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- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: They are queueing up to die now instead of queueing up to get into hospital. I have a question about the blockage created by the Minister for Finance whereby appointments can be made only in exceptional circumstances. On Tuesday, the Government considered a range of issues dealing with crime, gang warfare and so on. We have been calling for this for quite some time. The situation now...
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: I understand that.
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: Do any of these constitute exceptional circumstances? Can the Taoiseach give a general outline for the House on what that means? How exceptional do the circumstances have to be? If in any Garda division in the country there is no chief superintendent, who is in control? Who is in command or in charge?
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: Does that mean that if there is a problem in Galway, for example, the Minister, Deputy Ahern, will be called in to make a decision?
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: The Ceann Comhairle is very clear in his response, but I am asking the Taoiseach about his definition of "exceptional circumstances", for example, in the area of justice where clearly there are vacancies for chief superintendents, superintendents and inspectors.
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: Do we know what these are?
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: I know that.
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: It is the "exceptional circumstances" in which I am interested.
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: What does that mean?
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: There must be a command structure for the Garda.
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: What about the divisions? There must be a command structure for the Garda.
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: If one does not have a chief superintendent, who fills the gap? What if there is no command structure?
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy is referring to written notice.
- Order of Business (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: When does the Minister expect to make the order nominating polling day? The reason I ask is to do with candidates and election posters. Some of these people have been fined already. We wish to comply with the rules, but we cannot do anything until the Minister makes an order naming the date. When does he expect to do so?
- Leaders' Questions (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: I ask the Taoiseach about reports in this morning's newspapers that Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin will have to close a ward almost immediately and another later this year because of a cost overrun of â¬10 million. The Health Service Executive, when it was set up, was purported to be a method of delivering a world-class health service for this country, funded by the Taoiseach,...
- Leaders' Questions (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: I accept the Taoiseach's comments about the need for co-ordination. Crumlin hospital has found â¬6.5 million in cuts from its cost base but that will not solve the problem. A ward has been closed; trained staff and expensive equipment will lie idle and, as a consequence, children will not be treated. The system is all wrong. At the first sign of budgetary difficulty, the hospital looks...
- Leaders' Questions (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: It is based on the use of existing resources.
- Leaders' Questions (13 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: The Government does not want to know.
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (12 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for long-term residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18588/09]
- Leaders' Questions (12 May 2009)
Enda Kenny: There are a number of very pressing issues with which the House should deal. Yesterday Allied Irish Banks issued an interim management statement ahead of the annual general meeting tomorrow. The developments alluded to in the statement are extremely disturbing. The bank now expects its bad debt charges for 2009 will be of the order of â¬4.5 billion. Loans that are vulnerable, on watch or...