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- Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: -----and was reduced further on Saturday evening. On Sunday morning, 18 patients were waiting in the accident and emergency department for admission. In respect of Roscommon, last week, 17 people from Roscommon presented in the accident and emergency department in Galway and ten people presented the previous week.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: Far from hectoring, I wish to inform the Deputy that we deal with reality. Neither the Deputy nor I can prevent people from falling ill. When people present in a hospital, they have been referred there or they travel to the accident and emergency department for analysis of their problem and admission to hospital. The situation in Limerick this morning is that six patients are on trolleys...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: Far from being a litany of failure, it is dealing with the truth. The Minister for Health has the responsibility for dealing with this situation. As Deputy Adams well knows, the health structure in our country works exceptionally well on one hand and in other areas, significant blockages are created at the level of admission to the system for treatment by professional staff. This is the...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: -----but on reality.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: If the Anglo bondholders are paid, they will be paid from their own resources. This will not come from the taxpayer. The Minister for Finance has been dealing with this situation at the ECOFIN meetings. Deputy Adams has suggested it is very easy to have a write-down in respect of senior bondholders with the residual amount left in Anglo. The effect and consequence of this view, when it...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: A sense of pride in their home is very important to people and this is self-evident when one visits them. Unfortunately, for a substantial number of people, this cannot be the case. They have decided to buy or build and taken out a mortgage, but after a period they have found their home has begun to disintegrate. This is no joke. It is very distressing for people to experience gables...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: There is no comparison.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: I remind the Deputy that he is not playing handball against a haystack that kills the ball.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy was in that corner of the alley when he made that comment. The Deputy Higgins's figures are a bit out of line with regard to a cost of from â¬2,000 to â¬3,000. The figures I have seen for the rectification of some of these problems are of the order of â¬70,000 or â¬80,000. The foundations must be taken out completely and replaced with pyrite free material and the structure...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (27 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: The names and salaries of the Special Advisers I have appointed since 9th March 2011, are as follows: Name and Grade Annual Salary Mark Kennelly, Chief of Staff â¬168,000 Andrew McDowell, Special Adviser â¬168,000 Paul O'Brien, Special Adviser â¬80,051 Angela Flanagan, Special Adviser â¬80,051 Mark O'Doherty, Special Adviser to Chief Whip â¬80,051 The total of the annual salaries...
- Written Answers — Departmental Strategy Statements: Departmental Strategy Statements (27 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: My Department has prepared a draft Strategy Statement for the period 2011-2014. This draft will be the subject of further work, following discussions with me and to reflect the restructuring of my Department's role and responsibilities as I outlined to the House on 20 September, 2011. The final strategy statement will be published.
- Written Answers — Independent Commissions: Independent Commissions (27 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: A commemorative programme is being prepared to mark the centenary of 1916. I envisage that a draft framework of events will be submitted to Government for consideration in early 2012. There are no plans to appoint an Independent Commission to consider a new national anthem and review national emblems such as those worn by the Garda SÃochána, the Defence Forces, the Fire Service, the Civil...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (27 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: The pay scales for each civil servant working in my Department from Higher Executive Officer level to Secretary General level, are detailed in the following table. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is responsible for determining the precise pension entitlements of each officer in my Department. Generally, under the terms of the Civil Service Superannuation Schemes, retiring...
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: I repeat that it is opportune for Opposition Whips to raise requests at the Whips meeting. The House sat late on both Tuesday and Wednesday evenings last week to discuss the financial stability Bill-----
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: -----which deals with many of these issues.
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a particular problem with a debate next week and if the Deputy wants a debate longer than two hours, he should have his Whip raise it at the Whips' meeting.
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: I will not object to it. It is an important debate but we have to have some time to structure what it is we have to do.
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: It was not raised by Deputies McDonald or Boyd Barrett at the Whips meeting.
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy's comment about us being dragged kicking and screeching is nonsense. He can have a debate next week, put a structure to it and have his Whip raise at the Whips' meeting the time he requires.
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)
Enda Kenny: If the by-election is to be held on 27 October, the writ must be moved between tomorrow and 6 October. We have changed the regulations in order that by-elections will be held within six months of being caused. However, this by-election has resulted from the unfortunate death of a member of Fianna Fáil and Deputy Martin's party will be given the opportunity to move the writ in accordance...