Results 31,781-31,800 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: Let me repeat it for Deputy Martin. If he wants to listen, I might be able to give him some information. I said to Deputy Martin that I requested his views on the paper that I circulated. I said they were possible heads for consideration.
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I met the leaders of the parties and I asked them for their views. I have now set out the consequence of that in nine heads and I have asked the leaders for their views on the document. Deputy Martin does not seem to want to give me his views. I would appreciate if he would forward them to me.
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: The Government will consider the responses from the leaders of the groups and make its decision in approving the heads of a Bill which will then be sent to the Oireachtas committee in the normal fashion. That is a process that was not there before.
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I sent the leaders the possible heads before we approved them at Cabinet level. Thereafter, of course, it is not in any way confidential. It will be public knowledge and everyone here who wants to can find an answer to those questions.
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: In respect of the last question, it is not satisfactory that the numbers are the way they are. They are better than they were last year. Investment is increasing again. We were left with a position in which 2,000 beds were taken out of circulation by the previous Administration. That is not easy to deal with. In so far as that is concerned, I am glad that the INMO and management have...
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: It is a valid question. The Bill is on Report Stage and is on the Dáil Order Paper. There are ten or 12 Bills on the list. I am not sure, following Committee Stage, whether there is any further work to be done on the Bill. I will ask the Minister for Justice and Equality about whether this is an issue Members feel should be dealt with. It is due to be taken in the Dáil, if not...
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I understand Committee Stage of the Technological Universities Bill will be taken tomorrow. The House might move through that quickly. I cannot speak for the Deputies who will attend the debate. In respect of the cystic fibrosis drug to which the Deputy referred, Deputy Ó Fearghaíl will raise the issue today. If it is not possible to fit such a debate into the Dáil...
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: It is on Committee Stage. If the committee is prepared to finalise it quickly, I do not see any objection to it being moved through. Some people may find complications with it, as often happens in here.
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I will have to come back to the Deputy on his last question. The Adoption (Amendment) Bill and the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill are priority Bills for publication. In respect of wind energy guidelines, there will be enough wind around the country generated from human resources. There might be a need for guidelines.
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I will discuss the matter with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Alex White, and come back to the Deputy.
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy did not open his mouth in Athlone.
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: As I have said on many occasions, the objective of the Government is twofold, first to secure the release of Ibrahim Halawa so that he can return to his family in Ireland and second to provide consular support for him while he is in detention. I am disappointed that his case has been postponed until 6 March.
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I wish to inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade met the Egyptian ambassador today to discuss this case further.
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: It is on the agenda, but I would not bet on it.
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: As an oftentimes forceful representative for her community, I am quite sure Deputy McDonald would agree that it is a right and proper thing for this State to have acquired Nos. 15, 16 and 17 Moore Street and to address the proper restoration of the historic buildings concerned with public moneys in the interests of preserving them in the best way possible for the generations after us.
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I am quite sure that can be done without occupying the building or engaging in that kind of activity. I am not opposed to legitimate protest in our country.
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: Deputy McDonald is in a position to influence communities about the possibilities that are the responsibilities of others in Dublin City Council and the planning process, and also the plan in place for the area around the buildings concerned. She should say that it is important, in the context of 2016 and 1916, that the historic monument, purchased by the State for the people, should be...
- Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy's actions and words do not seem to commend this activity and I am disappointed as a senior representative of her party that this is the attitude she has taken.
- Pension Fund (Prohibition of Levies) Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: No, it is not being opposed.
- Flood Insurance Bill 2016: First Stage (13 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: No, we are not opposing the Bill. We have requested the insurance companies to come back to us by the end of next week with precisely the information the Deputy is seeking. That information will be fed into the Department of Finance, which is currently doing an assessment of international insurance models. I hope the insurance companies will reflect carefully on the question of demountable...