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- Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: Mr. Justice Cregan, in his complete independence, has sent his interim report and has pointed out what he considers are the challenges.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: We need to find a way of dealing with it as a response from the Oireachtas.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for his comments and question, which is well thought out. Deputy Griffin raised the same matter in a Topical Issue a couple of weeks ago. As a representative of a very large tract of rural Ireland, the Deputy knows that when one ploughs a field, seeds it and rolls it, one has to let it grow.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is the same with trying to get an economy moving, coming from the depths of where we were to a point where we can see real improvement. I agree that many places in provincial Ireland have not seen the return to growth we would like. In Kerry, there has been a drop in the live register of 34% since the regional action plan was introduced. The Minister, Deputy Bruton, introduced a...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: We followed this with introducing regional action plans which are focused on both the strengths and weaknesses of each area, including the Deputy's. Hospitality, the Wild Atlantic Way, broadband development, road infrastructure, water infrastructure and wastewater treatment are all opportunities to make areas more attractive for investment.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: Although not every crossroads will have FDI, there is no reason that small and medium enterprises cannot follow through with the LEOs on establishing businesses, recruiting people more easily and having access to credit that was never there before. Two indigenous Kerry companies have gone global, namely, the Kerry Group, which has established another investment in Kildare which is an...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: The improvements of all these facilities are very important. While the Deputy's question is well meant, employment is growing in his area and the live register numbers have fallen because of new jobs being created.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: We want it to continue into the future.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: I remind Deputy Fleming that the level of unemployment has fallen from 15.2% to 8.9%. People said a few years ago that this was impossible. The number of people who are long-term unemployed has decreased by 46%, from over 204,000 when the action plan was launched in 2012 to 109,800 today. One sixth of the 136,000 new jobs that have been created throughout the country, or 22,000 jobs, have...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Minister has changed the structure so that anybody with an idea can walk into his or her local enterprise office and get all the advice and information he or she needs to set up a company.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: People get advice on how to employ people and access credit so that they can promote their ideas for manufacture or for export. We need to ensure companies throughout the country have no fear. They should not be afraid to go beyond the bounds of their own localities. Many companies are proving that they are well able to sell competitively on the international market the software or...
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 14, Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015 – Financial Resolution; No. 46, statements on Northern Ireland; No. 43, Finance Bill 2015 - Report Stage (resumed) and Final Stage; No. 9, Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015 - Order for Second Stage, and Second and Remaining Stages; No. 44, Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015 - Second Stage...
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: To which proposal is the Deputy referring?
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: Can I take it from what both Deputies have said that the debate on the Bill will conclude by 5.30 p.m.?
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: If both Deputies are in agreement on that, I am sure the Minister will agree to Deputy Martin's proposal and we will accept it.
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: The disability/equality (miscellaneous provisions) Bill will be published next year. I do not expect the Seanad Bill to be published before the close of the session but I hope to have a debate before the close of business here on the report produced by the group looking at the opportunities that might exist with respect to the Seanad. On primary care, free GP care has been extended to...
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: I cannot give the Deputy a date but I will come back to him on it. The implementation of the Garda Inspectorate's recommendation will improve the experience of people reporting offences to An Garda Síochána. Issues being addressed include the establishment of the new national child protection, domestic violence and human exploitation unit, led by a chief superintendent, and the...
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: Legislation on domestic violence is being updated now. The Istanbul Convention sets out the roadmap and the Minister for Justice and Equality is dealing diligently with the consolidated and reformed domestic violence Bill. The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill is in the Seanad today and amendments will be taken. I expect it will come back to the Dáil in the second week in...
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: I cannot give Deputy O'Brien a commitment in that regard but I will come back to him on the progress that is being made in respect of the legislation being presented.
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Enda Kenny: A number of reports and Bills have been presented. We had a decision in 1979 in respect of the university panels and we have had reports in the meantime. What I committed to was to provide an opportunity to debate the report presented by a group of individuals who served in the Seanad and have no personal interest in it other than their views as to how it might be improved. I gave a...