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Postal and Telecommunications Services (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: No.

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Financial Resolution (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I move:THAT the Schedule to the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952 (No. 24 of 1952) which specifies the excise duties in respect of mechanically propelled vehicles used on public roads be amended in the manner and to the extent specified in the Act giving effect to this Resolution—(a) to provide that articulated vehicles currently charged at the nonagricultural tractor rate of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: No Act introduced by my Department from 1 January 2000 to date contains a provision amending the Data Protection Acts.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Agencies (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: No new State bodies or agencies have been established under my Department's remit since February 2011.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Pension Provisions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: All civil servants under the remit of my Department are members of civil service pension schemes operated by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. All employees of the National Economic and Social Development Office - the only statutory body under the aegis of my Department - are members of the Non-Contributory Pension Scheme for Non-Established State Employees.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Moriarty Tribunal was established in 1997 and published its Final Report in March 2011. Following publication of that Report, the Tribunal’s back-up team was substantially reduced. A small legal and administrative staff remains in place to deal with applications for third-party costs and with the ongoing business of wind-down. The Tribunal is also subject to a number of legal...

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: We are spending €1.4 billion in this area in general. We have more resource teachers and SNAs than ever before. This is a priority for parents and for the Minister for Education and Skills. I do not accept that children should not have access to a professional assessment. Clearly, if there is a problem with a child, it is critical that he or she has access to professional...

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I accept that there delays in respect of speech and language therapy and in psychological assessment, but I would not accept at all any model under which children do not have access to professional assessments. Surely nobody knows a child better than his or her parent, and if there is a difficulty it is very important to determine what that is. There is a €1.4 billion spend, and I...

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept it.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Read it out until I hear it.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Read it out until I hear it.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Read out the section where it says-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: This is Deputy Martin's usual spiel every week. For the Deputy's information, in case he did not realise it, this Government was the first to appoint a senior Minister for children. This Government was the first to set up a Department of children. This Government was the only Government to hold a referendum of the people giving children their rights as citizens.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: This Government has children as a central priority of its focus.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept it, from Deputy Martin or from anybody else. I do not accept it - I do not care what model the Deputy is reading from - that professional assessment of children is not necessary to determine what their particular challenge is.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The focus has to be on meeting the needs of the child.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin can twist the words any way he likes. I do not accept Deputy Martin's weekly rant about detachment.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: This Government made children the focus of political responsibility, with their own Department, their own senior Minister and their own funding, and what is involved here is to determine what are the needs of each individual child.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept from Deputy Martin, or from anybody else, that a child who has a problem should not have a professional assessment of what that challenge is.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams has circled all the issues today. It is not his usual specific attack. He mentioned that the Government has failed to deal with the big issues-----