Results 21,361-21,380 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: That will happen early next year, as quite a deal of work has been done on it.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: I expect that will be the case. The House will sit late on Thursday and all day Friday to deal with that matter.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: I advise the Deputy to wait until he hears the statement from the Minister for Finance later this afternoon. As I said to Deputy Martin in response to a number of questions, the Tara Mines workers, whom I met, have a particular case and the story might not be as clear as that which has often been put out. He made the case that the situation with regard to deductions from pensioners was a...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy McGrath can turn off the tap for the moment.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: Níor chuala an Teachta mé. Beidh sé roimh an choiste Dé Máirt seo chugainn, tiocfaidh sé isteach anseo ina dhiaidh agus beidh neart ama leis an rud sin a phlé, is féidir bheith cinnte faoi sin.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: The heads of the Bill have been approved by Cabinet and I expect Ministers to have it drafted and working in the first quarter of 2012.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: I send my condolences to Deputy Smith. The position in so far as career guidance teachers are concerned is that the Minister for Education and Skills made it clear he wants to devolve responsibility to schools and school principals to get the best opportunity for their staff to teach. Career guidance was always outside of this and it is now the new responsibility of schools to make their...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister expected publication of the national vetting bureau Bill by the end of the year but quite an amount of correspondence between a number of Departments has yet to be dealt with so it will not happen by then. The companies Bill will be taken in the middle of next year, as I indicated.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the diocesan reports the Minister has no objection to them being discussed in the new year.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: With regard to the children's rights referendum as the Deputy is well aware it is quite complex and the children's advocacy groups are working with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to see whether we can arrive at agreement on the best wording to put before the people. This is outside of the proposal for any constitutional convention. I cannot give a time for it without a wording...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: Early in the new year.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: I will have to come back to the Deputy on whether legislation is required.

Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: Wrong.

Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is the Deputy's logic.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: To clarify, I referred to an increase in the standard rate of VAT. It is on page 8 of the script circulated to Members.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: No, I do not.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am going to be the one to take it back, to retrieve it.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am interested in the Deputy's position on the problem we have now. As a respected economist, I would like to hear his view on what decision should be taken next Wednesday and Thursday.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Ross should give me his view on the political decisions that have to be made to deal with the eurozone crisis.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: I ask the Deputy to give me his view.