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Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (17 Jan 2017)

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Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: There is no waiver for anybody from the Government programme. Deputies should expect these commitments to be dealt with as speedily and effectively as possible.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I have heard the comments and seen the report on that. It is an area I would not get into, in terms of correct grammar or whatever. I have had some discussions about the Manning group. There might be different views about who should chair it, and I am following through on that. I hope it can be established very quickly. I thought it might happen before the Christmas break but it did...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the list of things that are happening in health, capital funding of €20 million was made available to the HSE last year to relocate 160 people currently living in 14 institutions around the country. Medical card coverage for all children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance was provided for in the budget, which was mentioned today. The waiting list action plan...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 4 and 5 together. The development of my Department's workforce plan for 2015 to 2017 incorporated a skills assessment. An assessment of skills also informs the individual learning and development plans of staff working in my Department as part of the performance management and development process. This process, which is closely aligned with my Department's...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: First, in respect of staff who attend at committees, they seem to turn up in serious numbers. I take on the responsibility for a whole-of-Government response to Brexit which means that, as required, Ministers and specialists attend at the Cabinet Committee on Brexit. They are all involved. This concerns Ministers as well as their Departments and agencies and, as Deputy Howlin is well...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: These include degrees in international development and in food policy, a PhD in political science, a Master's of Economic Science in policy analysis-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: Gabh mo leithscéal.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I can give the Deputy the individual names if he wishes to have them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: This comes under a second Secretary General who has responsibility overall for Brexit and that feeds out into all-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: There is reference to undergraduate degrees in economics and in history and politics as well as modules in international relations. There is a whole range of expertise available. In fact, as the issues arise, as I stated, if particular specialist expertise and information is required, we will recruit people with it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: Between all of the agencies, Departments, Ministers and experts of one sort or another, we have that range and we are better prepared than the vast majority of other countries because we have been working on this for quite some time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I will circulate that detail with the reply.

Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I welcome the opportunity to have this debate on Northern Ireland. The current situation is most regrettable. We are heading into a potentially very divisive election at a time when we face one of the gravest challenges on these island in the form of Brexit. The absence of a fully functioning Northern Ireland Executive at any time is regrettable. That it should occur at precisely the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: Last Tuesday, following the resignation of dFM McGuinness, I met with the Sinn Fein leadership – Gerry Adams and Mary Lou McDonald, to discuss developments. I then spoke by phone to both Martin McGuinness and DUP Leader Arlene Foster to explore the possibility of a resolution to the difficulties. Later that day I spoke with Prime Minister May to discuss the events. We agreed that...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I make appointments to the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and National Statistics Board (NSB) in accordance with the relevant legislation. I have delegated authority to make appointments to the NSB to the Minister of State at my Department and Government Chip Whip, Regina Doherty T.D. The terms of both these bodies have expired. The process of appointing/reappointing...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I chair each of the ten Cabinet Committees established since the formation of the government. The membership is as follows: Cabinet Committee Membership Housing Taoiseach (Chair) Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government Minister for Finance Minister for Social Protection Minister for Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Records (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: My Department does not have any storage costs for archiving in state owned storage facilities. The cost of third party off-site storage facilities for the Department's files and records is shown in the table below: Year Amount 2014 €5,775.88 2015 €5,775.88 2016 €5,775.88 Total €17,327.64

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: The following table sets out the number of staff on my Department's payroll (both established and non-established civil servants) for the years 2007 to 2015, in the income ranges requested. Department of the Taoiseach Payroll Year BandRange Number of Employees 2007 01:  €0 to €30,000 118 02:  €30,000 to €40,000 40 03:  €40,000 to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Remuneration (17 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: No staff members whose contracts were coterminous with me as holder of the office of Taoiseach ceased employment on 6 May 2016. However, my Department did pay two weeks salary in lieu of notice to two members of staff in 2016: - a civilian driver whose contract was coterminous with the Leader of the Seanad; and - the Deputy Government Press Secretary whose contract was coterminous with the...