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Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: There are also the many people employed in small and medium enterprises who struggle every day and who are now faced with increased competitiveness because they export to Britain and other locations.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: We have to be fair to everybody across the board. That is where the Government will respond collectively and fairly.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Significant improvements have been made in this area. The Education (Admission to Schools) Bill will be before the Dáil this evening and the education (parent and student charter) Bill, to which the Deputy referred, is being drafted.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: That will be for discussion this evening.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I have listened carefully to what the Deputy has said. I did not hear her mention that the unemployment rate has decreased from 15.2% to less than 8%; that thousands of jobs have been created in recent years; that the Government is proposing to provide 200,000 new jobs throughout the country between now and 2020, with 135,000 of them outside Dublin; and that the best route out of poverty is...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: All judgments, as members of the Judiciary would tell us, are 90% common sense and 10% law. They have to make judgments and decisions in the interests of defendants, the law and the country. There is always a balance as to how this should be got right. Ultimately, the Government makes appointments on the recommendation of some group or council. The balance to be got right is having people...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I have always had the utmost respect for members of the Judiciary.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept that members of the Judiciary would forget their judicial oath in respect of decisions they make. In that context, I dissociate myself from the remark made by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross. The vast majority of cases are dealt with-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: -----in the best fashion by the courts. Some are appealed and some overturned. I am quite sure that members of the Judiciary are very cognisant of the fact that in superior courts up to the Supreme Court and even the European Court cases have been overturned. It is perfectly obvious that decisions of the District Court, the Circuit Court, the High Court and the Court of Appeal - even the...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Maidir leis an gceist eile, dúirt an Teachta go raibh díomá air, ach níor mhiste leis an fhírinne a chloisteáil am ar bith.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Dúirt mé leis an Teachta go bhfuil an tAire tógála ag teacht isteach anseo le straitéis iomlán faoi chúrsaí tithíochta. I have already pointed out to Deputy Adams that the Minister has committed to bringing in a comprehensive rental strategy for the private sector as one of the pillars in dealing with housing responsibilities.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: That will be finalised by the end of this year. Pillar 4 of his programme, which relates to improving the rental sector, commits to developing that strategy by the end of this quarter. It covers four areas: security, supply, standards and services. I imagine Deputy Adams would agree that it would be appropriate for the Minister to have undertaken a public consultation on the matter to get...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: He has committed to examining those standards, the costs and the feasibility of things like build-to-rent on a large scale as well as undertaking research in other ways to examine how investment in the rented sector can be encouraged. Deputies will have the opportunity in the coming weeks to listen to, debate, give their views and agree whether they like it. The Minister wants to...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams raises a number of important issues. The first thing I want to say is that in recent years every person in the public sector has had to make real sacrifices in the interest of keeping the economy moving. The same applied in an even more serious situation in the private sector, where hundreds of thousands of jobs were either in jeopardy or lost. The situation is that the...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin did not tell me-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I accept that Deputy Martin supported the reason behind setting up of the independent Policing Authority. I consider it the major significant change in policing in the country since the foundation of the State. The reason for the employment control framework was the poor state of public finances. We had no Garda training college. When we were able to reopen it, there were 500 recruits....

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: The independent Policing Authority will be in a position to make the appointments to senior ranks as and from 31 December. The independent Policing Authority is well aware, as the memorandum for Government stated in the summer time, that the responsibility would pass to it by or on 31 December. I am sure it is making arrangements to be in a position to fill senior appointments, as will be...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: There were many matters to be dealt with by it. There were four appointments to the rank of assistant commissioner, ten to the rank of chief superintendent and 18 to the rank of superintendent. Those appointments were all made strictly in accordance with the list submitted by the Garda Commissioner on foot of a competition held under the Garda Síochána Act. On 31 December, the...

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: I will explain. The establishment of the Policing Authority earlier this year was the most fundamental change in the Garda Síochána since the foundation of the State. The establishment of the independent Policing Authority was to oversee the performance by the Garda Síochána of its relations in respect of policing services. It has already commenced its work and is...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (16 Nov 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Brexit has met three times to date, on 8 September, on 19 October and on 7 November, for in depth discussion of the issues arising from the UK decision to leave the European Union. The Committee will oversee the overall Government response, including both the economic impact and the negotiations at EU level and with the administrations in London and Belfast....