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Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: I meet the principals, the teachers and the parents.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: I personally know some of the pupils.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I do meet them and for that reason-----

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, sat down with principals of schools yesterday and is meeting the INTO organisation to explain what is involved so that its members can prepare for these gradual changes.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: He has already pointed out that alleviation measures will be put in place for the most impacted schools, where teachers are likely to be lost in the coming three years.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: The DEIS 1 primary school category is being given a dedicated staffing ratio of one teacher for 22 pupils as against 28:1 in other schools.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: This will not be easy for anybody.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: We must deal with the situation in the best way possible.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister pointed out these changes are to be phased in over three years. He has demonstrated his understanding by sitting down with the principals and the INTO-----

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----to discuss the implications for schools. He has protected the category 1 DEIS schools with a very favourable pupil-teacher ratio of 22:1 as against 28:1 in other schools.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: Aontaím leis an Teachta go mbíonn an fhírinne searbh; tá a fhios sin ag gach duine. Is fíor a rá nach bhfuil a ndóthain chompoird ag cuid mhaith daoine ag an bpointe seo agus cuireann sin isteach go mór orthu go pearsanta agus ó thaobh cúrsaí sóisialta. The Deputy is aware that the changes made to the fuel allowance mean it operates for six months of the year. That is obviously...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: They will be able to move around in freedom and will have their personal space, as one would expect. I thank the Minister of State for her intervention in that regard. I listened to Mr. Kavanagh speak on this matter on "Morning Ireland". It is a fact there has been homelessness in this city for very many years. A number of studies and reports have been carried out by groups and...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: The numbers vary from year to year, depending on circumstances in which people find themselves and the reasons they are on the street. I have had occasion to speak to numbers of homeless people in the vicinity of this House throughout many years. Some are there because of marital rows, some because they could not get on in their own homes, some because of particular issues that affected...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: I share Deputy Adams's concern that no citizen should be on the streets of our cities homeless. The reasons for this can be many and varied, personal and sensitive. When one talks to those in that position, one learns much from them. I recently met with Society of St. Vincent de Paul personnel, the Simon Community and Sr. Stan and her people in Temple Bar. The programmes they want to...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: I suppose I should address Deputy Higgins as Captain Kirk of the Enterprise. I always thought that Kerry people understood there is nothing free in this world and when one turns on the tap, someone has to pay to put the water in there in the first place.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: Be it water in Kerry, Donegal or Dublin, someone has to pay for it.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: The household charge will be €2 a week. Deputy Higgins led a campaign against bin charges. I remember him being dragged away behind a truck many years ago.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: Does Deputy Higgins know what that did? It led directly to the privatisation of bin services.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy felt, coming from County Kerry where they pride themselves in keeping their towns and countryside clean, that he could leave the rubbish and someone would collect it just as afterthought.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: The moneys raised from the household charges will go to fund services such as street-cleaning and libraries for the Deputy's area and every other area across the country.