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Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister was not referring to houses that are currently occupied but ones which are vacant and could be made available for people to live in. The repair and leasing scheme that the Minister referred to yesterday deals with vacant houses which could be brought back to quality habitable houses in which people could live in comfort.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: The State has done quite a lot in respect of making provisions for the film world. Over the years, Ireland has had a great reputation in this regard. The State has changed the capping levels for tax purposes in so far as that is concerned. A school of graphic design has been established and moves are under way to acquire extensive building capacity that can be insulated whereby movies can...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Oireachtas vote expressed itself in the House. The situation regarding Palestine and Israel is in transition. The comments made by the new US Administration have been very clear. I have always opposed the building of accommodation on what was deemed Palestinian lands. The question here is about accountability. Clearly, we, and the vast majority of people, have supported the two-state...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is aware of former Secretary of State John Kerry's intense involvement in this matter but to no avail. The situation is exceptionally sensitive and the position has changed.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: Consideration is still being given to the outcome of the vote in the Oireachtas in terms of the recognition of Palestine.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: It is a priority for the Government in this session and work on it is very well advanced within the Department of Justice and Equality.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I note that Deputy Mick Barry has noted lots of things. I hope he reads the document published yesterday about realising the potential of rural Ireland. It was never the intention that every single town and village in the entire country would be provided with transport. It is the intention, in so far as possible, that where communities come together and where the position whereby transport...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is well aware of the industrial relations mechanism that now kicks in regarding the dispute between the management and unions at Bus Éireann. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has commented that in the event of changes introduced by Bus Éireann in rural transport, the gap will be filled by the National Transport Authority. The latter is referred to in the...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept that the approach of Government has been vague and unco-ordinated. As I pointed out to Deputy Adams, the day after the vote was taken by the United Kingdom, we published a strategy to deal with that future. On 9 September last at the Oxford Union, I set out our priorities in detail. Our three pillar strategy is to continue to implement our programme for Government, to...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: Yesterday's publication of a comprehensive document to achieve the potential of rural Ireland, covering 600 towns and villages throughout the country, speaks for itself. The question is how that plan will be impacted when the shape of the new relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union is eventually decided. All of the analysis carried out in economic studies by bodies...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Act protects gardaí - if they make a report to GSOC or to the Commissioner - from having their identity revealed. It offers protection from dismissal and protection from being penalised in their employment as a result of having made a protected disclosure. That is the law of the land. That is what the Act says it protects whistleblowers for. Deputy Wallace made reference to the...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: We have a peace process supported by the European Union. We have cross-Border activities supported by the European Union.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I want to see that continue-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----as indeed does the British Prime Minister. I would be happy to talk to her-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----about that and other matters when she comes here in the short time ahead.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I have confidence in the Garda Commissioner. There has been significant change to the procedures for members of the Garda who wish to report allegations of wrongdoing. The Protected Disclosures Act 2014, which came into operation on 15 July 2014, was part of the then Government's comprehensive approach to enhancing the protection available to whistleblowers, including members of the An...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: We will work very hard to see that those rights continue to be vindicated. When the people, North and South, voted for the Good Friday Agreement, they did so on the basis of being European Union citizens. The fact that the British Government decides to leave the Single Market and the European Union will not impact on their rights, as validated by their vote for the Good Friday Agreement....

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Government stands committed to see the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, as well as all of its conditions, in full.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I agree that significant elements of the Good Friday Agreement - some historical and some cultural - have not been implemented. These are matters on which we need to follow through. We do not have a constitutional claim on the Six Counties of Northern Ireland any more, but the rights of the citizens, North and South, who voted for the Good Friday Agreement on the same day are enshrined in...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept the Deputy's starting premise. For the past 18 months, Ireland had been preparing for the possibility that there might be a Brexit vote. On the day after the vote, we published a comprehensive document setting out the main priorities, in so far as we saw them, arising from that decision of the UK people. On 9 September 2016, I delivered a detailed paper at the Oxford Union...