Results 33,541-33,560 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (19 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: There are not just six options. There are at least six options that could be considered. I am not going into that because it is not my remit. This is a function of the Citizens' Assembly. I have not been briefed by the Supreme Court judge other than to have a brief conversation with her before the assembly commenced. She is entirely in charge of it and it is in very capable hands. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet committee on justice reform last met on 6 July 2016. The date for its next meeting has not been scheduled but it will take place shortly.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Yes. Next month is November.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet sub-committee discusses a range of issues relating to the Garda, policing and crime in general, making its recommendations or dealing with requests from the Minister for Justice and Equality of the day, who is the Tánaiste in this case. As Deputy Adams is aware, under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, a worker employed in a public body may make a protected disclosure to a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Government's position in this matter is clear, namely, that we intend to transfer the authority to make appointments to senior positions within the Garda to the Policing Authority.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: No appointments have been made in the recent past by Government to the higher ranks of the Garda in the way that used to pertain.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: As I understand it, that function has been transferred but I will clarify it for the Deputy. It is one of the critical functions of the Policing Authority to be independent of anything to do with Government. Regarding threatened strike action by members of the Garda, I have heard claims that the John Horgan report, which is due very shortly, might not be available to the public pay...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I have dealt with that. In respect of GSOC, I noted the view expressed by its very fine chairperson, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring, that some powers were lacking in the ombudsman commission. I have spoken to the Minister for Justice and Equality about this and see no reason we cannot act in this regard. If the chairperson of the commission, who is an eminent member of the Judiciary, says it...

European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I welcome this opportunity to address the House in advance of the European Council meeting that begins tomorrow in Brussels. The agenda includes a discussion of the current migration situation, the European Union's trade policy and a number of trade agreements, a range of global and economic issues, and external relations, specifically with Russia and Syria. I have asked the Minister of...

European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: It has to be approved in the House, as is the case with all the other parliaments. There will be a full discussion on it here.

European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: It is a mixed agreement so the Deputies have to pass it.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I am disappointed that things have gone this far, but there is still time for the ASTI to pull back. The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Richard Bruton, has been diligent in wanting to see the threatened strike being called off. It is a dispute that is unnecessary. Clearly, the issues that have led to it have already been dealt with for other unions within the Lansdowne Road...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: No, I did not see him last night.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Government has committed to implementing the Lansdowne Road agreement in full. As the Deputy knows, this requires continued careful management of the economy and a structured way in which to respond to the reductions made, three quarters of which have already been restored in the negotiations and signed off on by two of the teacher unions. The Government is fully committed, within the...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: -----it will have an impact on the issue of benefits for the members of the ASTI.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The discussions with the GRA and the AGSI are at a sensitive stage. It is disappointing, as Deputy Adams will be aware, that the GRA's members rejected the agreement reached with the Department in recent weeks and that the GRA has announced its intention of taking industrial action. I hope that can be averted. It is also disappointing that the AGSI announced its intention to follow suit...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: As I said already, there cannot be any question other than continuing to have a managed and prudent approach to dealing with public sector pay and the unwinding of the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation and restoration of the cuts it introduced, nor can there be any question of making special arrangements for anybody outside the Lansdowne Road agreement.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: People must work within the constraints of the agreement. The Government is conscious that the association and many others in the public sector are frustrated with the pace of pay restoration. However, the Minister and Government do not have at their disposal the wherewithal to deal with these things immediately. Within that framework, the Government is committed to the establishment of...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The first duty of the public pay commission announced today will be to look at the question of how the legislation should be dealt with in a strategic and focused manner. Obviously, as the Deputy is well aware from his time in office, prudent management of the economy in terms of public sector pay is very important. Given the nature and scale of the numbers involved and the number of unions...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Ministers are focusing on dealing with the sensitive and critical issues that are the subject of much discussion with the ASTI, the GRA and the AGSI. As I said, Professor Horgan's report and the public pay commission will point the strategy towards the complete unwinding of the FEMPI legislation. It is, of course, understood-----