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Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am not going to take lectures in cynicism from that side of the House.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: In view of the current budgetary situation the efficiency of services is being reviewed by the Health Service Executive. It has emphasised that budgetary compliance must be maintained alongside the delivery of service levels that are set out in the national service plan. Activity and expenditure at the hospital are ahead of levels approved in the 2011 national service plan. A comprehensive...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The announcement to which I referred was made on 5 October 2011 by the hospital manager following a meeting between the hospital executive team and it was communicated to staff by a memo on that day. The 24 hour accident and emergency unit in the hospital is safe. The hospital is not being closed. As I said, some beds will be closed because the hospital is over budget. It signed up to a...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: This hospital, no more than any other, is obliged to deliver within its budget and for that reason some beds have been closed on a temporary basis because the hospital is over budget.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Glacaim buíochas leis an Teachta as ucht freastal ar an fhóram dhomhanda faoi eacnamaíocht na hÉireann agus, go deimhin, chuir sé cúpla ceist phráinneach agus oiriúnach ag an chomhdháil I spoke to the British Prime Minister this morning who contacted me about his meeting with the Finucane family. He indicated to me it was his intention to get to the truth of this matter as quickly...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Adams is well aware, the truth in these matters is sacrosanct and central to a conclusion. I respect the Prime Minister's wish that there should be the truth arrived at in the shortest possible time and obviously that an apology be issued to those bereaved by the loss of their father and husband. From that point of view, I have not spoken to the Prime Minister since July but I was...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: For Deputy Higgins's information, I appreciate the anxiety and concern of so many people who are so afflicted by mortgage distress. The Government will publish the report tomorrow in full and it will be debated in the House next week for two days if necessary whereby everyone who wants to contribute can do so. The report furnished to the Government is not the repository of all wisdom but...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Higgins has raised two matters, namely, mortgage distress and those who are suffering it and the issue of the banks. First, we want alternatives to having people lose their homes. That is a fundamental principle which we want to hold on to. Second, we must distinguish between those who cannot pay and those who will not pay. That must be addressed. There will be no automatic blanket...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy has new ideas-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----which are not currently in practice or recommended in the report I would like to hear them from him.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Government will respond quickly to this by drawing all of these threads together. The Minister for Finance will present his proposals to the Government and will then act immediately. There is also the question of being able to deal with personal insolvency, as a matter of some urgency.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice and Equality is currently concluding the heads of the Bill which will go to the Cabinet committee where it will be discussed, with a view to introducing legislation in respect of personal insolvency as quickly as possible.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: We are serious about drawing all the threads of everyone's opportunities together. This concerns real people who if they are in mortgage distress have that anxiety and concern every day.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The legislation must also address the difference between those who cannot pay and those who will not pay.

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. I addressed the IBEC president's dinner on 22 June and met with representatives of IBEC on 20 July. I addressed the IBEC HR leadership summit last week. I spoke at the biennial conference of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, on 4 July and met with officials from ICTU on 28 June, in advance of that conference. At my...

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is not a sham. We have completed all the conditions that were signed on for in respect of the Troika. We have resisted efforts by the Troika to move in particular directions and have renegotiated elements of the programme. I made it clear to the social partners that we will not be returning to the social partnership model as applied previously but that there is a clear line of...

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The principal measures will include the following. The number of JLCs will be reduced from 13 to six. JLCs will have the power only to set a basic adult rate and two higher increments to reflect longer periods of service. JLCs will no longer set Sunday premium rates or any other conditions of employment covered by universal standards provided for in existing legislation, but the special...

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Perhaps the Deputy did not hear me clearly. I said we were not returning to the social partnership module which previously existed, which was wasteful from the perspective of time and so on. Communication lines between the Government and those previously involved in social partnership, including employers, trade unions and other groups, are open. I explained that to all of them...

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I do not deal in dictatorship. Government will work with the different groups on the decisions it will have to make in the interests of our country and people. Nurses at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick did not go on strike: they protested vehemently at overcrowding. The Deputy will be aware that this situation has been allowed to fester in a number of areas for quite some time....

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes. I pointed out that the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation was doing as required to do, namely, to consult in respect of the drafting of legislation arising from the court judgment. I have outlined for Deputy Adams the issues that will be pertinent to that legislation, in respect of which the heads of Bill have been approved by Government. We are awaiting presentation of the...