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Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Discussions are ongoing as we speak. I understand a Council meeting may well be called at the weekend to deal with those matters. If that is the case we will consider what is the best option.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister expects to introduce legislation in respect of the HSE before the end of the year. As the Deputy is aware, he asked the members of the board to step down and they did so. In response to what Deputy Tóibín said, one of the changes we are introducing as part of phase 1 of the Dáil reform package, which we agreed today, will allow for Deputies such as he to introduce Private...

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister of State at the Department of Finance is working on proposals in respect of the Construction Contracts Bill. The Minister for Justice and Equality is anxious to move on the upward-only rent review legislation in order to bring clarity to this complex issue. He is working on the details of a structure to deal with this and he will introduce it to the House as soon as he can. I...

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Cloyne report will be published tomorrow. Announcements about the extension of the Murphy commission or any related matter will follow.

Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for the legislation but the point made by the Deputy is valid. When the Bill is published the issue of concern to the Deputy will be central to it. We cannot have the lives of young people threatened and imposed on by this most reprehensible carry-on.

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I accept what the Deputy says as being constructive. This is in keeping with the position of the Government, as outlined by me and many other Ministers over the past number of months, that the situation in so far as Ireland's deal was concerned could be improved upon and that Europe and its leaders needed to make serious decisions about what is becoming an even more serious situation. I...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is not relevant to the situation because the overall position was that there were other demands on Ireland to increase our corporate tax rate in respect of receiving any interest rate reduction. What was in question in respect of President Van Rompuy's suggested compromise was not circulated to every leader and was an attempt by him possibly to come to a conclusion on the issue. However,...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Beidh mise chomh díreach leis an Teachta agus a bhí seisean liomsa.

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Ní bheidh.

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Más mian leis an Teachta go mbeidh mé díreach, beidh mé díreach. What the Government has been doing at Council meetings is pointing out consistently the need for an improvement in the circumstances of the bailout deal. Long before other Finance Ministers were articulating this, the Minister for Finance, on behalf of the Government - as is his responsibility - was pointing out the need...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure what land the Deputy is living in. He was elected by the good people of County Louth, but he is talking patent nonsense.

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The situation that applies in every household in the country, in every small shop in the country, in every business in the country is that if one is spending more than one is taking in, one will not continue in business for long. This country has a deficit of €18 billion this year. In other words, we are spending €18 billion more than we are taking in. The reason for this is the legacy...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----on the basis of some Sinn Féin philosophy that everything in life is free. It is not.

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: We have to grapple with an economic challenge that no Government in the history of the State has had to deal with. We have lost our economic sovereignty. Perhaps some Deputies do not understand that, but it is a fact of life. We are being examined on the conditions of the IMF-EU bailout deal by the troika and we are meeting those challenges. Every one of the European institutions has...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: This matter has been dealt with on a number of occasions by the Minister for Education and Skills in responding to questions. The Deputy is aware that a cap of 10,575 posts was placed on the number of special needs assistants in 2010. The current number is 10,800, which means there must be a reduction in the number of special needs assistants, although overall there will be more SNA staff...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: No, it is not, nor do we want to end up in court case after court case as applied previously. I raised those kinds of issues when I was in opposition. Deputies need to understand that it is not a case of continuing to write cheque after cheque for any sector.

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: There is clearly a need for looking at the way that services are provided for children in all the different sectors. There will be 10,575 special needs assistants in the system who will deliver a very valuable service and make a very valuable contribution to the children's education. The posts that have been held back deliberately by the Minister are to deal with priority cases that clearly...

Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 2, Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad] - Second Stage; and No. 3, Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011 [Seanad] - Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m and that business shall be interrupted not later than 10 p.m; the proceedings on the Second Stage of No. 2...

Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I understand the issue of the guillotine. The Government approved a number of changes to the way we do business here at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. These will go before the Committee on Procedure and Privileges tomorrow and should be on the Order Paper for next week. Yesterday evening, during the debate on Second Stage of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, the Minister for...

Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is expected that the legislation will finish before the time allocated this evening. If it finishes earlier, Private Members' business will begin. If it does not, we will allow Private Members' business to run for 90 minutes. From September, the process of doing business in this Chamber will be changed. I hope this will deal with any queries people have about guillotines and having the...