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Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I welcome the opportunity to open the debate on Northern Ireland as we face once again into a critical juncture for the peace process. I can assure the House that the two governments in Dublin and London remain steadfast and determined to support the parties in the North to reach agreement on critical issues. With the conclusion of the Stormont House Agreement in December 2014 after...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Data (3 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: My Department received 258 Freedom of Information requests from January to October this year, of which 54 are currently ongoing for which replies will issue in due course. Of the remaining 204 requests, replies issued to 121 requests issued within four weeks of the receipt of the request. Of the remainder, some had the deadline extended under the Act where search and retrieval costs...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Budgets (3 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The table below provides details of my Department's budget allocation for 2015 and 2016. My Department is on course to remain within the 2015 budget allocation. 2015 2016 €'000 €'000 27,022,000 26,349,750

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Lansdowne Road Agreement (3 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The allocation to my Department to cover payroll costs has been increased by €163,593 in 2016 to cover the provisions of the Lansdowne Road Agreement.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (3 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I make appointments to the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and the National Statistics Board (NSB). The NESC provides guidance to Government on strategic issues for Ireland’s economic and social development. Since coming into office on 9 March 2011, I have made appointments to the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) as set out in the table beneath. The...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Jobs Data (3 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The most recent figures available are for Q2 2015. Table 1 below shows the number of persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by full-time and part-time status in Q2 of each year from 2012 to 2015 along with the three year change over this period. Table 2 below...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Jobs Data (3 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The latest breakdown of persons engaged in Irish-owned and foreign-owned enterprises available from the Central Statistics Office is for the year 2012. The figures, which are published in Table 8.2 of the CSO’s annual Business in Ireland report, show the numbers of persons engaged in the private business economy, i.e. in private sector businesses in the Industry, Construction, and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (3 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The terms of the Career Break Scheme for civil servants are set out in Circular 04/2013. Since 1 January 2012, five civil servants who were on career break from my Department have been reinstated in the Civil Service following their career breaks.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I agree with the consultant concerned-----

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----that this is a shocking example of dysfunctionality in the system. One does not need legislation to know that a 91 year old should not be left on a trolley for lengthy periods.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The same applies in respect of the man's wife. One does not need legislation to understand that.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I would like to know who is responsible for that 91 year old man being left on a trolley for 29 hours.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I know that there are serious changes being implemented in many of our hospitals.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Some of these changes are being resisted, as they always have been resisted.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is important to understand, from any sense of humanity, that a 91 year old man should not be left on a trolley in the first instance, if that can be at all prevented and, if not, certainly not for that length of time.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: As pointed out by the consultant, this indignity, lack of privacy and noise and light interference in this man's senior years is unacceptable.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Emergency department overcrowding remains a serious challenge. We were told earlier on this year that the provision of additional funding for the fair deal scheme would help to bring down waiting times under that scheme from 15 weeks to a more normal level and that this would end this particular problem. That funding was provided. It is now four weeks on and it did not deal with the...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The task force set up by the Minister in respect of emergency departments meets on a regular basis. There are more beds. Delayed discharges have been reducing steadily since the start of the year. Beds in the community - for instance, in Mount Carmel - have been opened and 300 additional hospital beds are to open shortly, as already announced and in respect of which money is in place. A...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: This is a challenge for everybody. The Minister has provided the money through the budget. Extra staff have been appointed and yet these kinds of cases continue to arise.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I would like to hear the response from the hospital. I am not passing the buck-----