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- Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: We said at the time that it would take two and a half to three years to actually implement it.
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: I wish to respond to Deputy MacSharry. He comes in here with this issue all of the time. I did not see him at the Leader function in the Sligo Park Hotel the other night-----
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----where people from all over Sligo presented in a very optimistic and positive way the work they are doing-----
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----and the people they are employing right out through Enniscrone, out beyond Benbulbin, Rathcormac and everywhere else.
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: There was no sign of Deputy MacSharry. Deputies McLaughlin and Scanlon were there but there was no sign of Deputy MacSharry.
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy's father, former Deputy Ray MacSharry, would have been there right up in the front seat to hear the Taoiseach give a dissertation about how well Sligo is doing.
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: I ask the Depuity not to not give me that every week he comes into the House.
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: Deputy MacSharry should have been there.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. The role of the National Economic and Social Council, NESC, is to analyse and report to the Taoiseach on strategic issues for Ireland’s economic, social, environmental and sustainable development. NESC comprises representatives of business and employers’ organisations, the ICTU, agricultural and farming organisations, the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: Níl an Teachta mí-cheart sa mhéad a dúirt sé. Dúirt mé go mbeadh comhairle nua curtha i bhfeidhm roimh dheireadh na míosa seo. Is éard atá i gceist ná go mbeidh teagmháil idir an Rialtas agus NESC chun comhairle a thabhairt dó ar an obair gur mhiste leis an Rialtas go ndéanfaidh sé. Chuir NESC tuarascálacha ar...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: As Deputy Howlin is aware, the sectors represented are the business and employer interests, ICTU, farming and agriculture interests, the community and voluntary sector and the environmental sector. Each will nominate a minimum of three and a maximum of four to the council. I appoint 20 members specifically on the basis of nominations from organisations or interests set out in the Act....
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 and 4 together. On 22 February 2017, there were 197 civil servants, established and unestablished, working in my Department. One hundred and seventy-three were working full-time and 24 were working part-time. This equates to a whole-time equivalent of 189.2 civil servants working in my Department. I have restructured my Department to ensure Brexit...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Burton raised a valid question about the position that always applied in the case of the EU Presidency, and the troika that was lined up with the incumbent, the previous holder and the state due to hold it. In the first half of 2013, when we held the Presidency, there was a massive response from the public service to deal with that in very difficult circumstances and to put together a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: There is no date yet. It was expected to be around 9 March but the vote in the House of Lords might have put paid to that for a while. When it is triggered the Government will respond directly and in far greater detail, because then we will know with clarity what the British Government is seeking.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: I did.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: I am quite sure we have. I mentioned some of the qualifications and expertise that are available. When Article 50 is triggered, we will get whatever expertise is required. We cannot afford not to.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 to 9, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action last met on 30 January 2017. The next meeting of the Cabinet committee has not yet been scheduled but will happen shortly. The committee addresses the climate change challenge in terms of domestic policy and with regard to Ireland's EU and international...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: First, in response to Deputy Boyd Barrett, I am glad he is in favour of water harvesting-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----but one does not need any sophisticated Government response in respect of water-harvesting devices for ordinary houses.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Mar 2017)
Enda Kenny: If one goes to any DIY or home improvement outlet, one will find them, purpose-built and available. One simply puts them under the down pipe and one has water for one's flowers, to wash one's bicycle, one's car - I do not know if the Deputy drives a car - or whatever.