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Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I can confirm that the Bill will be published in this session, as per the target.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: There is a decision expected to be made on 9 July in a court case about the ESM. The specific recommendation for Ireland is to continue with our programme. Taking into account the breaking of the principle applied, this allows us an opportunity to start negotiations on how to give effect to it. The issue of legislation or anything else will emerge in the discussions on all the options open...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The discussion at the Council meeting was about how to set up an interim supervisory regulatory authority which would eventually lead to the ECB having permanent responsibility for it. Mr. Draghi spoke on that topic. A number of issues must be considered before we can set in place an interim supervisory authority.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure, but as the discussion progresses, we will soon find out.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health and the Minister of State, Deputy RóisIn Shortall, are considering the report with a view to bringing proposals to the Government. It is exceptionally irresponsible for a group to link the payment of children's allowance with cheap alcohol. I understand Centra has today ordered its retailers to withdraw the promotion. The human cost of alcohol is enormous. I...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yes, that is the intention but I cannot give the Deputy a date for the production of that legislation.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: One of the crucial issues for the Government was to get a handle on and produce the Personal Insolvency Bill. The detail of that has been published and I understand it is coming into the House on Thursday this week to start that process. There are a number of other pressing pieces of legislation. It depends on when the Deputy wants the House to rise for the summer. The House has been...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is unbecoming of the Deputy to accuse the Minister for Health of being dishonest in the presentation of the Estimate for his Department for the budget for 2012. That is not in keeping with the Deputy's normal behaviour. Clearly, the HSE is facing a serious challenge this year. Its performance report for April shows a net deficit of €200 million, of which hospitals account for €106...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: When the Deputy had the privilege of serving as Minister for Health and Children, the answer on every occasion there was a difficulty was to throw millions into the maw of the public health service.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy was not able to deal with the matter because he never had the courage to face up to what needed to be done. That is the long and the short of it.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: In tackling the real problems the Minister has brought about a reduction of 20% in the numbers of patients on trolleys. There were 10,000 fewer in the first five and a half months of the year.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: We are now in a situation where more people than ever before, 1.8 million, are covered by medical cards.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: We have an effective front-line service. The catastrophic consequences about which the Deputy spoke at the end of February when significant numbers left the public service as part of the voluntary redundancy scheme did not materialise because clinical and medical teams and managers on the front line signed up for their individual programmes and plans. These are being implemented.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: In so far as front-line services are concerned, the Deputy can take it that the Minister for Health is working with all his people.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Cork University Hospital is now one of the best performing hospitals in the country because of the changes that have been made.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept the Deputy's assertions regarding falsehoods, dishonesty or hard work on the part of the Minister.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am taken by the Deputy's new-found concern for the Garda, law and order and the welfare of our citizens and I commend him on his comments. He will be aware that rostering arrangements have changed in the Garda for the benefit of everybody. The evidence from the implementation of the changed rosters is that there is greater connection between officers and members of the force and...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----and the local chief superintendent to ensure every citizen in his constituency and elsewhere in the country receives the best level of attention and service from the Garda.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy welcomed the closure of 36 PSNI stations in Northern Ireland, a move with which his party was strongly associated. I reject his assertion that the Minister for Justice and Equality is in denial about his Department. Few Ministers for justice have shown the prodigious output of work and involvement of the current Minister. I am sure the matters raised are being discussed by the...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The issue raised by the Deputy is important in the sense that the quality of life for the persons involved is what is central to the entire argument. The purpose of the value for money report to which the Deputy referred is to ascertain the effectiveness of the expenditure of taxpayers' money in looking after persons who suffer from challenges because of disability. When one speaks to...