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- Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: This will be carried through to effect for the 2014 elections. This will mean a number of Bills will have to be brought before the House by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. This will happen as soon as possible. The information is now available to the Deputy in detailed form.
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The proposal is to reduce the overall number of councillors, councils and regional authorities, saving €45 million.
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: It will give greater cohesion and clarity to elected councillors-----
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy will have ample opportunity to debate his area here.
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: As I said, there are three or four Bills involved. They must all be implemented before 2014. It will probably be next year before the bulk of these Bills appear. It will be important for the Deputy and his colleagues to read the documentation and figure out what it means for them.
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The debate is next week. It will be set out by the Minister for Finance according to the normal routine dictating speaking time. Deputy Boyd Barrett will have his say.
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Construction Contracts Bill is awaiting Committee Stage at the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform.
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: That is the first matter to be considered.
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: No.
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Bill that Deputy Bannon referred to relates to local government reform and the local enterprise boards. That will be next year. I referred last week to the fact that the noise Bill is still a way in the distance. We do not have it within hearing range at the moment.
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: That is a matter for the budget and the finance Bill that will follow.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The meeting of the European Council in Brussels on Thursday and Friday of this week will represent a welcome opportunity to take stock of developments in relation to a range of economic policy matters. The meeting will also provide leaders with an opportunity for an exchange of views on the European Union's relations with its strategic partners without the constraint of seeking to agree a...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Why did the Deputy's Government not do it at the outset?
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Some neck.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Why did the Deputy's Government not restructure them?
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Is Deputy Crowe suggesting we make a few changes?
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The team will perform.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: We are not playing the Faroe Islands.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: IFSC Clearing House Group (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: In a reply in the Dáil on 22 May this year I stated that I am open and willing to exploring any additional mechanisms with regard to enhancing the accessibility of the deliberations of the IFSC Clearing House Group and that I had asked my Officials to consider the matter. The question of publication of minutes is one of the matters under consideration in that context. My Department is...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Compact for Growth and Jobs (16 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I discussed the Compact for Growth and Jobs with EU colleagues at the European Council on 28/29 June. The Irish Government had long argued that such a Pact was urgently needed to ensure a firm focus on growth and job creation at European-level. The Compact also featured in discussions I had with President Van Rompuy, President Barroso and the College of Commissioners in Brussels on 3 October....