Results 29,161-29,180 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 7, Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Private Members’ business which shall be No. 184, motion regarding fair pay, secure jobs and trade union recognition, shall also take place immediately after the Order of Business tomorrow and shall,...
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Minister of State, Deputy Damien English, is dealing with the apprenticeship Bill and requested that all submissions be made by the end of March. I assume he is assessing the submissions and will obtain an update for the Deputy on when the Minister of State expects to put the Bill together. As the Deputy is aware, the Government made a further allocation in the health area recently,...
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: The commitment to the introduction of universal health insurance is not being reneged on.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin's party supports the continuation of a two-tier system.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy's party supports a two-tier system and increasing income tax to make people pay more. Universal health insurance is the way forward.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill is being taken today in the House and Deputy Adams will have an opportunity to comment on it. Deputy Adams asked about GP contracts. I hope these contracts are accepted and that we move on with these necessary elements of the under-sixes, over-70s and under-11s before we can have universal health insurance. I gave an indication of when the...
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: This morning the Government approved two elements in respect of bail in cases were burglaries are occurring. The evidence is that a small number of people carry out an extensive number of burglaries. The Minister proposes to introduce legislation so that repeat offences by offenders can be taken as an indication of a refusal of bail. Where there are repeated charges against particular...
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Kelly, is working on a number of related areas in order to have a compliance regime which is clear and strong and which applies to everyone. I have referred to this before. I do not wish to give the Deputy an exact date except to say that the Minister is working hard to have that clear and strong regime implemented as soon as possible.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is due to be published in this session.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: That Bill is due in this session.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I am not sure where the honey-pot regions are to which Deputy Bannon refers are located. The common arrangements for gas Bill is no longer being progressed because it has been superseded by the European Union internal market agenda third package and associated EU gas networks codes. Therefore, the Bill is not proceeding any further.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: That Bill is due later this year.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for it. I will give Deputy Feighan a progress update on the work.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: It will be this session.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I advised them to ring me last year and they are calling in huge numbers.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: The question of collective bargaining is one with which the Government will deal in the not too distant future. In the meantime, the Minister or State, Deputy Gerald Nash, is dealing with the Low Pay Commission and work in that respect with regard to the minimum wage. I hope this matter can be resolved. There are other retail outlets where short-hour working applies also. In fairness,...
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is listed for this session.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is a serious matter that the Deputy raises. I did not see the article to which he referred, although I take his point that this is based upon articles or documentation received from the Department. While the Deputy has asked a number of questions, I do not have the information to reply in detail to him. Perhaps it might be better if this were responded to in some detail by the Minister...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I do not have the opportunity to read every newspaper article that is written about matters of current affairs across a vast spectrum of the various elements of the media. The Deputy is well aware that I am not informed of the release of freedom of information requests, which come in by the hundred to different Departments, nor, indeed, have I any access to deliberations on what should or...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: They are released as per the law in respect of requests that are made to them. In regard to mortgage arrears-----