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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Properties (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: My Department does not own any properties or land. Properties occupied by my Department and the National Economic and Social Development Office are provided and managed by the Office of Public Works.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Programme for a Partnership Government refers to the appointment of a Cabinet Minister for Housing and a new Cabinet level Minister for Regional Development and Rural Affairs. On 6 May, I nominated Heather Humphreys T.D. as Minister for Rural Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht and nominated Simon Coveney T.D. as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. ...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: I would like to reassure the Deputy that this Government is committed to protecting our environment and natural heritage. The Programme for Government identifies climate change as the global challenge of our generation which requires radical and ambitious thinking. Tackling climate change and promoting sustainability across all sectors is essential to improving and protecting our...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: I would like to reassure the Deputy that this Government is committed to protecting our environment and natural heritage. The Programme for Government identifies climate change as the global challenge of our generation which requires radical and ambitious thinking. Tackling climate change and promoting sustainability across all sectors is essential to improving and protecting our...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: I would like to reassure the Deputy that this Government is committed to protecting our environment and natural heritage. The Programme for Government identifies climate change as the global challenge of our generation which requires radical and ambitious thinking. Tackling climate change and promoting sustainability across all sectors is essential to improving and protecting our...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: Following the closure of Columb Barracks in 2012, my Department wrote to Government Departments and other Public Bodies inviting them to express any interest in the property, with a view to its disposal by the Department. No such interest was expressed at that time. My officials also met with local representatives and officials from Westmeath County Council to discuss the future of the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: Regarding the vacant properties and lands listed in the previous Parliamentary Question Number 102 of the 4th May, listed below, no annual rental fee is currently being received for these as the properties and lands are either currently being prepared for disposal in keeping with the Department’s policy to dispose of surplus property no longer required for military purposes, or due to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (24 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: Ireland is currently contributing 476 personnel to 11 different missions throughout the world. The main overseas missions, in which Defence Forces personnel are currently deployed, are the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with 199 personnel, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) with 137 personnel and the Naval Service Humanitarian Mission in the...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: First of all, what I said yesterday was that this was a murderous feud between two rival families. We have had experience of this in the past. Pleas to the McCarthy-Dundons, the General and the Gilligan gang did not do anything until intelligence, personnel and investment in resources and capacity were able to take these people off the streets and put them behind bars, and the same applies...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: A significant amount of CCTV and mobile phone traffic is being examined and every investigation is overseen by a dedicated team and investigating officer. Arrests have been made, including on 24 May in connection with the shootings of Eddie Hutch Senior and Gareth Hutch, respectively. This situation is reviewed on a weekly basis. I have asked the Minister for Justice and Equality, the...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: The last point Deputy Martin raised has been discussed with the Minister for Justice and Equality and all of the groups in the communities. This is very important. Some of the groups have been in existence in different parts of the country for many years. They may need to be reinvigorated in terms of the work they do and so on. That issue is under discussion. Let us be clear on this...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: We cannot introduce the regulations until we have the primary legislation. There was a particular case.

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: When it comes, I hope the House can agree to deal with this.

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin asked about the mini Criminal Assets Bureau units. The Garda Commissioner has appointed local investigators in different parts of the country to deal with this issue. They act as mini CAB units in different locations throughout the country. I will meet the Garda Commissioner this evening at 7 p.m. for a full security update, including what is being provided and whether the...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: I agree with Deputy Adams in that the people who live in these inner city areas have every right to have at their disposal proper facilities and opportunities for their children. I agree with Deputy Adams about their commitment to make that opportunity available for their children and families. Why not? I saw and felt as much when I was at the funeral mass of Martin O'Rourke. People came...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: I do not want merely to deal with words. I know of few people in this country who speak with the voice that the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, does about social disadvantage and what can be done about it. She is the newly appointed Minister of State with responsibility for drugs and will lead on the drugs strategy. She will liaise with the local drugs task forces. There will...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: I share Deputy Howlin’s view and thank him for his comment that it is important that everybody sends out a very clear message, and not only that but shows by action that we stand with these communities and this community in particular. The Deputy is right to say that crimes do not exist in a vacuum. The difference between this situation and ones that applied in previous years is the...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: Beyond that, we need to examine the broader facilities available to those communities, which in many respects are grossly inadequate, in order that the leaders in those communities can work with young people, families and children to give them a sense of what investment in communities can deliver, namely, the opportunity and hope that they can have a better life. In the meantime, the...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: I agree that the leaders of the parties in opposition should have the right to have an input into the terms of reference of a local task force. These discussions have already started. I would be happy to ask the other leaders and groupings for their views on how we can do this in the best way possible. The social inclusion units of the Departments of Social Protection and Health are...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: That involves dealing with some of the issues raised by Deputy Howlin.