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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----in terms of managing the economy for the people to be able to have that engine to drive and invest in services, as the more people that are in work the less tax they will pay. As I said, the Government has put €2.5 billion on the table for social housing, in addition to the changes in the legislation and the incentives for contractors, the reduction in rebates, the opportunity...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 12, Supplementary Estimate for Public Services - Vote 35, back from committee; No. 1, Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 - amendments from the Seanad. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. and adjourn not later than 10 p.m.; (2) No. 12 shall be decided without debate and any...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The criminal justice (victims rights) Bill is due to go through this session. In respect of the panel, the Minister for Justice and Equality has started to respond with letters to the personnel involved. As I am aware, and I will confirm this to the Deputy, the number of cases where further action is recommended is quite small. Not everybody will be pleased with that given the nature and...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I am aware of that.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the question of debates arising from the Constitutional Convention, I gave the Deputy an undertaking that we would have that debate before the House rises, and we will do so.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Gerry Adams asked me a question about the Constitutional Convention reports that were not discussed here. I gave him an undertaking that we would have those debates before the House rises for this session and we will do that. In regard to the question of the climate change Bill, the amendments from the Seanad will be taken on Thursday morning here in the Dáil and I would...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: That Bill is due for publication next year.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: We have had a number of debates about this. I am sure the Deputy was happy at the meeting in Ballymascanlon to point out that €200 million would be allocated to the Garda for information sharing and information capacity enhancement. We have joined the Schengen information system, which will mean every garda on the beat will have that information. The college in Templemore is open...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not know - Ballymascanlon legislation.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: On the opportunity for a debate, we will have it at some stage.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the first question, the heads of the Bill were cleared in September and it will be next year before the legislation is published. There is no reason, as has applied for many years, local authorities should not be in the business, or getting back into the business, of building houses. I recall as a member of a local authority there always being a serious housing development...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: No, it will not be enacted before the conclusion of this session of the Dáil. It is an important Bill.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is due for publication next year and the point the Deputy made is that the Minister of State has referred to additional heads being inserted in the Bill. It will, therefore, not be enacted before the end of this year.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: That Bill is on Committee Stage in the Seanad.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Government Chief Whip and the Deputy's party Whip can discuss this at the Whips meeting. There is quite a list of Bills that we would like to get through. Obviously, Members have a right to have their say but, in so far as is possible, I would like to see as many Bills as possible put through both Houses. Time is getting short, as the Deputy will understand.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Every Member should be informed of the assessment of the difficulties as outlined by the judge in so far as the Oireachtas can deal with this and I would like to have the views of as many people as possible.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am not too sure whether the Deputy heard me the last time. We will have to wait for that until the new year.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases Data (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: There are currently four legal cases pending against my Department (including State agencies under its aegis), two of which are being managed by the State Claims Agency. Four legal cases took place during the years 2011 to 2014. The total legal costs incurred by my Department from 2011 to 2014 in respect of these cases is provided in the table. Year € 2011 €43,535 2012...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (1 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: No employee of my Department is classified under a contract of indefinite duration. The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the only State Agency under the aegis of my Department and is the body corporate for the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). Four employees of NESDO/NESC are classified under contracts of indefinite duration. None of these officials...

Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The emergency department at University College Galway is not fit for purpose in this day and age.