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Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I heard the Deputy. I said I would bring the matter to the attention to the Minister forthwith and that means immediately. I said the Minister intended to bring a comprehensive rental strategy to the House within a very short period and I am quite sure this will be a part of it. We have pointed to the extra emergency beds that are being made available which will bring the number up to...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: There are some people who do not want to come off the street, as the Deputy is well aware. She has mentioned the need for certainty for those tenants for whom the rent freeze will come to an end on 3 December. I will bring the matter to the attention of the Minister directly after I leave the Chamber.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I am aware of the figure Deputy Shortall mentioned in terms of homeless people on the streets. It is to be welcomed that an extra 200 beds are now being provided, which brings the total number of beds available in Dublin city to approximately 1,800. It is a short-term measure dealing with the supply issue. As part of the Housing Action Plan the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I have every empathy with people who are pressurised in patient situations in every hospital. These issues have arisen not just in University Hospital Galway, but in other locations around the country from time to time. Deputy Connolly is well aware of this. Obviously, as somebody who has been a visitor to Galway on many occasions to see patients there in different stages of distress, one...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I empathise completely-----

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I empathise completely with the points that the Deputy makes and I have heard other people call for the provision of a new hospital-----

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: -----to be located on the Merlin Park site, but obviously there are serious pressures in University Hospital Galway.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Many of these are being addressed and I hope that those improvements will bring about a better situation for people who have to undergo treatment in University Hospital Galway. Of course, I offer my condolences, no more than anyone else would, for people who unfortunately die in hospital, as happens all over the country.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: It is unacceptable to have on trolleys the number of patients about which the Deputy spoke. This has been a recurring issue in this House on so many occasions over the past two decades. It is not acceptable that this happens. It is because of the system that has evolved over the years and the attempts over many years to rectify the position. This morning, 22 November, there were 18 on...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, had 19, and the national total was 421, which is unacceptable. In response to a question on this a week ago, I stated there were no trolleys in Beaumont Hospital on the day. This was a particular advance on the position that always applied in that Beaumont. Today in Wexford, there are three. This is a case where a new emergency department has been...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Every time I announce a visit to a hospital, I always hear it alleged that patients were moved out or on so they could not be seen. That is not waffle. I will visit Galway hospital and do so in my own time when I choose to do so. I will be very happy to engage with the nurses and the staff. A number of significant projects have been completed at University Hospital Galway in recent years....

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Sinn Féin here supported water charges very much.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Gerry Adams himself is on record, as a good citizen, saying he will pay his water charges. He then reversed engines for his own reasons. Deputy Gerry Adams asks about the House's involvement in this matter. The expert commission's report will be sent to the specific Oireachtas committee on dealing with this matter. This was discussed at the Dáil Business Committee on 17...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: My, my, how the Deputy's memory has faded. I remember him saying he would pay his water charges. I also remember Sinn Féin being very responsible and saying it would make the necessary contributions. Then when it heard the sound of marching feet out in Tallaght it decided to reverse engines. Far be it for Deputy Adams to say the Fine Gael Party and Fianna Fáil Party are out of...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I will come to that in my supplementary answer. The boss man is here.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: There is no blinking here. I answered Deputy Martin's questions on this before. There is a vacancy on the Supreme Court, but the Chief Justice has not requested it be filled. There is no vacancy on the Court of Appeal. I think there are two or three vacancies between the Circuit Court and the District Court.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: That is true. Obviously-----

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Obviously, the preference of Government is to proceed with the Judicial Council Bill. Deputy Martin mentioned State boards. What happens now is that people apply online to the Public Appointments Service. Ministers of the day do not know who applies.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: The purpose of the Public Appointments Service is to determine if people are qualified and eligible to serve on particular boards. It is important for Deputy Martin to bear in mind that the Minister sets down the criteria required by him or her for service on those State boards so that the Public Appointments Service can see whether the applicants meet those criteria.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Long before Deputy Martin's time, it was a matter of just filling lists as they were received.