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Order of Business (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I have explained about the tender and the awarding of the contract.

Order of Business (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: Responsibility for the post offices shifts to the Minister for regional and rural affairs.

Order of Business (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: This divestment of patronage in schools was initiated by a former Minister for Education and Skills, former Deputy Ruairí Quinn. The Archbishop of Dublin pointed out that the Catholic Church has too many schools and wishes to divest numbers of these to other patrons, whether that was Educate Together or whatever. That process did not measure up to the targets that the Minister had in...

Order of Business (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: We have chosen to go down the road of dealing with this by providing more multidenominational schools. For the information of Deputy Coppinger, we are advised that there would potentially be very significant constitutional issues in terms of the rights of religious expression in attempting to require through legislation that a Catholic school would admit a non-Catholic ahead of a Catholic....

Order of Business (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Bruton, will discuss this with the Oireachtas committee. The Bill introduced by the former Minister, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, some time ago did not deal with this issue. It is an element that the Minister, Deputy Bruton, would be quite happy to discuss with the Oireachtas committee.

Order of Business (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: Following the meeting I had with the Deputy and other parties last week, I can confirm that this morning the Government approved the drafting of a Bill in respect of the general scheme of the commissions of investigation dealing with IBRC. That was the approval of the urgent drafting of legislation to enhance the powers of the commission of investigation into IBRC along the lines of a...

Order of Business (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health met representatives of the Psychiatric Nurses Association of Ireland last Friday. The money has been restored in full for what was originally intended for mental health and the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, will outline the details of how it is to be spent. With regard to recruitment, there will be a focus on attracting psychiatric nurses back to Ireland and...

Order of Business (8 Jun 2016)

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Order of Business (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: The two go hand in hand. I will raise that with the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Varadkar, and will ask him to reply to Deputy Healy-Rae. In respect of the first issue the Deputy raised, clearly the appropriate time to have a deeper analysis of what the European directive actually meant would have been when it was being drafted in the first instance, many years ago now. As Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cross-Border Co-operation (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 79 together. The Central Statistics Office and the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) are State Bodies under the remit of my Department. The NESDO is the body corporate for the National Economic and Social Council (NESC). The CSO and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) work closely together on topics of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Data (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: The CSO strives to ensure that the information collected and provided from the census remains current, relevant, of maximum use to the public and that it reflects the needs of users to the greatest extent possible. It has been common practice in advance of the census to conduct a public consultation on possible new questions and changes to existing questions, which are then considered by a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Communications (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: As in the case of my predecessors, I have no official responsibility to the Dáil in respect of the correspondence I receive. I receive a great deal of correspondence from individuals, organisations and Members of the Oireachtas on a wide variety of topics beyond my Department's area of responsibility and receipt of correspondence does not of itself render me answerable to the House on...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Responsibilities (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 687 and 688 together. There is no change in the position as regards the relationship between the Department of Defence and the Department of the Taoiseach. Subject to finalisation of the necessary statutory instruments, the Minister of State at the Department of Defence, Minister Paul Kehoe, will undertake the associated delegated functions. As such, he...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Cross-Border Co-operation (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: The only State body under the aegis of the Department of Defence is the Army Pensions Board. The Army Pensions Board is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act 1927. Under the various Army Pensions Acts the Army Pensions Board has a specific role in relation to the grant of pensions and gratuities to former members of the Permanent Defence Force (PDF) in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Data (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I can confirm that I am satisfied that data required in the context of the operation of the Department of Defence are collected to the required level. As the Department of Defence is not involved in North/South engagement there are no plans to work with the administration in Northern Ireland to develop the collection of such data on a North/South basis.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: Enquiries are being made into the matter raised by the Deputy. Unfortunately it has not been possible to complete these enquiries in the time available. I will provide further clarification directly to the Deputy as soon as the requested information becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: Following the closure of Columb Barracks in 2012, my Department has explored a number of avenues to try and secure the long term future of the former barracks for the benefit of the local community. Government Departments and other Public Bodies, including Westmeath County Council, have been invited to declare any interest in acquiring the property. To date no interest has been...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medical Services (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: The function of the Medical Corps of the Defence Forces is to provide medical services to serving members of the Defence Forces. It is not the function of the Medical Corps of the Defence Forces, nor has it the capacity, to provide medical services, including physiotherapy services, to former members of the Defence Forces. The person referred to by the Deputy was discharged from the Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 694 and 695 together. The following table outlines the numbers of RDF personnel who enlisted in the years 2011 to 2015, whose current addresses are recorded on the Defence Forces Personnel Management System (PMS) as being in counties Meath and Westmeath. YEAR ENLISTED MEATH WESTMEATH TOTAL 2011 5 13 18 2012 11 6 17 2014 6 4 10 2015 10...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Training (8 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: The White Paper on Defence 2015 confirmed that the primary role of the Reserve Defence Force (RDF) is to augment the PDF in crisis situations. It is also to contribute to State ceremonial events. In terms of RDF training units in rural areas, as the Deputy may be aware, the re-organisation of the RDF was a key element of the response to the findings of the Value for Money Review of the...