Results 17,861-17,880 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny

Constitutional Convention (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: This will be a constitutional convention to recommend change. One cannot agree outside of a constitutional convention to change to 17 years the age at which a person may vote. That is a matter for the people by way of referendum.

Constitutional Convention (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The convention may discuss the issue of human rights and so on. It may also, together with the independent chairperson to be appointed - this is provided for in the document which perhaps Deputy Martin did not read - recommend other issues which it deems appropriate for consideration. On Deputy Adams's comments, I do not believe that the structure currently in place is fit for a modern...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: It it proposed to take No. 14, Statements on pre-European Council Meeting on 28 June and No. 1, Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Second Stage. It is proposed notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders that (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. tonight and shall adjourn on the conclusion of the opening...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: On the health governance Bill, on which a great deal of work has been done, while I expect it will be published towards the end of this session I cannot confirm that because there are a range of troublesome issues which need to be sorted out. On the personal insolvency Bill, the press conference today was merely to inform the people and media that the Government has approved the personal...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: It will be brought before the House next Tuesday.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I think people will want to reflect on it over the weekend. There is enormous interest in this legislation. I do not want people going off on tangents, assuming something is in it that is not.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: No. That is why there will be a full presentation in the Government press office on Friday from the three Ministers involved. I expect to bring it here next week when we will begin Second Stage. I assure Deputy Martin it has taken an enormous amount of activity to get it to this point.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: No, the House is not the last to know.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: This is the publication of the Bill. Deputy Martin will have his chance next week to speak in the House on it. If we have to sit late during this month and next to get as much of the Bill through as we can we will do so, and we will need Deputy Martin's assistance in this.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yes. The amendment to the Electoral Act is short and will allow for the legal official use of the register of electors. The amendment was approved at Cabinet this morning and I expect to bring it before the House next week or the week after. This matter will be concluded prior to the House rising for the summer.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Central Bank has responded with regard to its monitoring of the situation in Ulster Bank. As Deputy Michael McGrath is well aware, this has been enormously stressful for people who either have not received their salaries or have been unable to meet their commitments. I am aware of the shifting sands with regard to rectifying the matter completely. I am not aware of what the actual...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: A Fungi-ised response and I am glad the Deputy recognises it. With regard to the change-over to digital there have always been complications in a small number of areas throughout the country and special arrangements will have to be put in place so residents in these areas will be able to watch their favourite television channels and programmes. Such issues have arisen on a number of...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: No, I do not think so to be honest. The heads of the criminal justice (corruption) Bill were cleared last week and it has a distance to travel yet. It certainly will not be before the end of the session.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The criminal justice (miscellaneous provisions) Bill will be later this year. I expect the Bill in respect of vetting will be published prior to the end of the session but it will be the next session before it is enacted.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I have taken note of it.

European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The important meeting of the European Council that will take place on Thursday and Friday of this week will have a full and significant agenda. The main item for discussion will be economic policy. The matters to be examined include the contents of a compact for growth and jobs and President Van Rompuy's report on how to strengthen economic and monetary union. We will also discuss the...

European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I would be misleading the House if I did not acknowledge that some member states have not yet agreed to some elements of the compact, including the additional funding for the European Investment Bank. Some member states believe the bank should first make better use of the resources that are already available to it. There are concerns about protecting the bank's AAA rating. In my view,...

European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I set them out in a letter.

European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: What you did was the greatest obscenity ever perpetrated on this State.

European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is wrong again.