Results 36,421-36,440 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Garda management and the WRC. The working group is to report on these substantive issues by 31 May this year. I assume that report will be brought here for discussion.
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: No because the working group has its terms of reference. The report will be brought to the House for discussion and the Deputy will have plenty of opportunities to make his case at that point. The Government will have to consider it, as is the case with any other report. In respect of the Defence Forces, as the Deputy knows they are the backup to the civil power. As I said, there are...
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: The cost of increasing pensions for those currently not eligible prior to 1994 would be about €300 million. If that money was allocated, one would probably not have any money to increase pensions as a consequence. The Minister for Social Production has examined the way in which contributory pensions are calculated. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection will be in...
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: It is all about choices because one does not have the resources to do everything that might be desirable. While this is a desirable option, it would cost €300 million to go back to 1970. If that is done, there will be no capacity to increase pensions, lone-parent allowances or other measures. There is no endless pit of money, which is why all of the actuarial assessments and...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: Fraud is the wrongful acquisition of money from those who have to pay for it.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy understands that. The Department of Social Protection conducted nearly 950,000 entitlement reviews and investigations across all of its schemes last year. The reviews yielded a sum of €506 million in control savings for the year. Reviews and investigations of entitlements are conducted by social welfare inspectors assigned to the-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: A review can involve a desk-based assessment of entitlements, a direct inquiry-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I do not have the answer to the Dáil question Deputy Martin raised specifically yesterday.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I have got the savings recorded by social welfare, which come to €506 million-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----from jobseeker's allowance, pensions and household benefits.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: The campaign is to deal with the question of welfare fraud.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: This is the campaign to address the fraudulent receipt of moneys from the taxpayer through social welfare schemes of one sort or another.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: The Government has shown great international leadership in restoring the country's sovereignty, rescuing our economy from the depths of despair in which it was and sending out that signal internationally. The Deputy is engaged in a campaign throughout the country with flags for Palestine all over the place, and he is entitled to do so if he wishes, but the point is we have had a very clear...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: Unfortunately, the Government here is not responsible for what happens in Gaza or the West Bank. We have shown an exceptional interest in this. We have been very clear through the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and with ambassadors from Palestine and Israel on many occasions about this. That is the position.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: We are quite prepared to work in the interests of the recognition of the state of Palestine provided it can be shown clearly that is in the interest of achieving a two state solution. Unfortunately these discussions are not at that point yet.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Howlin. He can take it for granted that interest will not wane in this matter-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----not just because the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform represents the north inner city. I will go there in the coming weeks to see the ongoing progress on a whole range of projects. Deputy Howlin's question is valid. We made a commitment and we will see that funding is provided for a chief executive to oversee the implementation.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I do not want to put a specific date on it, but I would say certainly before the end of the summer because it is a commitment. I have made the point on many occasions that it was a case of meeting all of the communities and people who had worked so hard in an area in which seven murders had taken place and people had been neglected, left behind and forgotten about. This is an instance where...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: There is a plan and it is being followed. I will visit the area with the Minister, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, in the next short period to see the progress being made on a range of matters. We reconfirm the appointment of an executive officer with an office and an oversight role to ensure the plan is being implemented in full.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: Kerry is bursting at the seams with all of the people from all over the world who want to go there. All of the reports I have received from Killarney, Dingle, Kenmare, Killorglin, Cahersiveen and all of the places on the Wild Atlantic Way to north Kerry indicate that people are coming from all over the world. I do not believe the Deputy when he says it will take three years to roll out the...