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- Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: I respect, of course, the vote of the people of Northern Ireland. I respect the vote of the people of Scotland and of Wales. While I did not like the overall result, I have to deal with its consequences. I want Deputy McDonald to understand that the all-island civic dialogue that will take place will involve a series of meetings to discuss all of the areas I have mentioned. It will...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Howlin is well aware of the implications of what he is talking about and had a very long and successful engagement with many unions over recent years. In so far as the Garda Síochána issue is concerned, the Minister for Justice and Equality will meet with the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, AGSI, today. The Garda Representative Association, GRA, has agreed to...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: I am very anxious that we find a way forward here. Clearly, with over 2 million people working and unemployment numbers continuing to fall, we are in a somewhat better position than we were previously. I would point out to the Deputy, however, that the majority of trade unions signed up to the Haddington Road and Lansdowne Road agreements.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: The Government is conscious that we have to proceed in a prudent fashion in respect of pay restoration. That is why it is anxious to encourage trade unions to talk in respect of the issues that remain unresolved, and that hopefully can be resolved, leading to a return of industrial peace. The Government must take a sustainable and prudent approach to this issue, as the Deputy did, and it is...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: As pointed out in response to a question from Deputy Howlin, the Government obviously is anxious that the mechanisms of the State are used well to encourage people to engage in this regard and to deal with matters where industrial action has taken place, is threatened or is a cause for concern. That is what such mechanisms are for. The Lansdowne Road agreement on public service pay is the...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: I repeat for the Deputy that the Low Pay Commission is comprised of people who are not being dictated to by the Government stating what they must do. They have terms of reference to look at what might be an appropriate increase in the minimum wage for low-paid workers and they proceed in doing that completely independently and objectively. Deputy Bríd Smith does not seem to want to...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: There was an increase of 1,063 in the number of nurses employed in the public health service - there are now 35,712 - from August 2014 to August 2016. The numbers had fallen by 4,000 from 2007 to 2014. I pointed out to Deputy Bríd Smith that the matter of the incremental credit for the 36-week clinical placement undertaken by fourth year student nurses was abolished by the Government...
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: I understand that the process of agreement makes that proposition. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade will be present on Thursday. We might fit it in an appropriate time if the Deputy so desires.
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: I think so, yes. If they make that recommendation we will be happy to accept it.
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: We would be happy to do that.
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: Yes.
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: A report appears in one of the daily newspapers today claiming that attempts were made to undermine a Garda whistleblower through encouraging officers to attack his character, creating an intelligence file on him, monitoring his activities on the PULSE system, making false allegations about his character and briefing elements of the media and selected politicians in a similar vein. I am...
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: It was received by the Minister for Justice and Equality under the Protected Disclosures Act.
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: Therefore-----
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: The Minister has the report and she is considering it. It is a matter in which, under the Act, confidentiality is absolutely fundamental. In a general sense, the Minister has referred how whistleblowers should be treated under the Act to the independent Policing Authority. It will make its views known. The report has been received by the Minister and she is examining the contents. The...
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: Yes.
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: I am interested to hear Deputy McDonald quoting the head of the British army. It makes a change.
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: The health of the men and women in the Defence Forces has always been a matter of priority for the Government. The choice of medication for overseas deployment, including the drug Lariam, is a medical decision made by medical officers in the Defence Forces having regard to the very specific circumstances of the mission, the individual members of the Defence Forces and where they are to...
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: No is the answer to that question.
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)
Enda Kenny: The Attorney General has reported on the progress being made in respect of this difficult matter. There are quite a number of complex issues which the Attorney General is working through. Deputy Howlin will be aware from his time in government that vacancies were filled in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal was put in place and all other courts vacancies were filled. I understand there...