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Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: Far from not looking for credit, we want to achieve results. They are being achieved and the reputation of this country - from an international commentary, a political and a business perspective - has risen substantially in the past six months.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: That is not to say we do not have a long way to go, because we do. We will continue to focus on that. This kind of line will not get Deputy Martin anywhere. We are in contact with the German Chancellor-----

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and with the French Presidency about an appropriate time to discuss some issues concerning Ireland and Europe. I will go to Warsaw on Thursday and return on Friday. I have arranged three bilateral meetings with the Dutch and Finnish Prime Ministers and with a third.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I will let Deputy Martin have the details of what we discuss when I come back.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I answered this on a previous occasion. The cap is in place at €500,000. I said it would want to be a truly exceptional case to warrant breaching that. I have not seen evidence of any exceptional case.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Adams knows, I extend courtesy to everybody. A letter about this matter has been received by the Minister for Finance. A Government cap is in place. This bank is, effectively, State owned. It is a much smaller bank than it was and €500,000 is an extraordinary amount of money.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I would like to hear from the Minister for Finance the case being made by the bank in question.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The cap was put in place for good reason.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: No good reason has been put to me as to why that should change.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I recall Deputy McGrath was a strong supporter of the previous Government for a number of years.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Social Protection has had to implement unspecified cuts decided upon by the previous Government. I share the Deputy's concern for all our elderly people. While I am not sure of the weather forecast for next December-January, obviously if this winter is as cold as was last winter people will suffer. The position is that the Minister for Social Protection found, upon taking...

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: No, I cannot reverse these cuts now. Not alone have I been visited by a number of people, I have visited people whose situations are quite serious. In regard to the drafting of the budget, the Deputy is aware of the overall figures and will have an opportunity during the course of the debate on the budget to put his points. The Ministers for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, Social...

Ministerial Transport (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: Requests for use of the ministerial air transport service are made by Ministers' private secretaries to my office and are dealt with, in the first instance, by the staff of my office. Requests are examined by my staff with regard to the need for and purpose of travel, the destination, the availability and suitability of other travel arrangements and other logistical details. Any necessary...

Ministerial Transport (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: At this time.

Ministerial Transport (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The question was if I would reverse them at this time and I said that I cannot.

Ministerial Transport (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I do, but the Deputy needs to be clear about it.

Ministerial Transport (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked two questions. What happened in the Meadhbh McGivern case is to be deeply regretted. Deputy Adams is aware that the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, recently published its report into the failed transfer of Meadhbh to the UK on 2 July for a liver transplant. A key recommendation of that report is that a national aeromedical co-ordination group be established...

Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2 to 5, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on social policy met on 21 September. No other Cabinet committee meetings have been held since 22 July 2011. However, the Government and the Economic Management Council have met several times. Meetings of five Cabinet committees are scheduled between now and the end of October. Each Cabinet committee is...

Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: When the Government took office, we originally did not establish a Cabinet health committee. However, due to the importance of the issue in question, a health committee date has been set for the next fortnight. It will focus on this and several other issues. Over the summer, the Government, the Minister for Health and the Economic Management Council have been active on this issue. I have...

Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: It was not announced with a great brouhaha. After a review of the Cabinet sub-committees, I considered there should be one for health and we set it up.