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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: I might say to Deputy Adams, when I speak to the IDA or anybody else, I do not charge $500 a plate for the privilege of hearing my few words-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----about how we might present our country in that sense.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: Yes, Deputy Boyd Barrett, I am happy to attend at this function, and believe me - from what the Deputy is reading out there, I actually was in a very different place than all these sumptuous locations-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----that the Deputy was talking about. This was strictly business, believe you me, from morning until evening. It is a great opportunity over 15-minute periods to meet people who have an interest in investing in Ireland, some of them quite new. In fact, I might say to the Deputy that some of those who attended at the location that I spoke in were AVG Technologies, Hewlett Packard, Marsh...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----Huawei, Novartis, Palantir Technologies and Senn Delaney. Companies that were there before were Credit Suisse, Medtronic, Microsoft, Zurich Insurance, the McGraw-Hill founders, Bayer AG, Facebook, Accenture, Kaspersky Lab and Airbnb. These are people who have invested their money here, who employ serious numbers of people and who have the opportunity to have a career, a contract and a...
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 11, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Educational Research Centre (Establishment) Order 2015; No. 12, motion re employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015; No. 34, statements on the European Council meeting of 25-26 June; and No. 1, National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 [Seanad] - Second Stage....
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: Is it six months?
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: I have no intention of changing the legislation in respect of the periods of Government, which are five years. The Constitution provides for seven years, in a real emergency. The Deputy can rest easy. I have no intention of changing the legislation.
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: In respect of property tax, I am glad there has been an increase in property prices which takes many people locked in negative equity for a number of years out of that particular trap. There will be no change in the design of the valuation of properties until 2017. The Minister for Finance is conscious of the increase in property prices and has asked Dr. Don Thornhill who did extensive work...
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: I have referred to the situation in so far as the elderly are concerned, home care packages and opportunities for people to stay in their own homes as long as that is practicable. Obviously, the Minister will answer questions on this particular issue on a number of occasions.
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Dáil debate on Northern Ireland and Ballymurphy will take place, in whichever form is most appropriate, before the House rises. I give the Deputy that guarantee. Everybody was pleased with the outcome of the referendum on marriage equality. The Bill cannot be published until the court makes its decision. It is before the court. If it was not before the court we would have the...
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for that Bill. The issue of the operations is a different matter.
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Education and Skills took consultations on this and received quite a lot of observations, I think 90 in all. Those analysed proposals will come before the Cabinet before it rises for the summer.
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: No. Deputy Mattie McGrath raised this on several occasions. I do not have a date for publication of the Bill.
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: We might say it is rattling on.
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: The heads of those two Bills were brought before Cabinet, the Garda Síochána (Malicious Injuries Compensation) Bill in 2012 and is expected to be published in the second half of this year. The heads of the environmental liability Bill 2008 were cleared some time ago but I cannot give the Deputy a date for publication yet.
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: There is quite a deal of consultation going on about that. The heads have not been cleared yet and therefore I cannot give Deputy Ellis a date for publication but I will ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to update him on its current state of preparation.
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: I want that to happen.
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: This is an important issue. The Government has given substantial backing to SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority. The Minister of State for Education and Skills is working very diligently on this. He has taken into account all of the 90 public consultation propositions. It is critical to provide new opportunities for apprenticeships and new ways for young people. I want...
- Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: The consultation paper is before the committee. That is why Deputies are entitled to give their views on it. Following that analysis the Bill will be drafted. It is an important issue.