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Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Minister has made it clear that nobody is going to be cut off in respect of water.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: That is an important element. It is not the same as gas or electricity. A different model has to be supplied here and the Government wants to be as flexible and amenable to the concerns of people as possible. The Deputy said that her party defends the right to protest, as does my party and every party. However, I did not hear her say that she condemns the disgraceful remarks made about...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I did not hear her condemn - irrespective whether they are members of her party - the antics and behaviour of a small number of people who have brought the water campaign into complete and utter disrepute.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: They turned off hundreds of people who were prepared to join the original marches but who are now fed up to the teeth with the current carry on.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to answer Questions No. 1 to 6, inclusive, together. This Government has consistently said that while we do not intend to return to the rigid social partnership structures of the past, we continue to engage in a wider process of social dialogue on an ongoing basis. This means that the primary point of contact for interaction between representative groups and the Government is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Gerry Adams for his question. I note his comment in respect of young farmers, including hill farmers. I had discussions with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, and he is a position to introduce the GLAS scheme, which is an environmental scheme to replace REPS which was ended. The scheme will allow 30,000 farmers to be included for...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I would not object to having a debate on poverty, particularly child poverty. Various elements are drawn in from the statistical world to produce these figures. Perhaps the end of the term, before the Government makes its spring economic statement, might be an appropriate time to have it. We do not live in different worlds. I have outlined all the available options the Government puts in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Creighton for her question. Appointments to the NESC are made, as I said, in accordance with the National Economic and Social Development Office Act 2006 and the National Economic and Social Council (Alteration of Composition) Order 2010. In accordance with those provisions, NESC has members nominated by business and employer interests which include the Irish Business...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept Deputy Creighton's charge. The Deputy is well aware, because she was a member of the cohort of Ministers in 2011, that on this Government taking up office the country from an economic point of view had about three months' resources left to pay everybody, including teachers, gardaí, nurses, other public servants, pensioners, social protection payments and so on. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for his comments. His addition has been out on a few occasions in the past. I am not here to bring forward a proliferation of promises that cannot be matched. On more than one occasion I have said the situation, in so far as the economy is concerned, is fragile and certainly not complete. The priority has to be to secure recovery. The more jobs we can create, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am not going down the road of electioneering at this stage. For several years we have had to deal with issues such as pyrite, Priory Hall, symphysiotomy and the Magdalen laundries. The Deputy knows that the hepatitis C compensation scheme will continue for 50 years in some cases. The priority has to be delivery of front-line services to those who need medical attention. The other day...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy was not listening.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputies Higgins and Boyd Barrett for their questions. The legislation has been passed in respect of sub-contractors and I would invite the Deputies to give me the examples to which they refer and where they see abuse in the system because we will carry out an investigation into it. I would be very happy to hear from both Deputies. Social partnership as it existed before was not...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 19, motion re ministerial rota for Parliamentary Questions; No. 20, motion re membership of committee; and No. 7, Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014, Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Nos. 19 and 20 shall be decided without debate. Private Members' business shall be No. 182, motion re...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Martin is aware, these are important issues. The legislative programme has been published from here to the end of this session. It includes 41 Bills and many of these are in the health area. Beyond the legislation, action is required. As the Minister has outlined on a number of occasions, the situation that we find is not satisfactory. Clearly, delayed discharges are having...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Government has said that we would receive the proposals from the Constitutional Convention. If the Government accepted them, it would say so and indicate the intention to hold a referendum, but not indicate timelines. The Government has made a decision in respect of two referendums. This is not one of them, but I will advise Deputy Martin on the question of legislation. As I...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: In so far as the GP issue is concerned, the legislation on those under six was actually enacted but discussions are still going on with the Irish Medical Organisation, as are discussions in respect of the over 70s. These discussions are continuing. The Bill for those under six has been enacted. The health information Bill will be later this year although I do not have a date for it. ...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Healy-Rae for his question. I will have to come back to him. This is an important issue for the many people to whom the Deputy has referred. We have had these purchase schemes over the years and, by and large, they have been successful. I will advise Deputy Healy-Rae of the current position in so far as preparation for the scheme is concerned.

Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The aftercare Bill, the child care Bill is listed for this session. Work is already under way on drafting that. On the water Bill, as the Deputy is aware, very few Bills were actually guillotined last year and there is no intention of guillotining any Bill. I think the number was only three for the entire year of 2014. There is no intention of guillotining Bills, or as the Deputy says,...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Higgins is aware, in Lough Mask House, Captain Boycott brought down the forces of an occupying State to deal with the issues of corn and the collection thereof. It is a very different process than what is involved here.