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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I will attend the British Irish Council meeting next month at which the Scottish First Minister is also due to attend, where we will continue our work on the implications of Brexit for all Member Administrations.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 70 and 75 together. A Second Secretary General has been appointed to lead a new integrated division within the Department of the Taoiseach with responsibility for supporting the Taoiseach in his work on EU, Northern Ireland, British-Irish and International affairs. The appointment is part of a series of actions announced by the Taoiseach following...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: No outside public relations companies have been engaged by my Department for the purpose of disseminating government policy. The Government news website Merrionstreet.ie provides a comprehensive news service on the work of Government to domestic and international media and the public. Government Press Officers are available on a 24 hour basis to answer media queries on all aspects of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Tribunals of Inquiry Data (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Moriarty Tribunal is in the process of cataloguing all relevant material in preparation for placement in archive, in accordance with the requirements of the National Archives Act 1986 and the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011. All documents furnished to the Tribunal, and not required to be retained under the above mentioned legislation, will be returned to the parties that...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I welcomed the European Commission's Chief Brexit Negotiator, Michel Barnier, to Government Buildings on 12 October. Mr Barnier's visit to Dublin was one of a series of engagements with EU capitals, in order to prepare for the forthcoming Brexit negotiations. Our discussions were timely, especially given the indication by Prime Minister May in early October - and confirmed to EU leaders at...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Functions (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: On 6 May 2016 the Government appointed Deputy Regina Doherty as Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at my Department, and Deputy Paul Kehoe as Minister of State at my Department and the Department of Defence with special responsibility for the Department of Defence. On 19 May the Government appointed Deputy Joe McHugh as Minister of State at my Department and at the Department of...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I know the Deputy has raised this out of a sense of seriousness because it is ultimately the most personally invasive and sensitive issue which could arise. I remember meeting Louise O'Keeffe with the then Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. There was a huge file on the case, leaving aside her courage in pursuing her case in the European court. I do not know how...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin mentioned seven out of 210 cases have been settled. That is 210 cases before the courts. However, we have no idea of the numbers who might wish to come forward to say they were sexually abused in school X or Y by teacher or person X or Y. We have no idea of the scale of that. When the State dealt with the Louise O'Keeffe case on 28 January 2014, when the judgment...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: We will not resile from our responsibilities. We are well aware of the fact that we are a co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement. That is the very point I have been making for quite some time. For all of the leaders I have met at European level, the first point of contact for their interest in this country is the protection of the peace process and all that it brings with it. Our...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: It was made clear after my meeting with the Prime Minister in Downing Street that we did not want a return to having a hard border and that we did not want to see an end to the common travel area, which has been in place since 1922. It worked well when the two countries were outside the European Union and has worked well with both inside it. It has been untested with one and one out. There...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Finance Bill is on Second Stage in the House and is being taken by the Minister for Finance himself. If the Deputy has an issue in respect of inheritance tax, I suggest she puts down an amendment and has that discussed on Committee Stage.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister has made some changes to the threshold in respect of inheritance tax.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister has also made changes in respect of section 110 with regard to vulture funds and all of that. It is obvious the Minister does not favour either tax avoidance or tax evasion and has closed many loopholes in his time as Minister for Finance.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Collins is entitled to raise the issue and air it here, of course. I suggest that if she wants a further discussion on it, she should put down an amendment on the specifics of what she is talking about.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Healy-Rae for his question. The Time to Move On from Congregated Settings report found that there were a number of people still experiencing institutional living conditions which were not right in this day and age. Good progress has been made. In 2008, 4,000 people resided in congregated settings whereas in September 2014, that number was approximately 3,200. Today, the...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Healy-Rae will appreciate that we have moved beyond the point where everybody might be institutionalised in these kinds of settings. That is not to decry the service given by the staff in settings over the years. There have been difficulties in some institutions, including one notable case in the West some time ago. There are people are currently living in institutions like this...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Government, in conjunction with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Simon Coveney, published a housing programme which is of an unprecedented scale. It dealt with everything from rough sleepers to homelessness in all its forms, and focused on the supply of houses to deal with the catch-up situation which followed the collapse of the construction...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Adams for raising this issue. The national maternity strategy recognises that in recent years there has been a lot of pressure on the services provided as a result of the increase in the number of births. There are reports on that, which also take into account staff recruitment and retention, relatively low levels of obstetricians and midwives, the rising costs of services,...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: In a general sense, I would like to see the Civil Liability Bill processed which would allow for periodic payments to be made in cases where there have been catastrophic injuries and where the case can go on for years. In response to Deputy Healy-Rae, the Minister of State, Deputy Eoghan Murphy is doing a great deal of work on the insurance business at the moment. He is meeting with all the...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: This matter was raised previously on a number of occasions and it presents a constitutional difficulty. There are no proposals to bring legislation before the House with regard to dignity in dying, as the Deputy has asked.