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- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 14, motion re Supplementary Estimates for public services, Votes 6, 7, 12, 17, 20, 21, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37, 38 and 40, back from committee; and No. 2, Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 - amendments from the Seanad (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. tonight and shall adjourn on...
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: This is the return of the Estimates to the plenary session of the House. They were all discussed individually in committee, and party spokespersons and anybody else who wished had full entitlement to go to those discussions and ask any questions they wanted for as long as they wished. We are not going to have the same thing in here. They were discussed individually and in detail. I am not...
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: Did Deputy Martin check whether his spokespersons turned up? What questions did they ask? Did they make a contribution?
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: I referred yesterday to comments made in the United States that are not acceptable to me or to people in this country. Free speech is one thing, but the comments made are unacceptable. The heads of the Red Cross Bill were cleared on 24 November. That Bill will be available early in the new year. The public health tobacco Bill is due next year as well. Yesterday, we published the sale...
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin referred to words of fiction. I recall some of his words: "My own view is that some stories have emerged that shouldn't happen. The idea of there not being enough trolleys when you go into a hospital - that should never happen with the level of investment that is going in now. Using the ambulances and stretchers in the car park, in my view that's not acceptable. With the...
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----about the fact that lack of investment created all kinds of difficulties. However, he was the person in charge who would not accept any responsibility for what he was supposed to be doing.
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Mac Lochlainn need not worry about the election at all. The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill is currently before the Seanad, where I expect many Members will raise the issues the Deputy has raised. I commend RTE on the programme it produced. This Bill is a Government priority. The Second Stage debate on the International Protection Bill will be held in the House tomorrow. I...
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy is correct that the legislation was passed in July 2014. I will take up the matter with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney, for a response in respect of his responsibility in this area and with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, who deals with competition and the consumer.
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: That is an important point. Both Bills are scheduled for early next year.
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: There is a Bill and it will go before the committee. The wildlife around Castleblakeney can feature in that when the discussions take place.
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is on Report Stage. Perhaps the Deputy would raise that matter at the Whips meeting.
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Minerals Development Bill was published last July and is awaiting Second Stage. I cannot foresee it being dealt with before the recess. With regard to fisheries boards and cleaning out rivers, a number of State agencies are involved in these matters-----
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----and, as the Deputy knows, it can be quite difficult to get agreement on the best thing to do.
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is due to pressure of business. The question about Pobal could be dealt with as a Topical Issue if the Ceann Comhairle decides to let the Deputy raise it.
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: The next North-South Ministerial Council is on Friday. Following the Stormont House Agreement, we are committed to dealing with criminality and lawlessness on both sides of the Border through a variety of mechanisms, including this.
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: The criminal procedure Bill was cleared in April and the mediation Bill was also cleared, but it will be next year.
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is going to Cabinet next week and it will certainly be published. We have a lot of complaints about rushing legislation through, but I expect that if it comes to Cabinet next week and is approved, it will be published.
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: There is a packed agenda there.
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: I am hearing the Deputy.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: Gabh mo leithscéal, tá rud eicint mícheart le mo ghuth. I am glad the INMO has reached an agreement with HSE management to call off the strike. As was pointed out by the Minister for Health on a number of occasions, strike action would not deal with a single person on a trolley anywhere. It was not the Government that called the strike in the first place and I am glad the...