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Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: First, Deputy Doherty is wrong. According to the HSE TrolleyGAR system at 8 o'clock this morning there were 458 patients waiting on trolleys in acute hospitals nationally. That figure is much too high. It is not about the allocation of money. At €14.5 billion, there has never been more money allocated to the Department of Health. Clearly the question of patients on trolleys is the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I cannot, but the heads of the Bill are expected to come before the Cabinet shortly. It will go from there to pre-legislative scrutiny. I will advise the Deputy when the Minister expects to bring the Bill before the Cabinet.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I cannot confirm that but I will advise the Deputy as to whether the Minister has received the report.

Sentencing Council Bill 2017: First Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: No.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: That Bill will be published on Friday and will go to the Seanad first.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Not now, but the Deputy is aware of the change where, instead of having people queuing up to go to private assessments,-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----the situation will now be that schools will have access to expertise to identify these at a much earlier date. I will have the Minister, Deputy Bruton, give the Deputy the up-to-date position nationally.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, can bring the Deputy up to date.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Questions have been answered on this already. Dáil questions go through the Ceann Comhairle's office. Many Ministers do not see the Dáil questions at all until they are either diverted, refused or allocated, whatever the case might be. First, Deputy Brady said that it was "sensitive information". Then he said that it was "very, very sensitive information". There are and were no...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure which Ministers the Deputy is talking about in respect of what he calls "very, very sensitive information" being sent by e-mail. It depends on what the definition of that is. Obviously, material that I receive myself as a Minister in terms of Cabinet agendas and so on like that are sent via encrypted servers.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: That will not be dealt with until the first Bill has actually been completed. That work is under way, as the Deputy knows.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I do not know the individual that Deputy Deasy is talking about. What I do know is that I met with party leaders last September with a view to hearing their views on the issues of public concern arising from NAMA and Project Eagle. I subsequently received a number of submissions from party leaders on the matter. I met them again on 4 October. It was agreed in principle to establish a...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister for Finance have set out the strategy by which this will take place. The Minister informed the Cabinet yesterday that he will contact every Department in respect of its real priorities rather than just the usual endless list that comes in. He is not going to be in a position to do address the latter. The process is under way....

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Ministers will now be requested to respond to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on their real priorities in the context of the available moneys, which amount to just over €2 billion. It will then be a matter of considering the longer-term implications for the kind of country we will have in 25 or 30 years.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: It is just over €2 billion at the moment.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: That is not a matter for legislation; it is a matter for management in terms of the supply of ambulance services-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----and accessibility, the frequency journeys, etc. I will have the Minister for Health advise Deputy Mattie McGrath in response to his question.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am glad Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick got in today. Medical cards will be provided to all children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance. It is a programme for Government commitment and a priority. It was funded in budget 2017 and will be delivered as quickly as possible but it does mean legislation must be introduced. The new legislation will mean all children in respect of whom a...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure whether Deputy Michael McGrath is asking for a change in the legislation that would allow for deferrals or whether he is asking for a change that would not allow for them. Clearly, An Bord Pleanála is completely independent in the way it goes about its business, with decisions eventually being made by courts and judicial reviews, if necessary. I am not aware of the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. Work has been ongoing for nearly five years. I agree with the Deputy in that regard. The last time this was raised, I said I would take an interest in trying to sort it out. I recall that the advice given at the time was that the scheme was structured such that only those then in receipt of the grant could continue to receive it and that new...