Results 23,441-23,460 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: If the Minister does not have all the information, Deputy Adams can ask him to make another statement.
- Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Mitchell has raised an important matter. The Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, is working on the Bill which will come to the House later this year as a Government Bill.
- Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: As the Deputy is aware, advice is received by the Government from the Attorney General. I hope the legislation in respect of the ESM changes will be passed by the House before the summer recess.
- Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: I cannot give the Deputy a date for the legislation on upward-only rent reviews. That is a matter that is being worked on at the moment. Decisions made by clinicians in hospitals do not generally require legislation, whether the hospital is small or big. With regard to the blather raised by Deputy Boyd Barrett last Wednesday, when he objected to the guillotining of Bills in the House, the...
- Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: This is being dealt with by the Minister for public expenditure and reform, Deputy Howlin. I expect it will be concluded later in the year, because it covers a number of sectors.
- Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a timetable for it, but we will keep the Deputy informed as the work is progressing.
- Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for it. I will have the information conveyed to the Deputy as soon as I have any clarity on it.
- Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: I am not sure what tablets the Deputy took today. The Minister has no intention of abolishing small hospitals.
- Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: The Minister has already made it perfectly clear that it will take some time to restructure the leviathan that was set up to be the best provider of services in the world, the HSE. In addition, HIQA has set out its stall in investigating a number of hospitals.
- Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: The HSE will be restructured during the lifetime of the Government, with beneficial effects for every patient in every hospital in the country.
- Official Engagements (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: I do not agree with Deputy Martin's accuracy on the number of questions being taken together. I recall on numerous occasions over the past 20 years, how predecessors in his party would have taken substantially more than I have taken this afternoon. I do not have an objection to these questions being divided up into sectors.
- Official Engagements (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: They are all related to Europe. As I said on my first day in office, I would examine this format. In the context of the discussions we will have in the next several weeks, I will be glad to hear Deputy Martin's opinion on whether the format needs to be changed. Deputy Martin asked me to provide an update on the outcome of discussions at last week's European Council meeting. I have just...
- Official Engagements (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked me to provide an update on the outcome of discussions at last week's European Council meeting for which I have just given a four-page answer.
- Official Engagements (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin asked me to give details of discussions with the French President, Mr. Sarkozy, in recent weeks. My discussions with him took place during the course of the European Council meeting. As I said, we had a good conservation about the issue of the interest rate reduction. I have detailed the bilateral contacts with the other Heads of Government. The Polish Prime Minister, Mr....
- Official Engagements (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: I said I made a presentation to the Council also.
- Official Engagements (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin should have listened to my reply.
- Official Engagements (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: I do not apply a stopwatch to conversations I have with people and nor did the Deputy when he was on this side. I raised the situation in so far as Ireland is concerned at the plenary session of the Council meeting. I stated last week that I will contribute to these debates in a comprehensive and inclusive manner and I did that. I also spoke on the situation in the Middle East and I put...
- Official Engagements (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy has a very warped interpretation of the facts and I do not need him to put words in my mouth. The decision with regard to dealing with preferred creditor status by the Ministers for Finance at their meeting in Luxembourg is to the benefit of every country in Europe, not just Ireland, because people who invest in a country generally buy bonds. We did not want a situation where...
- Official Engagements (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: I suggest to the Deputy that there will be an opportunity again for discussion of the restructuring of the hospital situation, the health services and so on. I took the opportunity a number of years ago to bring a delegation from my party to Gaza and I visited the entire area to see at first hand the consequences of the destruction of buildings, etc. I know that Deputy Martin is also one of...
- Official Engagements (28 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: Leaders at the European Council meeting were concerned that there not be a repeat of what occurred on the last occasion. I support that view very strongly.