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Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: It will have this report and Mr. Barrett's report before it and it will have the Commissioner before it. Is that not the location where both can give their view on the minutes of this meeting, on whether they were made contemporaneously or for a different purpose and on the different recollections of both-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: No, I will be clear on this. The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality was very clear with An Garda Síochána. The Commissioner herself was very clear on where responsibility lies. It is very easy, as the Deputy well knows, in this age of digital accuracy to determine who made the phone calls to PULSE, when they were made and whether they were true. The work to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: There cannot be a situation where a million tests were purported to be carried out when they were not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Obviously there is a responsibility to address this.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Both the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality and the Garda Commissioner have stated very clearly where that responsibility lies. We have to define for certain who was responsible down the line for making these decisions-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----and making the calls that led to these figures, because the figures do not lie in this case.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The question involved asking me when I received the Fennelly commission report and the actions I took thereafter. That is the question I was asked but we are now in detailed discussion about the meetings that took place and the actions that did or did not happen, as the case may be, in respect of the issues relating to Templemore. I do not have all of that paperwork. I will read the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 4 to 8, inclusive, together. I travelled to The Hague on 21 April 2017 for a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, and the Prime Minister of Denmark, Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Our discussions were largely focussed on Brexit and we also touched briefly on EU-US relations. We did not discuss the outcome of the Turkish referendum....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11 to 13, inclusive, together. I spoke to Prime Minister May by phone on 18th April following the announcement of her plans to hold a general election in the UK. We discussed the upcoming Brexit negotiations and I reiterated our commitment to ensuring the best possible outcome for Ireland while negotiating as an integral part of the EU 27 team. We...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council Meetings (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 to 20, inclusive, together. As I outlined last week in my statement to the House, I attended the meeting of the European Council on 29 April. This was the first meeting since Prime Minister May formally notified the European Union of the UK's intention to leave, thereby triggering Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union; and it was therefore a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Health last met on 27 April and will meet again in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Following extensive consultations with Opposition party representatives, the Government yesterday (9th May) approved a draft Order establishing a Commission of Investigation to examine certain matters of public concern relating to certain transactions to which the National Assets Management Agency (NAMA) is, or was, a party. The Government also agreed terms of reference for the Commission...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Data (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: My Department has received a total of 296 FOI requests between the period 1 May 2016 to 8 May 2017. Of these, 20 FOI requests are ongoing. The costs received in the Department for the same period total €60. This amount relates to two Internal Review appeals received in 2017.

Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann: Sitting in Joint Committee - Exchange of views with Mr. Michel Barnier, Chief Negotiator of the Taskforce for the Preparation and Conduct of Negotiations with the United Kingdom (11 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am pleased to address the Houses today in the presence of Michel Barnier. Thank you for your fine contribution, Michel. I thank him for his statement in which he outlined the complexities of the Brexit negotiations and for his acknowledgement of their importance for Europe and of course for Ireland. Michel Barnier is a longstanding friend of this country, not just as a leading...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I can agree with Deputy Martin when he says workers should be treated with dignity and respect, as they should be. This decision, however, was made by a commercial semi-State body and it is not the subject of direct instruction from the Government. If I am correct, my understanding is a very substantial amount of briquettes are unsold because of the change in the nature of the way things...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: In any event, it has not come true. I share the Deputy's view about dignity and respect. A substantial amount of product has not been sold, which is a clear issue. It is determined in part by the change in the nature of the way fossil fuels are treated and the new methods of energy use for domestic houses and commercial premises.

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I know.

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Derrinlough was chosen as the sole location for future peat briquette production and the new biomass briquette plant. The review of peat operations was prompted by the very significant decline in sales in the past few years. If the product is being produced but not sold and there is no capacity to sell it, it just sits there. That is not the way it should be. Increased competition,...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Perhaps in a moment of exuberance-----

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: A date has not been determined. It wants an orderly wind down in order that it can engage with the employees on other options, training, new skills, etc.