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- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: Very shortly. The examination of the new information and evidence that has come to hand will be done in a proper and fitting fashion. If that warrants a commission of investigation, then that is what will happen. The Deputy can inform the person who has contacted him on a number of occasions that is so. The Government will not renege on the motion that was accepted by the Dáil last week.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: Last year, 2016, was the first full year of payments under the GLAS scheme. At the end of December 2016, there were 37,500 active participants in the GLAS scheme, of which 27,400 received 85% of their 2016 payment. As Deputy McGrath is aware, payments can only issue when all of the required validation checks have been successfully passed.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: Further payments of €4.2 million have been issued to just under 1,200 participants in the past few days. Approximately 8,900 cases remain outstanding and, starting immediately, further payments will be made on a weekly basis as cases are cleared.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: All I can confirm is that work is well under way in the Department on this issue. I will advise the Deputy as to the state of play in so far as when the heads of Bills come to Government and are likely to be published.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: I will have to advise Deputy Butler of the position. I am not aware of the extent of the work that is taking place.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: The matter is before the courts as I understand it. I will say that in general there is a whole range of legacy issues that need to be dealt with arising from the Good Friday Agreement. I regret that it was not possible to have that agreement reached under Stormont House and Fresh Start.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: I raised legacy issues yesterday evening with the British Prime Minister and the Secretary of State, in particular the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in respect of which there have been three all-party Oireachtas motions over the last number of years. I pointed out the urgency of moving on with a number of these.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: I refer to the latest position on the publication of the Devine and Resilience Ireland reports which relate to the case of "Grace" who resided in a former foster home in the south east which is the subject of abuse allegations. This has run now for some time. The Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, has consistently stated his view that the HSE-commissioned reports by Conal Devine and...
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: Arrangements will be put in place to ensure that the contents of the reports are conveyed in a meaningful way to service users with varying degrees of disability. A communications plan is also being developed given the potential impact of the reports on service users, their families and the employees of relevant agencies, and dedicated teams will be put in place to provide all necessary...
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: Private Notice Questions are a matter for your adjudication, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: It may well be that, as regards what Deputy Martin raised, if we could have statements on an agreed motion it might be in everybody's interest. The House of Commons had a unanimous decision last night in respect of this matter. As regards the point raised by Deputy Paul Murphy, for the clarification of the House, on Saturday morning I understand that a foreign national was refused US...
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: Some 1.18 million people used the pre-clearance facility in Dublin last year, while 204,000 people used it at Shannon Airport.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: I will have to come back to Deputy Martin on that. I know it is part of the confidence and supply arrangement, and it is in the programme for Government. I will ask the Minister, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, to give the Deputy an update forthwith.
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: The Government deliberately beefed up Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland, which are very active in this field. We have 1,500 companies in the country exporting to the United Kingdom, and we are very conscious of that fact. I take Deputy Donnelly at his word. He is telling me that business leaders in London are telling him that there is nothing happening on the ground. Let us do a deal...
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy needs to go back to the people to whom he has spoken. He referred to what he has been hearing. I assure him that Ireland is very active in this field, and not just by way of the Minister of State, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, who is dealing with financial services. The Minister for Finance, many other senior Ministers and I, together with IDA Ireland and everybody else, are quite...
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy should look at the rural development programme launched recently by the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, which, for the first time in many years, is a comprehensive plan that is realistic and can be achieved. The CSO figures today show that unemployment is down to 7.1% from 15.2% just a few years ago. Last week, the Minister for Social...
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: Communities in west Cork are already doing work here. The Wild Atlantic Way is being developed as far as Mizen Head or Sheep's Head in terms of hospitality and tourism opportunities. There are so many opportunities community leadership can avail of through a series of issues in those programmes. They may not be of the order of millions but they certainly have the potential to employ people...
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: I reject that assertion from Deputy Adams. We have been very active over many years in dealing with the Administrations and members of the opposition in the United States. He is aware that I have had the privilege in recent years of being in Washington for St. Patrick's Day. It is not just about meeting the President but the Vice President, the Speaker of the House, the Irish caucus,...
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: Every single person who represents us in this case will do the same in the United States right across America. It is more important than ever before that Ireland's voice would be heard and that we stand up for values and integrity. We were those people for two and a half centuries. I will stand up for the undocumented Irish. If they are to make America great, they have every right to...
- Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2017)
Enda Kenny: It is more important than ever that Ireland's voice would be heard. Right across America we have influence and we will use it in a right and proper fashion.