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Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Do I recall properly that Deputy Martin was in government for 14 years and showed scant leadership on any of these issues?

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The party I have the honour of leading was the first party to introduce a real issue about civil partnership which we are very happy to support and we will follow through in terms of taxation issues, property rights and now civil union.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin stated the citizens have a right to decide for themselves and this is exactly what is involved here. Deputy Martin will not pressurise me as a citizen or as Leader of the Government into a box ticking exercise-----

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I speak from this seat on behalf of the Government.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: With respect to Deputy Martin and everybody else there is only one Taoiseach at any time and I happen to speak for the Government.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Government's view and decision is to establish a constitutional convention and for this process to be followed through in respect of the issues named in the programme for Government. When the constitutional convention is up and running and decides to reflect on the issue of same-sex marriage and the other issues named in the programme for Government, it will respond to the Government...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The process we have set in train for this Government is to take a number of these important issues, which were never dealt with by Deputy Martin's crowd, and state the constitutional convention will reflect on each of these issues, will give its view to the Government and the Government will respond.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: As the head of Government and Taoiseach, it is the Government's responsibility to establish the structure by which this will happen and the Government is committed to responding to the constitutional convention when it considers this and all of the other matters.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: As I stated we have held four referenda in 15 months and we will have more. Deputy Martin should not come here and say scant leadership is being shown on the issues which were left behind by Deputy Martin's Government. These are named in the programme for Government and they will be followed through in the structure we have set out, and the Government is committed to responding to each and...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams and his party could, I am sure, speak very well on issues of debt and debt recovery and repayment. Business in this country is perfectly legitimate. This judgment has been properly registered, but that does not mean that the moneys involved are not to be paid by both recoursed and non-recoursed investors. The Minister for Health has assured me that his affairs, in so far as...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: It may interest the Deputy to know that there have been some difficulties within the groups involved in respect of this matter. The Minister has already given power of attorney, in proper circumstances, to have his interest in this matter handled in an unfettered way and at arm's length. I spoke to the Minister this morning and he has no difficulty at all with regard to making a statement...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is not because of the request of Deputy Adams he will attend. He is willing at any time to clear up any such matters for the House.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health has taken on what is probably the most unenviable task in Irish politics, to sort out the jungle that has existed for so many years in a health system that has been dysfunctional in many areas. All of the Minister's work and commitment is focused on that so that patients get the best level of care and attention possible. This is not easy as structures have had to be...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: We will have a public debate on a health issue this evening and tomorrow and the Minister will deal with the Deputy and his claims in so far as nursing home beds being closed are concerned. I noticed the Deputy got a little tetchy at the mention of bank credit and status, so I would be very careful of going down that road.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I assure the Deputy that the Minister has assured me - I spoke to him this morning - that in so far as his business interests are concerned he is a minority investor in a particular nursing home in County Tipperary. There are 13 investors in all. He has complied with the requirements and has given power of attorney to legal representatives in an unfettered and arm's length way. I assure...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Boyd Barrett for raising a matter of serious import, which is very sensitive to people who have to deal with it. I was proud to wear the T-shirt for cystic fibrosis in Kerry last weekend. Sometimes when the political process makes decisions that things should happen, political personnel expect to see them happen. I do not know what the problem in St. Vincent's hospital is...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Long before this current situation arose, the decision was made to have a cystic fibrosis unit in St. Vincent's hospital. It is very badly needed and whether it is a minimum or a maximum is an issue for medical people to make a judgment on. I spoke at the AGM of the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland in Westport and said the unit was on time, on track and on budget. When moneys are...

Office of the Attorney General (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. I have been advised by the Office of the Attorney General that, as of 30 June 2012, the number of staff serving in the office was 122.2. Two competitions are under way to fill essential legal positions, so it is expected that the staffing level will increase to 129 in the coming months. The number of staff serving is regularly reviewed with...

Office of the Attorney General (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The point the Deputy makes is not directly relevant to the question he asked about the number of staff currently employed in the Office of the Attorney General and whether or not assessments of staff numbers and efficiencies have been carried out. I have answered both those questions. There are matters relating to the issue raised by the Deputy that I do not wish to discuss in public. I...

Office of the Attorney General (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Adams is aware, the Government publishes a list of proposed legislation to be drafted, adopted, published and dealt with in the House. The vast majority of that legislation comes through the Department of Justice and Equality. The staff of the Attorney General's office is in two sections, the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and the legal advisory section, serviced by a common...