) Order 2014,copies of which Order in draft were laid before Dáil Éireann on 19 December 2014.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: First, in respect of the question about consultation with Members on the terms of reference before their being tabled in the Dáil, I respect completely the independence of the Ceann Comhairle in the decision he made and I am glad that matter has been cleared up. The Government had scheduled a two hour debate for Wednesday, 28 January on the commission of investigation in respect of the...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: As Deputy Martin will see, the replies from the Department of the Taoiseach are clear and consistent. That observation was not taken into account and the terms of reference accurately reflect the terms as set out by Mr. Guerin. There are one or two words where this is absolutely clear in the terms of reference adopted by the Dáil. I have instructed my officials to publish all of that...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: On 17 December, a letter from the private secretary of the Department of the Taoiseach was sent to the firm rejecting its arguments and reiterating the Government's decision to proceed with the commission of investigation with the terms of reference unchanged.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: I have instructed my officials to publish all of this documentation, so that Deputy Martin and everybody else can have sight of it.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: This is a very serious issue in respect of serious matters brought to my attention by Deputy Micheál Martin, brought to light by a whistleblower and brought to attention here by others in regard to matters in the Cavan and Monaghan district and in respect of the Government's decision to set up a commission of investigation into how they were handled by the Garda, the Department of...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: We did not discuss the terms of reference for the Guerin inquiry.