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Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is a political decision. The Minister delegates a function to the Minister of State.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: I said I will have the Minister confirm the position in the House.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yes.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is making a mountain out of a molehill.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Reilly, and the Ministers of State, Deputies Shortall and Lynch, will not renege on their responsibilities in the Department of Health as Deputy Martin did.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: There was report after report.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: We are driving on.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Adams for his comments on the referendum on children's rights. It is out of courtesy that I informed the House that the Cabinet this morning finalised its decision in respect of the wording of the constitutional amendment and decided to publish the adoption Bill simultaneously with the referendum Bill. I will not give any further information, because the Minister for Children...

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: On Saturday, 10 November.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: There is no proposal to publish that legislation yet.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Education and Skills was very clear. Clare County Council, on its own initiative, must process applications for third level grants.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is quite in order for the council to seek to find out if households which have lodged applications for assistance in respect of third level education are in compliance with the legal requirement to pay the household charge.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: The same applies if a disabled person applies for a grant to build a back kitchen and must produce a C2 certificate.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: Questions are always asked about the payment of the non-principal private residence charge. This is nothing new.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Higgins might not like this but it is unfair to the majority of people who have paid the charge to suggest that others should not make the effort to do so.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: Clare County Council, on its own initiative, is entirely in order in doing what it has done

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: Clare County Council is processing applications for third level grants. The council wrote to applicants to identify whether their households had paid the household charge. It is a legal charge. There is no secret statutory instrument that has a legal basis for the collection of it. This was a voluntary payment and a significant majority of people have paid the household charge. There is a...

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: It should be pointed out that it is only fair that everyone pays the household charge because it is used for facilities like processing applications for third level grants.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: The companies Bill is expected to be published this session.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: We must see how it gets on when it is introduced in both Houses.