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Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: My answer to that was that I considered that the comments at that time were racist and dangerous.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett is now changing the question and attacking the personality. The Deputy's question to me was about the comments at that time. In any event-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I intend to outline-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I will always obey the referee.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (31 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: There are no costs associated with the Communications Unit in my Department, as the Unit has not been operational since August 2014.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (31 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: As of 31 January 2017, there were 33.4 (whole time equivalent) staff serving at clerical officer grade and 3.8 (whole time equivalent) staff serving at staff officer grade in my Department. As of 31 January 2017, there was one clerical officer and no staff officers in the National Economic and Social Development Office, which comes under the aegis of my Department.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: A number of protected disclosures have been made regarding the Air Corps. An independent third party was appointed to review the allegations and those making the disclosures were informed of this. Since then, there has been a line of communication with the individuals involved. When the disclosures were received, legal advice was sought and an independent reviewer was appointed....

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Litigation is ongoing, so I will not comment on it. However, the issues that have been raised need to be and will be dealt with. On the first person to be appointed, it is quite difficult to get somebody with the range of competences to deal with all the implications of hazardous substances and that sort of area. The second person that was appointed has now received the material. The...

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: A person was appointed earlier on who was not able to take up the duty.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: A number of other issues are the subject of litigation at the moment. However, I will update the House because we will sort this out.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I assure the Deputy that the Government's main priority in this context is to ensure that the travelling public has the greatest range of transport opportunities and frequencies as has been evident in the annual increase in the numbers using the transport fleet. There will be a motion on the matter today. Bus Éireann is in serious financial difficulties. It has stated that its...

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: If everybody is interested in sorting out the issue, which I expect they are, and if people are serious, the opportunity presents itself to sit down and start to talk about the problems, both from a management and trade union point of view. The Expressway service is not subsidised. The Minister, through government, has increased the subsidy through the public service obligation, PSO, levy...

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The committee is perfectly entitled, Deputy Collins, to engage about the application in question, which I understand the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland is investigating. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, clearly has a view on this matter, as does the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. While the timescale may be tight, members of the...

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am concerned. Once a proposed media merger receives clearance from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on competition grounds, it has to be notified to the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to assess the proposed transaction on media plurality grounds. Upon receipt of notification from the parties, what is called a phase one examination of the...

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: There are significant differences between the two assessments. One of these is that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland must invite submissions from the public on the proposed transaction and must directly invite a submission from the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment, which is the work the committee is doing. It is also possible for the Minister to...

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has raised a number of issues, the detail of which I do not have. In response to her question, there are rules, regulations and laws in place in this country in terms of employers, employees, minimum wages and so on. It is necessary that these measures operate as they should. I would be happy to follow-up on the issues validly raised by the Deputy. I am not too sure that it is...

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Irish horse racing industry is of exceptional importance to the economy and to the reputation of Ireland internationally. It has proven itself over many years. The Deputy has raised a particular issue. I am happy to receive the information which the Deputy has and to ask the agencies and Ministers involved to follow up on it. There is already in place a facility through which people...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Coveney, in his capacity as Minister with responsibility for housing has dealt with this issue in great deal on numerous occasions. As Deputy Martin is aware, we have an extensive housing programme in respect of which serious allocations of money have been committed between now and 2020. There are planned programmes for the development of houses by local authorities,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is a matter of concern to significant numbers of people. I can assure the Deputy that the suggestions in some media reports that the discussions and negotiations have broken down are not true. The HSE re-entered into negotiations with Vertex, the manufacturer of Orkambi, in December following a decision by HSE leadership that it was unable to reimburse Orkambi at the price offered at...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister for Finance have set out the strategy by which this will take place. The Minister informed the Cabinet yesterday that he will contact every Department in respect of its real priorities rather than just the usual endless list that comes in. He is not going to be in a position to do address the latter. The process is under way....