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- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)
Enda Kenny: Form an Executive.
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)
Enda Kenny: Form an Executive.
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)
Enda Kenny: Form an Executive.
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)
Enda Kenny: Form an Executive.
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)
Enda Kenny: Form an Executive.
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)
Enda Kenny: That is rubbish, Deputy Burton. I have said before 29 April.
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2017)
Enda Kenny: Will the Deputy read the speech? Before 29 April.
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I can confirm that there will be complete clinical independence and that the Sisters of Charity will not have a majority on the board. Ownership is a matter that requires some consideration. As a former Minister for Health, Deputy Micheál Martin will appreciate that we cannot equivocate about having the very best facilities available to expectant mothers, including co-location with an...
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: That is all part of the very argument, discussion and conversation in which the Minister for Health is engaging. Is it a fact that every time facilities are provided by the State the State has to own the building and the land? As the Deputy is aware, having allowed it to drift when he served as Minister for Health and Children-----
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----there is agreement that the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street is not up to standard.
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy knows that to be the case.
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: The master of the National Maternity Hospital and her predecessors have said it. The decision to move the hospital to the St. Vincent's University Hospital complex was taken by the previous Government. The land is owned by the trust mentioned. Deputy Micheál Martin has said the new hospital should be in public ownership. There are very strong opinions that that should be so, but the...
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: Okay. That is off. Is the Deputy suggesting the sisters should hand it over to the State?
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: That is an option. Is the Deputy suggesting there should be long-term leases? That is an option.
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: We can all agree that expectant mothers should have world-class facilities, that expert attention should be provided when there are complications with births and that the plans I have seen which I announced with the Minister and the HSE are absolutely world-class and first-class. The plans include private rooms and all the facilities expectant mothers should have in this day and age. I...
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. Garda Tony Golden was shot dead on the evening of Sunday, 11 October 2015 in Omeath, County Louth. He was 36 years old and married with three young children. He was stationed in Omeath and lived in Blackrock outside Dundalk. He was the 88th member of the Garda force to die in the service of his country. As the Deputy said, he was responding to...
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: There are two ongoing investigations. There is the investigation by the Garda into all the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate and tragic death of Garda Tony Golden and the shooting of himself by Mr. Mackin. Separately, arising from information made available by a firm of solicitors in February last year, there is a GSOC investigation ongoing. It is only appropriate because this is a...
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked about the Government's position on this matter. First, the Fine Gael Party has always valued the public service and the work that public servants do. I have highlighted that in the recent past in respect of negotiations with our European colleagues and previously during the EU Presidency, when we highlighted at all times the value, effort and unstinting commitment and...
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: When the report is presented to the Minister he will bring it to the Cabinet, as is his responsibility. It will be published, discussed and debated. The only comment I wish to make in respect of the public service pensions issue the Deputy mentioned is that in December last year the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform stated: "The value of public service pensions has clearly...
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I can confirm to the Deputy that the Minister has not received the report.