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- Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 13, Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011 - Committee and Remaining Stages. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. tonight and business shall be interrupted not later than 10 p.m.; and (2) Private Members' business, which shall be No. 29, motion re water and sewerage services, shall not be...
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: As the Deputy is aware, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is preparing legislation to deal with corporate donations and that will come before the House in the not too distant future.
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: We do not propose to have a referendum on corporate donations.
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: We propose to have three referenda on Abbeylara, whistleblowers and judicial payments on the day of the presidential election. The work in respect of the preparation of the legislation for those is under way. They are being treated as a priority. This is part of the programme for Government as endorsed by the people.
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: This matter is being treated very seriously by the Government. It is difficult to put in words the scale of the emotional impact for many of those women who worked in the Magdalene laundries. However, we need to find out the facts here, what happened, how many were involved, and what was the State's involvement. That is the reason the Government has decided to have an interdepartmental...
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: The Government has committed to having those appointed to the chairs of State bodies to come before Dáil committees. As the committees have now been set up, that will begin to happen. The Minister for public reform may want to make further adjustments later.
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: Responsibility for the first aspect of the Deputy's question was transferred to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. He is looking at it now. I expect that the Bill will be published in this session, so that means in the next few weeks.
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: The Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Hayes, is holding consultations about that at the moment. He will report his progress at regular intervals. I hope this will be finalised before the end of the year.
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: I stated before that my view was that it would not be possible to finalise all the elements of the children's rights referendum by the date of the presidential election later this year. The Government has stated its priorities in respect of the Abbeylara case and whistleblower rights and we made the decision yesterday to have a third referendum dealing with the matter of judicial pay. The...
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: No.
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: No.
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: No.
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: This is a massive legislative requirement. Two thirds of the Bill have been drafted, but there are approximately 1,300 heads in that Bill and it will not be published until late spring next year.
- EU Summits (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 10, inclusive, together. The proposed agenda for the meeting of the European Council on 23 and 24 June is a wide-ranging one, covering economic issues, migration and asylum, and international questions. Economic policy issues will include the making of country specific recommendations on foot of the recent proposals made by the Commission. These...
- EU Summits (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: I do not set the agenda. That is the responsibility of Mr. Van Rompuy whom I will meet on Friday. Obviously, we will discuss a number of matters in that regard. As the Deputy is aware, the Minister for Finance has been carrying out extensive negotiations on the principle which was agreed of a reduction in the interest rate. I am sure that matter will again be the subject of discussion at...
- EU Summits (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy claimed I had abandoned all diplomatic negotiations in this matter and then he asked if I would abandon the matter. There is a contradiction there. I assure the Deputy that we have not abandoned our negotiations in this matter. In respect of diplomatic offensives, the Deputy is aware that the Tánaiste recalled all our ambassadors and called in the European Union ambassadors to...
- EU Summits (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: Since his time in the Department of Foreign Affairs, it seems the Deputy has been imbued with the requirement to travel. I have met the leaders of the Union on two occasions at the Heads of Government meeting. If the Deputy wants us to set off on a 27 nation tour on a regular basis, he would have a different story on which to comment.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: It seems that what Deputy Martin wants to do is to increase the level of what was deemed to be a Gallic spat to an all-out war. Things have changed since last February. The first thing that happened was that the Government had a look at the agreement that was reached by the Deputy's own Government and the troika, and set about renegotiating elements of it within the constraints of the...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: -----is that Ministers in the last Government did not attend meetings they were supposed to attend-----
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2011)
Enda Kenny: -----and if they did speak, they spoke only on a confined basis about elements of this country and had no contribution to make in the broader context of Europe. The Tánaiste and I, along with every other Minister, have worked hard to restore the reputation of this country.