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Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: We have one of the highest rates of jobless households in Europe, which is the cause of the difficulties for thousands of people in terms of the availability of finance at the end of the week to look after their families, households and themselves. The path out of it, in which the Deputy does not believe, is by giving people jobs and opportunities because work can pay.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The reforms are to the disregard to let people have an opportunity to upskill, retrain, get a job and have financial independence. We have created 80,000 new jobs in the past few years, while 40,000 new jobs will be created this year. I hope many of these jobs will go to lone parents who can move into the world of work and have a job that will give them financial independence in order that...

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is interesting that Sinn Féin is by now far and away the best resourced party in the country.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: Everybody else seems to have to own up, rightly, about from where the money comes. When the Deputy levels accusations, I do not know whether they are true or false. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has ruled on the appropriate levels for claims for increases. He has shot down most of them and determined what the levels should be.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The advisers do a very important job-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----in the implementation of the programme for Government. I do not accept Deputy Gerry Adams's assertion. The reason for the reforms is to give people an opportunity, motivation and an incentive to move away from dependence on social protection into the world of work.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I have outlined the reforms for Deputy Micheál Martin on two occasions this morning.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: This issue is a cause for shame in our country and those who inflict domestic violence on women bring shame to the nation. I have met with a number of groups working in this area. The Minister met with all of the groups recently and some moneys have been allocated directly to them for dealing with the problem. The Istanbul convention will be signed and new legislation introduced. The...

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: These matters will be dealt with as crimes. I accept the Deputy's point that signing a convention does not mean the issue will be dealt with and will not happen again. All of the groups were invited by the Minister to attend the seminar recently in Dublin Castle to get their views on a programme of action to be put in place. This is being followed through. Also, the Joint Committee on...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 6, Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 - Second Stage (resumed); No. 7, Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. Private Members’ business shall be No. 68, Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2015 – Second Stage (resumed), to conclude at 9 p.m. tonight, if not previously concluded. Tomorrow’s...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I would like to express the sympathy of the House to the families of the prison officers who were attacked and stabbed by the prisoner concerned. They showed, as do all prison officers at all times, great courage in dealing with a very difficult situation. I trust that they will make a full recovery. The Minister for Justice and Equality has asked for a full report on this matter. The...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Bill is included in the Department of Health's legislative programme for 2015 and so should be published later this year.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The McMahon group is expected to report by Easter. There will be an opportunity to debate that report when published. All of the issues raised by Deputy Adams are being considered by the working group, including through engagement with the Departments, where relevant, and the NGOs. I expect that the International Protection Bill will be dealt with subsequent to the McMahon report being...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is a long time since I read his books. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The birth of W.B. Yeats and others is commemorated but that is not the case in regard to Walter Macken. I will have the matter raised with the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. There is a range of opportunities for communities all over the country to commemorate many of these issues in an...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is correct that I saw first-hand the work being done by the Cavan-Monaghan ETB. The Minister of State, Deputy English, expects to receive proposals by the end of March on new ways of addressing apprenticeship requirements, which evolve on an ongoing basis because of the nature of industry and business. On receipt of the proposals, the Minister, Deputy English, will bring them to...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not have a date in regard to the mandatory sentencing report referred to by the Deputy. I recall the Bill introduced by him. The events yesterday are the subject of a full report to be presented to the Minister for Justice and Equality. As I said, issues such as prisoner transport are regularly reviewed by the Garda and the prison authorities. It might be wise to await that report...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for the Deputy, but the groundwork is being done on it. The Child and Family Relationships Bill will be the subject of discussion on Second Stage next week. I can advise the Deputy in due course on the extent of progress made in the preparation of the Bill on the family law courts.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is a valid point that the Deputy raises. I suggest to him that he submit a Topical Issue request-----

Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----and the Ceann Comhairle might be able to accommodate him at some point in the future.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: Both Bills are due to be published this session. The Court of Appeal is up and running, as the Deputy is aware.