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- Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: This legislation is very important. Ireland is well ahead in dealing with data protection, which is being handled by the Minister of State, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. The heads of this Bill were approved by the Cabinet last week. The issues mentioned by the Deputy can be raised, dealt with and teased out when the Bill goes for pre-legislative scrutiny. In light of the nature and scale of...
- Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: Níl an t-eolas cruinn agam. Tá súil agam go mbeidh mé in ann freagra a thabhairt don Teachta tráthnóna inniu nó amárach.
- Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I accept that everybody who is due a payment or grant should be able to receive it on time. This, however, is not a legislative question. I am sure that a written Dáil question giving the details would result in an answer being given. I take the point about the scoping exercise that was being carried out and I will arrange for the Minister, Deputy Creed, to follow through on that....
- Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: The fact of the matter is that the person will get 100% payment if they get it right in the beginning.
- Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Durkan has raised this issue many times over the years. He is aware of the sequencing of consecutive sentences and that bail can be refused. The Criminal Justice Bill 2016, which is the new bail Bill, will be dealt with in the House tomorrow.
- Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: Yes.
- Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: With respect to Deputy Healy-Rae, it is an important issue but it is not a legislative question.
- Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: It is a matter of allocation within the Vote for a very important issue and the HSE manager should be able to advise the Deputy as to the opportunities that exist to transfer other moneys into that Vote to ensure that these orthodontic procedures can be carried out for people who need them in Cork and Kerry. That is not an issue of legislation, as Deputy Healy-Rae knows.
- Order of Business (16 May 2017)
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- Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I said it was not a legislative matter. It is a matter of adjusting moneys within the Vote. Deputy Healy-Rae is perfectly entitled to raise it. I was just answering the Deputy's question.
- Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I am sure this is a matter for discussion between the local authority and the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. The question the Deputy has raised has not come before Government for a decision because I assume the local authority, in the first instance, has its responsibilities and may decide to engage with the Minister with responsibility for housing in respect...
- Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: No, I cannot tell the Deputy but I will find out for him.
- Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: TheLE Aislingwas decommissioned. It was 37 years old. It was sold by way of public auction in Cork on 23 March this year. It was decommissioned as it had far exceeded its life expectancy of 20 to 25 years. The sale was handled by Mr. Daly, a Cork based agent and an expert in the field, who also handled the sale by auction of the decommissioned LE Emer in 2013 to a Nigerian registered...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. I travelled to The Hague on 21 April 2017 for a meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister, Mr. Mark Rutte, and the Danish Prime Minister, Mr. Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Our discussions were largely focused on Brexit, but we also touched briefly on EU-US relations. The meeting took place in the context of the Government's ongoing...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for his comment on continuing connections with small states which is very important. The Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for European Affairs, Deputy Dara Murphy, has on several occasions been to all member states, particularly the small member states because of the implications of Brexit. As Deputy Brendan Howlin is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: He made his comments in Germany. The Chancellor said some of these things could be considered, but we have always taken the view, as the Deputy did when he was President of the Council, that whatever views are put forward, Ireland is quite prepared to consider and talk about these things. However, we have very clear lines that we do not cross. On his first visit to Berlin as the new...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I do actually. The Good Friday Agreement predates the decision on Brexit by 19 years and we have been very much at pains to point out that the Brexit referendum result does not influence, tinker with, or change the Good Friday Agreement in any way. As the two Governments are co-guarantors of the Agreement, we want it to be implemented in full. Protecting the gains of the peace process in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I did not hear the remarks of Secretary Davis. I note the judgment of the European Court of Justice today in respect of Singapore. That means that the EU-Singapore free trade agreement is a mixed agreement and there are elements which are of national competence and require national ratification. The same applies to the CETA agreement with Canada, which is a mixed agreement and will require...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 to 8, inclusive, together. I spoke to Prime Minister May by phone on 18 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 also...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: In reply to Deputy Adams's opening question, I note that the date for the inquest in respect of the ten civilians killed in Ballymurphy is September of next year. I commend everyone who was so committed through their tragedy to seeing that a date would be fixed for the commencement of an inquest. The Dáil adopted an all-party motion in 2015 in support of the Ballymurphy families who...