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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts Data (28 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: My Department has hired no such firms.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (28 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Consultation is a core feature of the Government’s preparation for the Brexit negotiations. Following the first plenary session of the All-Island Civic Dialogue in November, the Government launched a series of sectoral all-island civic dialogue events. Led by Ministers, these sessions provided an invaluable opportunity to hear directly the implications of Brexit in each sector,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (28 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: There were no payments made by my Department, its agencies or any bodies under the aegis of my Department to broadcasters in the years to which the Deputy refers.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures Data (28 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: My Department has a Policy on Protected Disclosures which sets out the process by which an employee (or former employee) of the Department of the Taoiseach can make a protected disclosure; what will happen when a disclosure is made; and what my Department will do to protect a discloser. Under my Department's Policy on Protected Disclosures, any employee or former employee of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Insurance Costs (28 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: My Department and the National Economic and Social Development Office [NESDO] operate under State indemnity, a self-insurance model whereby the State bears the financial risk associated with the cost of claims. The management of such claims is delegated to the State Claims Agency. There are currently no insurance claims outstanding against my Department.

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is the 12th day of an all-out strike at Bus Éireann and it has discommoded hundreds of thousands of people. I condemn the wildcat strike which took place unofficially last week and which brought this city and so many other places, as well hundreds of thousands of people, to a standstill. The Deputy mentioned that this would have been sorted out long ago if it was in Dublin,...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: It cannot be one way only. If unions and management agree there are inefficiencies within the service that need to be sorted out then it cannot be that the workers bear the brunt of this only. How could that be? If unions and workers agree there are issues to be sorted out and dealt with then the place to do that is at the WRC. PSO funding for transport services increased by 11% this...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: In fact, the Government is expanding the public bus service in rural Ireland through increasing the amount of PSO funding to Bus Éireann and increasing the funding through the rural transport programme. The Deputy is well aware of that. Taken together, funding for both programmes has increased by €28 million in 2017 compared to last year. Total funding for both PSO and rural...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----and has encouraged the WRC to invite both sides back to the talks again.

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I dealt with this last week. This is bigger than any political party, as the Deputy says. It is bigger than any individual, and it is about trust and confidence, it is about respect, it is about pride, it is about an organisation of 14,000 people - that rises to 15,000 people - being able to be seen to do their job professionally, competently and in the interests of the State in which we...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is important.

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Following the process here, I am statutorily bound to give that report to the Attorney General, which I have done. The Attorney General is now examining the report with her personnel. I expect to publish the report as soon as she informs me that I can do so. The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality has not seen the report. I want this House to know that whatever its...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: As I said earlier to Deputy McDonald, two advertisements have been placed this week by the independent Policing Authority for senior positions within an An Garda Síochána. That these appointments will be made by the independent Policing Authority is the most radical change made in the structure of An Garda Síochána since the foundation of the State. This will take some...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Everybody understands exactly what the Garda Síochána and gardaí on the ground are doing and the work that is being done in exceptional circumstances in many places throughout the country. To get this right, from the top to the latest recruit, we need to change the structure. We cannot do that without involving the Members of the Oireachtas who carry messages from those who...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is focusing on one person only.

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: It is much bigger than this.

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: There are reforms in train. The modernisation report has already been published. The inspectorate report contains 73 recommendations.

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: They will be followed through over the course of the next five years, with more to follow.

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: All of this might not be enough for the Deputy, but it is very important-----

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----in the context of having a police force that enjoys-----