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Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: I will be very happy to raise the matter again with the British Prime Minister and report back to the Dáil on the human rights issue. Our justice committee will be known as the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Human Rights. It is an issue of considerable importance to us. I will advise the House on the points the Deputy has raised about the Human Rights Act 1998 in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: In respect of Narrow Water, the Government and the Northern Ireland Executive agreed to undertake a review of the project with a view to identifying options for its future development for consideration by both the North-South Ministerial Council in June and initial discussions were held by a group of officials from the North and South which took place in December. Further meetings have taken...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: There are two things that would apply there. Social welfare changes could apply in two cases following the European Union agreement with Britain. The first of these is that child benefit payable in respect of children of EU migrant workers not living in the same state as their parents could be index-linked after four years to reflect conditions in the country where the child lived. There...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: This would not apply to any EU citizen already living in the United Kingdom. The Government has made this point clearly to the British Government in Downing Street about future Irish workers who will travel to Britain using what is now the common travel area but which also goes back many years. The British Government is acutely aware of how sensitive this issue is for future Irish workers...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: It means they are sensitive to the fact the Government would not want any infringement or loss of current status lower-paid Irish workers would have, were that to apply.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: First, I absolutely condemn the cold-blooded murder of a man this morning, when gunmen entered the Avondale House flats on North Cumberland Street and shot two nephews of Gerry Hutch. Gareth Hutch, aged 35, was fatally wounded and Ross Hutch, aged 24, is understood to have received non-fatal injuries. This happened in broad daylight, in very close proximity to an armed Garda unit on patrol....

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: Nobody disputes that fear stalks the streets and the communities to which he refers and which I have heard people speak of. However, it is not normal to have 1000 intensive, armed checkpoints since February in any location but that is what is being done. The Minister met with the Commissioner to request particular strengthening of Garda resources to deal with gangland crime in the inner...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: I have not spoken to the Garda Commissioner about this matter. The O'Higgins report is due for debate in the House tomorrow. The findings of the report are very clear. I intend to make a short contribution to that debate myself. The Garda Commissioner is due to appear before the independent Policing Authority on Thursday and that is an opportunity for the Commissioner to speak. Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams asked me if I had spoken to the Commissioner about this matter and I answered him by saying that I had not spoken to the Commissioner about it. As Deputy Adams is well aware, the Commissioner is not entitled to speak to me or anyone else about evidence she would have given under oath to the O'Higgins commission.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: Clearly, the leaking of selected pieces of information is an offence.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice and Equality is in touch on an ongoing basis with the Garda Commissioner and the Garda will investigate whether there is any issue of disciplinary action that should be taken arising from what has happened here.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Garda Commissioner is to appear before the independent Policing Authority on Thursday.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: Obviously, she has the opportunity to make a statement there in answering questions from the authority.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: First I should say that Deputy Howlin, in his previous capacity as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the previous Government, did an enormous job in dealing with very difficulty circumstances. I have commended him publicly before for his engagement with trade unions on public sector pay in very difficult circumstances given the nature of the decisions that the Government of the...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: I thought I should say it anyway, Deputy Martin. Partnership.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: The programme for Government contains a very strong commitment in the Lansdowne Road agreement and I confirm that will be implemented fully as will the Haddington Road agreement. That gives a good framework for the next few years for the Government's proposals for a continuation of public service reform as well as setting out an agreed pathway to pay restoration for public servants that is...

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the latter, there is no embargo on recruitment provided that the hospital in question has the resources to recruit the staff necessary. In particular, there is no embargo in respect of critical staff being employed in the intensive care unit.

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Howlin is well aware, we cannot have an open-ended recruitment process if the money and resources are not available, either for particular hospitals or for any Department. The Minister has not commented upon any expediting of the agreements, save to say that both will have to be implemented in their entirety. He has commended the many hundreds of thousands of public servants...

Order of Business (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Order of Business shall be as follows: No. 6, statements on Mental Health Services (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Private Members' business shall be No. 14, motion re domestic water charges, and the following time limits and sequence of speakers shall apply: proposer – 40 minutes; Government – 20 minutes; Fianna Fáil...