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Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I would like to hear from the Minister for Finance the case being made by the bank in question.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The cap was put in place for good reason.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: No good reason has been put to me as to why that should change.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I recall Deputy McGrath was a strong supporter of the previous Government for a number of years.

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Social Protection has had to implement unspecified cuts decided upon by the previous Government. I share the Deputy's concern for all our elderly people. While I am not sure of the weather forecast for next December-January, obviously if this winter is as cold as was last winter people will suffer. The position is that the Minister for Social Protection found, upon taking...

Leaders Questions (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: No, I cannot reverse these cuts now. Not alone have I been visited by a number of people, I have visited people whose situations are quite serious. In regard to the drafting of the budget, the Deputy is aware of the overall figures and will have an opportunity during the course of the debate on the budget to put his points. The Ministers for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, Social...

Ministerial Transport (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: Requests for use of the ministerial air transport service are made by Ministers' private secretaries to my office and are dealt with, in the first instance, by the staff of my office. Requests are examined by my staff with regard to the need for and purpose of travel, the destination, the availability and suitability of other travel arrangements and other logistical details. Any necessary...

Ministerial Transport (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: At this time.

Ministerial Transport (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The question was if I would reverse them at this time and I said that I cannot.

Ministerial Transport (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I do, but the Deputy needs to be clear about it.

Ministerial Transport (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked two questions. What happened in the Meadhbh McGivern case is to be deeply regretted. Deputy Adams is aware that the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, recently published its report into the failed transfer of Meadhbh to the UK on 2 July for a liver transplant. A key recommendation of that report is that a national aeromedical co-ordination group be established...

Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2 to 5, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on social policy met on 21 September. No other Cabinet committee meetings have been held since 22 July 2011. However, the Government and the Economic Management Council have met several times. Meetings of five Cabinet committees are scheduled between now and the end of October. Each Cabinet committee is...

Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: When the Government took office, we originally did not establish a Cabinet health committee. However, due to the importance of the issue in question, a health committee date has been set for the next fortnight. It will focus on this and several other issues. Over the summer, the Government, the Minister for Health and the Economic Management Council have been active on this issue. I have...

Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: It was not announced with a great brouhaha. After a review of the Cabinet sub-committees, I considered there should be one for health and we set it up.

Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I accept that. An extraordinary amount of money is spent on the health system. Last week, nurses on a ward I visited informed me the wastage in their hospital is extraordinary. The Deputy has a part to play in resolving these issues. The Minister for Health and the Cabinet health committee will focus on these issues.

Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The health committee meets on Wednesday, 5 October. Its purpose is to provide political oversight of the Government's programme to change the structure and nature of the health service to ensure it is fit for purpose in 2011 and onwards. This programme will also achieve greater efficiencies, a far more effective level and a better quality of service both for those who work on the front line...

Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health and his two Ministers of State, Deputies Kathleen Lynch and Shortall.

Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I have rarely listened to such blather in all my life.

Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I chair the committee on health. The Minister for Health is its convenor. It is also attended by the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, the Minister of State with responsibility for primary care, Deputy Shortall, and the Minister of State with responsibility for disability,...

Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: It meets on 5 October. It is completely irresponsible of the Deputy to say that there is neither depth nor substance in this-----