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Croke Park Agreement (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: In respect of young Maeve McGivern, the Minister for Health has apologised to the McGivern family for what happened. It should not have happened. As a parent I can only begin to estimate the trauma and the absolute consternation that applied. They had been waiting for the phone call for 11 months and when it came, the follow through was not possible. I too want to find out the exact...

Croke Park Agreement (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept the Deputy's comment that this is crudely cutting public service jobs. The Croke Park agreement was signed off between the Government, the public sector and the trade unions. As I said to Congress, many public sector workers understand better than the Deputy or I the arcane structures they were happy to put up with and the manner in which they are constrained from using...

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. In line with established practice, the 100 day progress report on the implementation of the programme for Government was posted on my Department's website on Thursday, 16 June, where it is accessible to all who wish to be informed. I do not propose to circulate a formal report. I envisage that an annual report on progress will be...

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin will not see report cards published. It is a matter for engagement with all Ministers. Currently, I am actively involved in holding a series of bilateral meetings with Ministers in respect of their portfolios, responsibility and the programme for Government in so far as it impacts on their Departments and responsibility. I have had a number of such meetings. The programme for...

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: A lark is never a gimmick.

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is already on the Department's website and it is accessible to everybody in the country and beyond.

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Perhaps the Deputy did not hear my reply. I said that from time to time as Ministers and their Departments achieve their objectives, it will be posted on the Department's website for everybody to access and to read. It will be either on my Department's website or on the relevant Minister's one. That is the way the procedure operates. We can collate all of that at the end of the year and...

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: As the Deputy is aware, a figure of approximately €5 billion has been leveraged from subordinated bond investors. The Minister for Finance has made it clear that he intends to have discussions with the European Central Bank in respect of senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank commencing in the autumn. An interest rate reduction, agreed in principle at the meeting on 11 March, has not yet...

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: One would wish these issues could be concluded quickly rather than later. When the Minister for Finance proceeded down the road towards responsibility sharing with subordinated bondholders, he was not aware that court cases would be taken, but that matter has been dealt with to a degree. We cannot provide a date or an absolute conclusion on the matter, as agreement is required on the...

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I have not seen that report.

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Aontaím leis an Teachta gur chóir comhghairdeas a thabhairt dóibh siúd ar fad a ghlac páirt sna Cluichí Oilimpeacha Speisialta. Go mórmhór ó thaobh iad siúd a bhí in éineacht leo, ag tabhairt a chuid ama go deonach gan airgead ar bith a fháil, agus a thaispeáin a suim pearsanta agus chlainne sna cluichí sin, I agree with Deputy Adams. Obviously, I have not seen the report the...

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: As I said in my initial reply-----

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: As the various Ministers achieve their targets and objectives, in accordance with the remit that applies to each Department under the programme for Government, those items and matters will be posted publicly on the departmental websites. That is how it should be done. Obviously, later in the year we will have an opportunity to discuss the progress that is being achieved in terms of the...

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams is learning very fast. He raised the Special Olympic Games, water metering, the universal social charge, junior doctors and his party's Private Members' motion in the context of a question that relates to the distribution of a formal review of the implementation of the programme for Government. I have already pointed out that every Minister will post these results - details of...

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is correct to say some bonds are held by some credit unions and by Irish Life & Permanent. The Minister for Finance is examining those matters where bonds are held by a small number of credit unions, and so on.

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Put in a parliamentary question and get the answer.

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am glad to see that Deputy Martin looks at "The Late Late Show". Let me be clear about this.

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The compilation of the report cards to which he referred is a metaphor for the bilateral meetings I have with each Minister about the Departments for which they have responsibility. It is about the political activities and the progress they are making in achieving the requirements of the programme for Government in so far as it relates to their Departments. I have had five or six of those...

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: We will not get the report cards published for assimilation by the electorate.

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: These are the requirements of the Taoiseach, that he should know about his Ministers.