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Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Obviously, as has happened in the vast majority of other cases, they carry a warning in respect of confidentiality.

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: In the past, in the conduct of a number of commissions, the question of confidentiality was overruled in the public interest, which is what we want here. However, no justice in the past has equated the question of confidentiality with that of privilege.

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Act drawn up in 2004-----

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The draft of the Act drawn up by the late Attorney General did not distinguish between the questions of confidentiality and privilege. In the determination published on the commission's website, Mr. Justice Cregan has made a number of observations. He made a request this morning that the Cabinet would not take a course of action until the interim report is received from him, and I...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is the single determination of the Government to see-----

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: There are two determinations made by the justice: one in respect of the documentation received from the special liquidator and another from the Department of Finance. Both are published on the commission's website today. They are there for Members to read and there is nothing secret about that. In the letter Mr. Justice Cregan sent to me formally on Friday, he alluded to the fact that...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: This is a commission of investigation. It is obliged by law, in terms of the consultation or discussion that takes place between the person dealing with the commission and those who were named or interested organisations or bodies that are involved in it, not to talk about any of these things. I do not deal in speculation or rumour. Deputy Adams has been moving in some golden circles quite...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: There is no need to make an assertion of some kind of restriction or cover-up of documentation. The Minister for Finance said all of the documentation available to the Department of Finance, without redaction, was sent to the commission.

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: All of the documentation relevant to the commission of investigation by Mr. Justice Cregan was sent.

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy should not assert in here that somebody was trying to restrict or not send information that is relevant. All of this information carried with it a confidentiality warning from the Department of Finance, not in all of the papers but in some of them. That confidentiality applied in many other commissions of investigation. It can and has been overruled in the public interest by...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Murphy. The Deputy was one of the principal public representatives who raised this issue and welcomed the debate and the establishment of a commission of investigation. The Government was happy in the circumstances to provide that. She made the point in her observations that she was pleased that we were going to get that information, albeit in a different way. I am quite...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: They are published on the website for the Deputies' perusal. He went on to say in his letter, which I will publish later today, that the commission is preparing an interim report under section 34 of the Act. Prior to the submission of the interim report to me, under the relevant sections thereof, any persons identified or identifiable from the draft report must have it under normal...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not expect that the inquiry will collapse. Mr. Justice Cregan has pointed out in his determination the reasons for saying to me formally in a letter that he is unable to continue processing the case given the circumstances that now apply, so how can we make adjustments, legislatively or in any other fashion, to allow him to continue to do that? From that point of view, Mr. Justice...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: We will get all the advice and then decide if a legislative proposition or whatever will allow that to happen, so the commission of investigation can implement and deal with the terms of reference that were given to it by the Oireachtas to find the answers to those questions in the public interest.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Staff Data (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. There are 14 members of staff in my Department who work in the Government press office, compared with 18 members of staff who worked there under the previous Administration. The staff of the Government press office comprises three non-established civil servants; nine civil servants, two of whom work on www.merrionstreet.ie; and two temporary...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Staff Data (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: With regard to the last point, the office of Government procurement under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform recently completed a market research process, including but not limited to consultation with both buyers and suppliers within the very niche area of media monitoring. Based on the findings of that research, it is now finalising documentation with the intention of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Staff Data (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: In addition to other duties, staff of the website have largely taken over photographic duties in the Department of the Taoiseach and also covered many events across Departments. As a consequences, photography costs in the Department of the Taoiseach have been reduced by 85% from €83,398 in 2008 to €12,709 in 2014. This practice also resulted in significant savings across other...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 to 13, inclusive, together. I met with United Nations Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon for a courtesy call on 26 May. Mr. Ban was in Ireland to receive the Tipperary International Peace Award. I was delighted that his visit took place in the year that we mark the 60th anniversary of Ireland's membership of the United Nations, as well as the 70th...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I will deal with the question of gay and lesbian rights in the first instance. An anti-homosexuality Bill was passed by the Ugandan Parliament in 2013. That Bill was signed into law by President Museveni in February 2014. The Act further criminalised homosexuality and imposed even harsher penalties. In a welcome move in August last year, the law was struck down by the Constitutional Court...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: We referred to the Palestinian issue several times last week. At my request, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, wrote to Deputy Adams. The Government fully recognises Members' interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and has done so for many years. Our goal is to achieve statehood for Palestine in reality, not rhetorically. The Minister, Deputy...