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Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: As the Deputy has rightly said, we do not know how long this has been going on. It has come to light because of vigilance at another airport. There has been an ongoing assessment of the situation at our airports. While the security of the airport is a matter for the airport authority, the point is that these people, in whatever number, never got as far as passport or immigration control....

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I agree with that. This appears to have been quite a sophisticated operation. Somewhere between disembarking from an aircraft and going through passport control some people were apparently diverted and exited the airport and this seems to have been going on for quite some time. As the Deputy is aware, a Garda operation targeting illegal immigration led to the arrests of three people,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: Following Martin McGuinness’s resignation, I met with Deputies Adams and MacDonald of Sinn Féin to explore how the difficulties might be addressed. I also spoke by phone with both Martin McGuinness and Arlene Foster. I spoke with Prime Minister May and we agreed that our two Governments would do what we could to help the parties over the coming period and that we would keep...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (24 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 92 and 93 together. The Secretary General in my Department is also the Secretary General to the Government and is paid €185,350 per annum. There is one Second Secretary General and five Assistant Secretaries General in my Department. The Second Secretary General is paid €167,300 per annum. Of the five Assistant Secretaries General, two...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Government decides on the basis of the moneys available to it to allocate to Departments. This year, 2017, more than ever before has been allocated to the Department of Health and the HSE to provide a range of services across a very broad spectrum for people all over the country. Parallel to that, we are working with some of the Ministers who were mentioned in respect of the mental...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: Some very beneficial and good systems are being put in place.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: We still have quite a distance to travel.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Harris, is working extraordinarily hard at his job and will continue to do so.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy McDonald is wrong when she says that the waiting lists are worse than ever. This morning, according to the HSE TrolleyGAR system there were 388 on trolleys which, although it represents a reduction of 10% on the figure for the same day last year, is still too high. Trolley numbers remain a significant concern. There are hospital pressures today in Kilkenny, Drogheda, Portlaoise,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: A number of weeks ago there were no people waiting on trolleys in Beaumont Hospital despite that previously it had one of the highest number of people on trolleys.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: Of course, We have had all of the rows about need in Mullingar, Tullamore, Portlaoise and so on over the last 40 years and they continue. When one has to make major decisions in respect of hospitals one understands the consequences of these things. We need a ten-year programme to identify what we want in various locations around the country, including what type of services should be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: The reason I set up a specific Cabinet committee, which I chair, is that the European Council decided that the political oversight of the negotiations conducted on behalf of the European Union by Michel Barnier will rest with the European Council, that is, the leaders - prime ministers and so on - of the governments of the 27 other member states. Every Minister feeds into the Cabinet...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: Extending this period would require unanimous approval by the European Council. In theory, given that this has never happened previously, the formal negotiations as to the kind of framework that would apply should only begin then because the article states that the future framework must be taken into account before the country leaves the EU. How can it be taken into account if one has not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: Ireland is better prepared for this than most other countries. It may not be of interest to some other countries that there is an election under way in Northern Ireland. I heard the Prime Minister state yesterday that all the devolved administrations would be represented on the British negotiation team. I have outlined our priorities on many occasions. While I am not responsible for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: The second Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach is the person in charge of the Brexit negotiations. Senior officials are called together on a regular basis and there is liaison with Belfast, London and Brussels. They are all subject to his call.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet committee on health did not meet on 12 December 2016. However, it did meet on 13 December 2016 and 11 January 2017.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Burton had a few herself when she was Tánaiste and an important Minister in the previous Government.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: In response to Deputy Howlin, I recall the late Deputy Jackie Healy-Rae used to say that only a portion of the paper would stick out from the folder but that it was worth millions. The difference now is that the agreements we have are all public knowledge and published, both in terms of the programme for Government in respect of the issues with the Independent Alliance and the supply and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: As I stated, the parliamentary liaison group works to improve the relationship between the Government - Deputy Howlin was an esteemed member of Government himself - and the Oireachtas. In this regard, its work is complementary to that of the office of the Chief Whip in terms of the legislative programme and the issues that arise in both the Dáil and the Seanad. I will circulate a note...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (18 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: No.