Results 29,201-29,220 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I mean the law in respect of the publication of commission of investigation reports. I will abide by that law, as I am obliged to do. I have published letters that I have received from the commission of investigation for the information of the public. That is in everybody's interest. I already made the point that the sole member has written to indicate the updated report, of which the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: No. A decision to draft and present the final report is a matter for Mr. Justice Fennelly. He will send that final report to me in due course and I will publish it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: No. When the Deputy questions the time limits, he is calling into question the competence of a very fine judge.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I do not have any function-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: That was a tribunal which continued for over 12 years.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Government decided that there should be an updated report every six months.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: In this case, Mr. Justice Fennelly has written to me. The Deputy saw his report and his letter. He indicated that he did not intend to deal with this until such time as the Bailey case was finished. That is now concluded, and a spokesperson has said it is moving on. In his letter on 17 February last, Mr. Justice Fennelly said:The Commission is at an advanced stage in its preparation of a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I realise the Deputy's party's Ard-Fheis is on at the weekend-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----and the Deputy might like to know a certain date, but that is a matter I must give consideration to in due course.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I have just read out a section of the letter-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----to me from the sole member of the commission.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: If Deputy Martin wishes to question the integrity and the competence of the sole member in producing a final report, it is not for me to comment on that. I have already been very clear. This is a matter for the sole member of the commission-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----and, as I said, when I finally receive the report I will publish it in accordance with the law.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I could certainly turn that speech back on your good self.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: No. I am not going to get into that. You said I should answer a few "simple questions".
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: Yes, and you are the president and leader of the Sinn Féin Party.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: So does everybody else.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I am not going to talk down the clock.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I want to deal with the line of questioning Deputy Adams has followed here.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy said there are two big issues: living up to the requirements of the people and not having the Garda under "patronage and control". Those are the words used by the Deputy. The Government decided to establish an independent policing authority and to have a Garda Commissioner appointed on foot of a public advertisement by means of international competition and selection. This...