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Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Do you want me to solve it?

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Do you want it solved or not?

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin speaks about targeting people individually. He has raised the case of an autistic child who needs a placement. If he wants that problem to be solved or investigated properly, I invite him to send me the details.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy should note that €1 million has been allocated from the disability budget for autism services, specifically those dealing with these cases. He tells us that we should not target people, yet he raises a particular case in the House.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy wants to have that case examined, I invite him to send us the details to we see what can be done.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Persons with a disability, despite the economic circumstances we face, have been better protected than any other sector. There are always cases.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy seems to assume that he is the only one who has access to the people concerned. I am told their stories every day of the week, as everyone else here knows.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Unfortunately, these cases are the fallout from the bank guarantee and the legacy with which we have to deal.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: In this case the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, has €1 million from the disability budget to deal with autistic cases alone. The Deputy is well aware that an independent review is being carried out of the service providers dealing with the case he mentioned.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: The fact of the matter is that the Deputy claims the overnight allowances to which he is entitled. They are a multiple of what any Minister who does not receive overnight allowances would claim. Most Ministers are in Dublin four or five nights a week, depending on their schedule or duties. The matters mentioned by the Deputy are part of what the Government is considering in respect of the...

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Pearse Doherty has made a statement. Ministers are entitled to an allowance of €6,000 which they can claim at the 41% tax rate, which works out at approximately €3,500. As a rural Member, the Deputy is in a position to claim approximately €30,000 or more, depending on what his overnight allowance figures are.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not know what Deputy Martin Ferris is claiming, but Deputy Pearse Doherty is referring to two very different things.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: The incidence of diabetes is of growing concern and importance. When listening to the proceedings of a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Health and Children I heard the chief medical officer from the Department of Health say that the number of diabetics in this country will increase to 250,000 over the next couple of years and that this could be prevented through education, diet and...

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: One of the issues that has arisen from the North-South Ministerial Council programme is the extent of cross-Border co-operation and activity in a range of areas, including transport, education, business and health. I know from the last meeting held in Armagh that the Minister, Deputy Reilly, has had a number of meetings with the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety in...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 11a - Membership of Committees; No. 19 - Statements on the European Council, Brussels; No. 20 - Credit Union Bill 2012 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 18 - Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) in the event that a division is...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: I have objected to the use of the guillotine on many occasions. The guillotine has been provided because the Credit Union Bill 2012 must go before the Seanad next week. It may well be that the guillotine will not be necessary because of, as the Deputy said, the Minister's fair engagement on the Bill on Committee Stage. It is provided for in the event that it may be required because the...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Government has not signed off on the question of the property tax yet. That will be a matter for presentation-----

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Government has not signed off on the details of the property tax yet. That will be a matter for presentation in the budget next week. Bilateral discussions are still being conducted by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and each individual Minister. These have not been fully signed off either so I cannot give the Deputy a date for the conclusion of the discussions between...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: As I said, the current position-----

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Martin knows, Supplementary Estimates are always referred to the relevant committees and as Deputy Buttimer has pointed out-----