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- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Higgins has completely misinterpreted the attitude of the Government.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: When we commissioned the Keane report, we always said it would not be a repository of all wisdom. It is a reflection on the issues by good people and has produced ten serious proposals. We could have formed all kinds of committees that would have run for months. That would not have helped the people who are under pressure.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: We need a swift response to a situation that is a crisis, every minute of every day, for those who are locked into it. Every Deputy, including Deputy Higgins and I, has met such people. Their concerns are palpable.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: We know about all the things they have had to cut out, take away and reduce. The strain is evident on their faces. The Minister, Deputy Burton, has met many of these people. The Minister of State, Deputy Penrose, will meet representatives of New Beginning. They were in these premises yesterday to express their views and outline their propositions.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: I am genuine when I say that if anyone here has an initiative or a proposition that is not currently on offer, is not in the Keane report or does not relate to New Beginning, we would like to hear it in the next two days. The Minister for Finance and the Government will respond, within whatever capability we have, by helping as many people as we can. As I said at the outset, it is important...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: We also have to deal with the introduction of legislation dealing with personal insolvency.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: We also have to introduce complex legislation here dealing with the question of personal insolvency.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice and Equality hopes to bring that through the House as quickly as possible.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his ruling and instruction. I will be happy to abide by his recommendations.
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 16, Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 3, Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill 2011 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 4, Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. Private Members' business shall be No. 21, Debt Settlement and...
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: I thought Deputy Martin would welcome this series of opportunities for everyone here, including the Opposition Members, to have their say. I cannot recall saying we were going to publish this on Tuesday. The original intention was that the first announcement would be published at the end of October. As the Deputy is aware, we have to wait for the figures to come in.
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: I did say it could overrun into the first few days of November for that reason. The Estimates will be published on 1 November and they will go straight to committee before the budget so people can have their chance to debate this.
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: It never happened in the Deputy's 14 years in government - not beforehand. He will have more information than he will be able to deal with.
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: We had this for years - big budget day and no information. It is all about availability now.
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: I appreciate the importance of the issue Deputy Adams raises. The Minister for Justice and Equality wrote to Deputy McDonald of Deputy Adams' party on 4 October. She had raised on 28 September on the Order of Business a question concerning the Government's intentions on domestic violence legislation. The Minister pointed out in the letter that the commitment in the programme for Government...
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: We answered questions yesterday in the House about the pressure on the Parliamentary Counsel and the drafting situation. Some 30 Bills are listed for production in this session, some very complex and lengthy, including the legal services Bill of more than 300 pages. That legislation will not be produced in this session but that does not mean the Minister for Justice and Equality and the...
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: On the latter question, that will be in this session. On the first point, there is no manipulation of the budget going on here. The condition signed on for with the memorandum of understanding is for a debt reduction to 8.6%. The details of how this will actually be achieved have not been worked out yet and cannot be worked out until the figures in respect of the self-employed, corporates...
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: No legislation is promised.
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: No legislation is necessary.
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Enda Kenny: I might have one word in response to the Deputy's question. No legislation is required as temporary contracts are issued that are approved by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. For many years, the position has been that there have been trolleys in hospitals. However, in Tallaght Hospital, for instance, the other day there were no trolleys in evidence for the first time in many...