Results 31,881-31,900 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I read the report in respect of the elderly lady the Deputy speaks of who has a particular set of challenges, and I note the intervention of the President of the High Court. There is a health Bill, which is published, which deals with the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, the Dentists Act 1985, the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, the Pharmacy Act, and the Nurses and Midwives Act...
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I never mentioned GSOC at all yesterday. I have absolute confidence in the capabilities of the eminent judicial chairperson-----
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I am not responsible for headlines in papers.
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I made the point about-----
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I am not responsible for headlines in The New York Timesor anywhere else.
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: The question of ethnicity has not come before the Government for discussion but was referred to at a Cabinet sub-committee and there is further work to be done there. In respect of the serious matter the Deputy has raised about Traveller accommodation, I would point out that the site in question was unoccupied since 2008 and there was serious deterioration. It was occupied in April of 2014....
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: That is where this needs to be dealt with in the first instance. We cannot have a situation where a fire officer says this is a fire hazard and it continues to be occupied.
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: Report Stage of this Bill will be taken here next Wednesday. Hopefully, we might be able to conclude it in the Dáil.
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: It is Report Stage. If it concludes here on Fifth Stage, it goes to the Uachtarán for signature. If everybody gets together, it will happen. Otherwise, we will have to do it in the weeks ahead.
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: It is important legislation, as Deputy Coppinger says. It is in the Seanad on Report Stage on Thursday. I cannot say whether the eminent speakers in Seanad Éireann will want to amend it or how long it will take to discuss. When it concludes Report Stage in the Seanad, it will then come here.
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I cannot say how long the Seanad will take to deal with Report Stage given there are amendments and Members can have very strongly held views about it. I do not want to do the Seanad's business for it.
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: Let us first see when it finishes in the Seanad.
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: The Criminal Justice (Offences relating to Information Systems) Bill has been published. The universities Bill is a priority for publication. It seeks to give the Minister the power to require universities to comply with Government guidelines on remuneration allowances and so on.
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: It is scheduled for publication and it has priority attached to that. I will advise the Deputy on the state of progress.
- Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: That Bill has gone through, as the Deputy said. A number of sections require a commencement order. The Minister for Justice and Equality intends to sign those sections on 29 January. I understand there are other sections that require a commencement order to take place in February but she intends to sign the immediate ones on 29 January.
- Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: No.
- European Council: Statements (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I welcome the opportunity to address the House on the outcome of the European Council which took place on 17 and 18 December. The context for the meeting was no easier than it is today, with the ongoing migration and refugee crisis continuing to pose the most serious of challenges for the European Union. This crisis was the first item on the Council agenda. Heads of State and Government...
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I welcome the opportunity to express my full confidence in Deputy Joan Burton as Tánaiste in the Fine Gael-Labour Party partnership Government and indeed in her nominee to the position of chair of the Pensions Authority. I also express confidence in the plan we have implemented to bring the country back from the brink of economic catastrophe. Fine Gael and Labour put these plans...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Staff (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: A total of seventeen political staff are employed by my Department. The table below sets out the role of each individual staff member and the salary in each case. Title Salary Chief of Staff €156,380 Special Adviser to the Taoiseach €156,380 Special Adviser to the Taoiseach €84,706 Special Adviser to the Taoiseach €84,706 Special Adviser to Chief Whip...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (19 Jan 2016)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 80 together. One Bill was published by my Department since 9 March 2011. It was the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013, which was published in June 2013 further to a commitment in the Programme for Government. A regulatory impact analysis (RIA) is normally required for primary legislation but...