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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I will. The figure of €650 million relates to Exchequer funding that was approved when Deputy Burton was in government in 2014 for the core construction of the new national children's hospital, together with the two satellite centres. She was at the Cabinet table when that decision was made, and that does not include equipment, commercial spaces or educational facilities for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: That does not mean a 9% increase in wages. It takes into account the extended projected timeline to 2021 and the final market cost of that build. The costs set out, for Deputy Burton's information, in the final project brief consist of the design brief, the definitive business case and the project execution plan. They provide for the construction of the core hospital and the satellite...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: It also covers some shared infrastructure and services that will be used by both St. James's and the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital when all three hospitals are on the one campus, thus avoiding duplication of services in the future. The updated costs, finally, have been incorporated into the final project brief and were submitted to the HSE for review and the HSE has now...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11 to 13, inclusive, together. The answer here is that the Cabinet committee on social policy and public service reform last met on 6 February. Sin an freagra.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: That is most unsatisfactory, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. It is impossible to answer all the questions in three minutes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I accept it is not your doing, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett inquired about pensions. That is not dealt with directly by the sub-committee, but the Minister is working on a range of issues in so far as social welfare payments, rights and conditions are concerned. They are all part of the work that must be done in respect of the preparation for the 2018 budget. Let me say in response to Deputy Micheál Martin that last...

Traveller Ethnicity: Statements (1 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for making time in the House today for this historic and symbolic recognition of Travellers as an ethnic group within the Irish nation. Robbie is a 17 year old young man, the apple of his mother's eye, his future is ahead of him and the world is at his feet, yet he walks with his head down. No more. His mother, his family and his Traveller community want...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Tuam is not just a burial ground, it is a social and cultural sepulchre. That is what it is. As a society in the so-called "good old days", we did not just hide away the dead bodies of tiny human beings, we dug deep and deeper still to bury our compassion, our mercy and our humanity itself. No nuns broke into our homes to kidnap our children. We gave them up to what we convinced ourselves...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Sure, I would like to think we could reflect seriously on this as the preparations for the economic statement of the Government and the preparation for budget 2018 begin. Of course, we spent many years trying to get agreement in respect of the National Maternity Hospital. It is now done and agreed. We have been 50 years talking about children's facilities. I am glad the decisions have...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Is é an chéad rud atá le rá ná gur cheart go mbeadh cuimhneachán ceart do na leanaí agus na gasúir óga a fuair bás san áit seo i dTuaim i gContae na Gaillimhe. Tá dualgas neamhspleách ag an gcróinéir agus ag an nGarda faoi céard atá is ceart agus is cóir a dhéanamh as seo amach. Tá sé...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Ní leithscéal atá i gceist anseo ar chur ar bith. Luaigh an Teachta an dara thuairisc agus go léireodh an tAire Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige an cheist sin. Is cóir go mbeadh na hacmhainní ag an nGarda agus ag na húdaráis eile. Caithfimid fanacht go mbeidh breithiúnas déanta ag an gcróinéir agus ag an Garda ar na...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is another horrendous case. It is an appalling case of a young life with the challenges which Grace faced. I listened to the voice of her mother this morning, as many others did. The Deputy and I, and everybody else, have a duty to sort this. Are we continuously to stand here to deal with the consequences of the sins of those who went before us? I thought we had come to within sight...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I do want to go through all of the terms of reference that the Minister will outline-----

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: ----and that will obviously be published. They are set out in 11 different sections and are quite detailed. They take into account the circumstances, the actions, the purpose and the questions that so many people have asked about this matter. My understanding is that the Minister, in making his announcement, will be able to confirm that the sole person in charge of this investigation will...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Bon Secours hospitals in this country have given thousands of instances of exceptional care to people and patients who needed them.

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The case of Tuam is the subject of a commission of investigation. Serious numbers of babies' and young children's remains have been uncovered. It is important to allow the independent commission set up by this Oireachtas to do its work. As I pointed out to Deputes Martin and Doherty, there are independent responsibilities in respect of the coroner and the Garda, and the local authority has...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

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Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The House debated and considered this previously. We set up a commission of investigation. It has a function. It has not completed its work by any means. It has uncovered and located substantial numbers of babies and young children in this particular location and there are others. The commission will make its formal findings and they will be brought back here and the Oireachtas will...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy raised------