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Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: There is no legislation governing this in respect of Ireland. As the Deputy knows, there are two defined benefit pensions in respect of the case to which he is probably referring.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: In Britain, defined benefit is based upon levies and is only used when the company involved becomes insolvent. The major company to which we are referring is not insolvent.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: This is a matter in respect of defined benefit contributions, which have caused a number of difficulties over the period. The last actual certificates filled by defined benefit schemes with the Pensions Authority show that more than 60% meet the standard and the remaining schemes have recovery plans. There is concern the certificates due in the coming months will show significant...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Howlin is well aware, a process was set up here whereby a specialist commission was asked to look at the entire issue in relation to water. Charges were suspended during that period. The commission has reported now directly to an all-party committee of both Houses. The Labour Party is represented ably by Deputy Jan O'Sullivan on that committee. The commission's report did not...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: I will not announce the abandonment of pay-by-weight measures before the House. That is not what the Minister, Deputy Naughten, has been talking about. He was talking about a further extension of the current situation where charges were frozen. The Minister has been very clear about it. He said that whether a person is a small user or a very large user, everybody should have the incentive...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: It is not the abandonment of pay-by-weight. That is not being abandoned. The Minister is looking at an effective workable position so that people - big users and small users - are incentivsed to reduce the amount of waste gong out.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: The task force on personalised budgets was established in September with the remit to make recommendations on a personalised budget model for people with a disability, which includes, obviously, people who have need of respite. The national task force on youth mental health was established in August and the award of the contract for the national forensic mental health service in Portrane was...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: It is not the intention to buy it. The Government has put forward very substantial moneys for the improvement of the mezzanine interpretive centre in the GPO, another €5 million for Kilmainham courthouse and another €5 million for the development of the military archives. We have had purchase of Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street and many other issues in respect of 1916. This is...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: I would not object to that. I think this is a matter of national importance. If Deputy Adams wishes to have the opportunity to make a statement, he should be allowed to do that.

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister will bring his rental strategy to Government next Tuesday and thereafter Deputy Barry will have the opportunity to reflect on, debate and discuss the detail of it. It is about striking the necessary balance. I admit that there are people under real pressure, many of whom have had to leave the accommodation they were in. The fundamental question that needs to be addressed is...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister has made strenuous efforts to deal with the homeless in this city in particular, rough sleepers, those who have been homeless and have needed to stay in hostels and those who have had to move accommodation because of rent increases.

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: People in some areas object to hostel accommodation and social housing being provided. One has the hypocrisy of parties coming in here shouting about the necessity for those things and at the same time objecting when proposals are made by city councillors and elected representatives to do that. The rental strategy will be brought to Cabinet next week. There will be a debate on the Bill...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Appropriation Bill was signed off on this morning by the Cabinet. We have allocated €62 million in humanitarian aid to Syria, which represents a significant amount of money from Ireland. I note, in particular, the practical assistance given to families and the leadership demonstrated by the Dublin football manager, Mr. Jim Gavin, in travelling to Africa and also the development...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: The challenge in building an economy was to manage it properly in the interests of all the people. I disagree profoundly with Deputy Barry when he said that people's pockets are more important - it is people's lives that are more important than rich men's pockets. The balance to be struck is one of increased supply of houses and accommodation, and at the same time to maintain the balance...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: There is no doubt about the sensitivity and truth of the issues the Deputy raises. I refer to war in Syria, the difficulties in Libya, the hundreds of thousands coming through the Horn of Africa from Somalia and other locations in northern Africa, the difficulties encountered in the many camps in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, and the difficulties in crossing the Mediterranean. I am quite sure...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: The HIQA report has identified a number of immediate issues that need to be addressed. The Minister for Health has asked the HSE to address those issues as a priority and to ensure that the hospital is properly supported in its role by the other hospitals in the hospital group to provide a proper service, as one would expect for the patients in the midlands. It is important that in any...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: The first thing we should acknowledge is that the reason we have travelled so far in Portlaoise hospital is the courage of a number of women who were courageous enough to come forward with their personal stories about the traumatic effects of losing a baby. That is the reason the advances and improvements have been made in the first place. The Minister for Health and the Department are...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: This is not fiction. A man was murdered in cold blood; his killer is at large and people know who the murderer is. It is beyond comprehension that a Member of the House can drive someone in a van with blacked out windows to meet another person to talk about who had shot his father, that the names are given to the Garda Commissioner and that the son of the murdered man says he did not supply...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept that this is in any way acceptable. Nobody can doubt that Brian Stack served this State with honour in his role as a prison officer. The work he and his colleagues did in protecting this State was vital during that very troubled period. His cold-blooded murder at the hands of Provisional IRA thugs was a cowardly, brutal and totally unjustifiable act of pointless violence....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (6 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 76 and 77 together. My Department has detailed ICT policies relating to the use of email and the internet which are provided to all staff. These policies also deal with software downloads, media device usage, remote access and the security responsibility of users. Office holders and staff in my Department use secure corporate email accounts for...