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Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I will ask the Minister to answer. He is dealing with it now.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: That will be dealt with, I understand, in the bail Bill. I reported progress on that in the House before.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, introduced in the budget a gap year in particular to help farmers caught with grain this year where they could not get anything out. I will ask Deputy Creed to respond to Deputy Healy-Rae's second question.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: They are two separate things. Dealing in and selling illegal drugs is a matter for the Minister for Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána, which has a particular expertise in this area through the drug squads which are funded by Government. Obviously, the Minister will look at the question of mobile vehicles of one description or another. They seem to change every so often....

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to respond.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: There is no set procedure here, but where a phenomenon like this has occurred and where there are, as unfortunately we have had in the past, what are termed "copycat arrangements" or "copycat outcomes", work such as that now being undertaken in Cork is done to deal with this spike and phenomenon. What I outlined to Deputy Martin earlier deals with the work the community and those who are...

Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: First Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, together. A Programme for a Partnership Government was published on 11 May and sets out a detailed set of actions to be implemented over the lifetime of the Government. The programme has one simple objective at its core, which is to make people's lives better in every part of the country. The Government is working to build society with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I disagree entirely with Deputy Paul Murphy on the housing and homelessness crisis. For the first time ever, we have a comprehensive programme, comprising five strategies, backed up by €5 billion in funding. The Deputy states rising rents and evictions by landlords are the cause, but the problem has been one of supply because of the collapse of the economy a number of years ago...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Gerry Adams stated there were 464 patients waiting on trolleys this morning. For his information, at 8 a.m. the figure was actually 387, according to my score from the special delivery unit. I have written to the President of Egypt, to whom we have made a number of calls. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, has spoken to the ambassador and I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 4 to 7, inclusive, together. As Taoiseach, I chair all Cabinet committees, including the Cabinet Committee on Health. The committee has met on five occasions, namely, on 12 May, 16 June, 21 July, 22 September and 7 November. The next meeting will be held on 13 December.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: They are needed.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin raised valid questions. We will have a debate on the health plan. The budget comes to €14.6 billion. Obviously, the Minister of State, Deputy Helen McEntee, wants to put in place the strategy by which moneys can be ring-fenced and spent in health in 2017. It will not be €35 million in 2016, obviously. She is spending what she can this year and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: That is the story. There will not be a Supplementary Estimate in health between now and the end of the year.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: The ceilings have been set for 2017 and will not be breached. Despite Ministers may be considering putting in claims looking for money because of Brexit and every other challenge we have, it will simply will not be there because we will breach all of the European regulations to which we signed up. We do not want to go back to where we were. As regards Deputy Micheál Martin's point...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: -----from drugs to healthy Ireland, from mental health to disability, which all carry significant budgets. They are all working hard to implement their particular strategies. The Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, set out to have an all-party committee on health care, which is functioning, to remove elements of politics from the health area and have a ten-year strategy for it....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions No. 8 to 13, inclusive, together. I will be meeting the Maltese Prime Minister shortly, primarily to discuss Malta's upcoming EU Presidency. Brexit will undoubtedly be a significant element of those discussions. I will attend the next meeting of the European Council on 15 December and 16 December. While I do not have any formal bilateral meetings scheduled...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: We will support an all-party delegation if it wishes to travel to Cairo to discuss this matter. The Government backs the Rule 140 arrangement; it is not just an individual. I am privileged to lead the Government and I support that very strongly and will continue to do so. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, has had more extensive discussions about the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett should note that I did not speak about the personal views of the US Vice President-elect. I spoke to him about his position as the elected Vice President and I spoke to him about Ireland and our relationship with the United States. In that context, I mentioned the undocumented Irish and the scale of the employment of US citizens by Irish companies. I explained...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: In respect of Northern Ireland, we have discussed the issue with Deputy Gerry Adams before. People in Northern Ireland did vote to remain. We have a peace process, a land border, PEACE and INTERREG funds. There are very particular circumstances. Following the meeting during the course of the week in Armagh, we will work with the Executive, the First Minister and the deputy First Minister...