Results 34,541-34,560 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: Further payments of €4.2 million have been issued to just under 1,200 participants in the past few days. Approximately 8,900 cases remain outstanding and, starting immediately, further payments will be made on a weekly basis as cases are cleared.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: All I can confirm is that work is well under way in the Department on this issue. I will advise the Deputy as to the state of play in so far as when the heads of Bills come to Government and are likely to be published.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: I will have to advise Deputy Butler of the position. I am not aware of the extent of the work that is taking place.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: I will ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to answer the question.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: I do not have an up-to-date report on that particular question, but I will come back to the Deputy on it.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: I am not aware of the detail of the figures referred to by Deputy Lisa Chambers. It is clear that improvements have been made but a number of children have not yet been assessed. I will advise the Deputy on the current situation and how it might improve.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: The Minister of State, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, is dealing with the report on this matter next Thursday.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: There will be a debate in the House on it next Thursday.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: Certainly not. The Government always listens.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: Certainly not. The Government always listens and listens carefully.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: We have an all-island energy agreement in this area. There is a need for development of the proposal from the Northern end as well. There is an independent process that is to be gone through.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: The measure is a part of the programme for Government and I am glad the Deputy is supporting it.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: I understand the protestors fully recognise the progress that has been made. This is a serious business, much too serious for people to be claiming credit.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: There are 10,000 children involved.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: Very substantial progress has been made on the measure, which will be introduced by the Minister for Health as soon as he can do so. It is not as simple as the Deputy proclaims but 10,000 children will benefit.
- Media Ownership Bill 2017: First Stage (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: No.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 7, inclusive, together. My meeting with Prime Minister May yesterday covered a wide range of issues. We discussed the recent political developments in Northern Ireland and the implications that Brexit will have for the North and for relationships across these islands. We reiterated our joint and continuing commitment to the Good Friday Agreement and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: Yes, I discussed the question of human rights with the Prime Minister and made the very point that we do not want to see any diminution of human rights in any changes contemplated by the British Government or in the Human Rights Act. I understand that is not the immediate focus of the British Government at present. If there is any change to the role of the European Union in the Northern...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: I discussed this with the Prime Minister last night. I understand that the legislation is starting today in the House of Commons. It should be finished there by around 7 February. She might be in a position on 9 March to have that matter completed and to move Article 50 before the end of March. I asked that perhaps we might have a clearer view as to when Article 50 would actually be moved...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: I had contact with Mr. Mark Durkan, MP, the other day in respect of Committee Stage of the Bill in the House of Commons. He made the point that we needed to look at the implementation bodies that were set up under the Good Friday Agreement because they were predicated on the dispensing and disbursal of European funding under various headings - INTERREG, PEACE funds and so on. There is...