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Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I cannot give the Deputy an exact date. As he is aware, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has published the Children First requirements. These are to be backed up by legislation currently being drafted by the Minister for Justice and Equality. This is a matter of obvious priority for the Government, which is the reason a Minister with specific responsibility for children was...

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Ceann Comhairle has offered the Deputy an opportunity to raise this matter on the Adjournment. I am unsure of what legislation the Deputy was referring to in respect of cemeteries.

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I will revert to the Deputy in this regard.

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Stanley's point is one of which the Minister for Justice and Equality is well aware. This matter is being followed through by the Minister. The Government is aware of the number of people who could be employed and who are not in employment at present because of delays in this regard. This is not to say anything other than the vetting office does a good job. The Deputy may take it...

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: There is no need for legislation.

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes, a massive piece of work must be conducted in this regard. I expect it probably will be in the middle of next year before the Government will be in a position to publish that Bill. It is extremely complex, extremely extensive and entails an enormous amount of work. That process has started.

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: No, there is not. On the issue of water charges mentioned by the Deputy, I dealt with this matter during Leaders' Questions this morning. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government will bring a memorandum before the Cabinet shortly and it will make a decision. The memorandum of understanding signed off on between the then Government and the troika and subsequently...

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The referendum on judicial pay is being dealt with by the Minister for Justice and Equality. Work on the other two referendums the Government is committed to holding in October is being dealt with and processed by the Attorney General. The Government will sign off on these items shortly and there will be sufficient time for consultation with the Opposition leaders, as well as time for...

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: On Thursday, 14 July 2011, a 47 year old woman received a sentence of 24 years for pleading guilty to the assault and ill-treatment of her eight children, two boys and six girls, over a seven-year period from 2002 to 2009. The final 16 years of the sentence were suspended. The Health Service Executive confirmed that it had knowledge of this from 2000 onwards. It became actively involved...

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the freedom of information (amendment) Bill, this will not be published in the next few weeks. The work on the Bill is ongoing but it will not be published in a few weeks. On the question of the cost of the visits of Queen Elizabeth and President Obama, no more than any other sector, the Garda Síochána which does such an important job, is not immune from savings and...

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Friday sittings will be the ideal opportunity to devote sufficient time to the discussion of reports such as this.

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: A Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 6 together. I am responsible to the Dáil for the general activities of my Department and parliamentary questions addressed to me must relate to public affairs connected with my Department or to matters of administration for which I am officially responsible. The presentation of my Department's Estimate to the Select Sub-Committee on...

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy needs to get his research people to phrase their questions differently. The difficulty is that he has not become used to Opposition yet. It is a very different prospect from being over here as a Minister in various different Departments when he did not need to bother about this. As I have known myself over the years, when a Deputy tables a question it goes to the Ceann Comhairle...

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: That is nonsense.

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: To whom?

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: To whom was it transferred?

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy should answer the question of to whom it was transferred.

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes, and I will tell the Deputy about that.

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy should read his question again.

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Semantics are what the Deputy is on about.