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Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: That can be done in the context of the ten-year proposal being examined by the all-party Oireachtas committee. Deputy Adams is to be commended on putting forward a proposition like that. However, it is important that the system used in which the lists are counted should not change. They have been counted in the same way since 2002 when the NTPF system was first introduced. The...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Two new consultant paediatric orthopaedic posts were approved for 2016 for Crumlin. This has increased the work rate to a current total of more than three whole-time equivalent posts, an increase since the end of 2015. One person has taken up a post providing some less complex spinal surgery along with other orthopaedic work. The second post was filled by a surgeon who was already working...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: One of the first things the Minister did on his appointment was to ask the House and everybody involved to debate a ten-year programme for the health system that would remove the political imperative from much of it. Last week, I spoke to Deputy Shortall and she asked me for another meeting, which we will hold in the next week or ten days. The list system is nothing new. It has been in...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: That is exactly what the Minister is going to do. The fact is that when this came to light a number of years ago due to the length of the waiting list and the numbers on the list, a new theatre was provided but it still has not opened. There is money in the budget to recruit 1,000 nurses this year. There are talks today between the Department, the HSE and the Irish Nurses and Midwives...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The counting of the list has been the same since 2002. In fairness, when Deputy Martin introduced that list in 2002 it was best international practice. The counting of the list has not changed to any extent. There is no intention to hide anything in terms of numbers. Some of the people have already had an initial treatment and will be called back. They were never counted in the past....

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Martin for his question. I, no more than the Minister, found it difficult to watch this programme, and the stories of Betty and Pat, and Peter and Kate and Patricia, and Elaine and John and Alan, and Kira and Darragh and Megan speak for themselves. This is 2017 and nobody wants to see a situation like this. A perception that there was an attempt to cover up figures is not...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Brexit has met 6 times to date - on 8 September, 19 October, 7 November, 24 November, 20 December and 17 January. The Committee oversees the overall Government analysis and response, including the implications of Brexit for Ireland, preparation for the negotiations at EU level and engagement with the administrations in London and Belfast. Brexit is also discussed...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on the Economy, Trade and Jobs last met on Thursday 26 January 2017. The next Cabinet Committee will take place in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, Environment and Climate Action last met on 30 January 2017. It is due to meet again later this month. I chair the Cabinet Committee and the membership is comprised of: the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality; the Minister for Finance; the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government; the Minister for Public...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (7 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I, and the Ministers of State assigned to my Department, have secure corporate email accounts assigned to us. These email accounts are only accessible via my Department’s secure network and remotely using official encrypted laptops and mobile devices. While in general corporate email accounts are used for official purposes, private email accounts may, on occasion, be used for...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Measures (7 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: My Department has no Acts or sections or provisions of Acts, coming wholly or partly under the auspices of my Department, or for the commencement of which my Department is wholly or partly responsible, which are not in force and which require the future making of a commencement order.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: UK Referendum on EU Membership (7 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 to 94, inclusive, 96 and 97 together. The Government has identified its priorities for the negotiation process that lies ahead as our economic and trading arrangements, the Northern Ireland Peace Process including border issues, the common travel area, and the future of the European Union. The Government’s preparation is extensive. Important...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Allowances (7 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Since March 2012, no administrative support has been made available by my Department to former Taoisigh. Under the terms of an initiative introduced by the Department of Finance in August 2001, my Department paid the salary of secretarial assistants employed by former Taoisigh, up to the maximum of the Higher Executive Officer (standard) scale. The initiative provided that a former Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I have already outlined the figures. A total of 7,148 people used State-funded emergency accommodation during a week in December. They included 4,643 adults, 2,505 dependents and 1,205 families. A record 2,700 families and individuals exited homelessness in 2016, while the figure in 2015 was 2,300. At the last official count in December 2016, 142 people were sleeping rough. The budget of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Howlin asked about rapid-build units. I expect there to be 1,500 by the end of 2018 and there are 350 at various stages of delivery at the moment, which will become occupied in the coming months. A further 650 homes are in progress this year while the target for 2018 is 500. Deputy Martin referred to the HAP and 810 were accredited for homeless households in the Dublin region in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Apple was not discussed at Davos. To answer Deputy Adams, the Government profoundly disagrees with the European Commission and its analysis, and has no choice but to take an appeal to the European Court of Justice to annul the decision. More than 70% of the Dáil voted to support the Government's decision to appeal in September 2016. Ireland did not give favourable treatment to Apple....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 to 12, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on housing last met on 10 January. It is scheduled to meet again on 6 February. It will continue to meet regularly as required to address issues related to housing and construction, including implementation of Rebuilding Ireland, the action plan for housing and homelessness. This remains a clear priority...

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: If I recall the press release by the Commissioner, she was at pains to say that she was not interfering in any way with the corporate tax rates issue, which is a matter of national competence, but that her issue was state aid rules. If I recall correctly, the point was made that some of this estimated amount would be due to other countries-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----but that is a matter for them to determine whether there was economic activity there or not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett spoke about rubbing shoulders with billionaires. I did meet with the Facebook company, AT&T, Medtronic, IBM, Shire, Salesforce, Excel, Novartis, Lloyds, Bank of America, Liberty Global and BT. Those companies are significant employers in this country.