Results 31,521-31,540 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: They did. The Opposition said if we abide by that time, they would not push it to a vote. I am offering the same today, if Deputy Martin is anxious, as we all are, to deal with housing matters, health insurance, the harbours Bill and the equality Bill. The Deputy can play games if he wants.
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: He can use all the words he likes about respect, integrity and all the rest of it. He is now into a position where he wants to obstruct these Bills. Deputy Adams’s deputy leader sat on the other side of the House for four hours on one occasion, holding up the business of the House. During the 45 months the Fianna Fáil-Green Party-Progressive Democrats Government was in...
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputies opposite might not like it but those are the facts. We have important legislation to deal with, such as bankruptcy, legal services and other matters, before the Dáil rises for the Christmas recess. As I said before, if Deputy Martin is prepared to accept the times set out here and finish the business within that time, then there is no need to have a vote. It is important that...
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: All Deputy Martin is interested in is being able to say the Dáil is obstructing business and cutting people short.
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: Does Deputy Martin want to go all night for the remainder of the session?
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Government has important legislation to get through. Deputy Martin said he would be constructive and would support necessary Bills.
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: Here is an indication of four of them but all Deputy Martin wants to do now is delay matters by calling for a vote on the proposed guillotine.
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin should do as he did last week and accept the timescale set out here. He can end the votes and stop wasting time but that is not his intention.
- Order of Business (2 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: He is now lined up with Sinn Féin. Perhaps he is cosying up with Sinn Féin because he wants something from it. I do not know.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Martin for his comments. This is an ongoing situation and it is not the first time it has happened. On behalf of everybody in the House, I empathise with those whose homes and businesses have been devastated by the impact of serious flooding and those involved in agriculture whose lands have been flooded, causing difficulties for the movement and feeding of stock and so on....
- Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: I disagree with the Deputy's statement that he gets the sense that the Government does not appreciate this. Does he not understand that we have had reports collated from local authorities and people on the ground whose homes and businesses have been flooded as well as from many other sources? The schemes that are at the construction stage are those for the River Wad in Clanmoyle, Dublin,...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: In respect of the capital works, the tender documentation issued to a shortlist of contractors.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: They are due back in early January for Bandon. The assessment process will take place. The scheme will be constructed between 2016 and 2018. The main elements include new walls and embankments; excavating the channel by approximately 1.6 m for a distance of 3.5 km; replacement of the pedestrian bridge; underpinning Bandon Bridge; construction of new fish passages; and the associated...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Office of Public Works is currently refining a preferred option for the Crossmolina flood relief scheme.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: The humanitarian process to address the situation on the part of the Department of Social Protection is already in place. There are three phases. There is an immediate assessment if people have to be moved to accommodation. Then there is provision of cash for the immediate situation in any house as well as a longer-term analysis when the water is pumped out. The same will apply in respect...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: Next week, we will have a further report on other areas that have been damaged, including bridges and roads and so on.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: Let me assure Deputy Adams------
- Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: Let me assure Deputy Adams that it is utterly unacceptable for any public representative to use his or her position for financial and personal gain. There can be no place in public life for the kind of behaviour that was witnessed on the RTE programme last evening. Public representatives are required to comply fully with the codes of conduct governing the performance of their duties....
- Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams only hears what he wants to hear. I said the planning reform and planning regulator Bill came from a recommendation of the Mahon tribunal many years ago. The office will be fully independent.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: The relevant provisions in Deputy Stanley's Bill will be incorporated into this Bill. It makes him or her responsible for the independent assessment of all local authority and regional assembly forward planning, including zoning decisions of local authority members in local area and development plans, to ensure compliance with relevant national or regional policy or both. The office will...