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Questions on Proposed Legislation (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has asked a good question. This scheme was suspended for new entrants because of a range of constitutional and legal complications. The Deputy, or someone else, also asked me this question last week. I have asked for a report on the work that has been undertaken to provide a new scheme. I understand that the issues involved are not as simple as one might imagine. I will advise...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The heads of that Bill will be published in November. It is a priority for Government and we have committed to that.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept that the State has not been involved in measuring up to the spirit of what is required here. We are not part of the protocol with regard to the migration. The Government did decide to take 4,000 migrants by relocation and resettlement. There have been difficulties for all countries in this situation, particularly for Italy. The matter is now moving under the direction of...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Bill to which Deputy Broughan refers is being published today.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Healy-Rae will appreciate that we have moved beyond the point where everybody might be institutionalised in these kinds of settings. That is not to decry the service given by the staff in settings over the years. There have been difficulties in some institutions, including one notable case in the West some time ago. There are people are currently living in institutions like this...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Government, in conjunction with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Simon Coveney, published a housing programme which is of an unprecedented scale. It dealt with everything from rough sleepers to homelessness in all its forms, and focused on the supply of houses to deal with the catch-up situation which followed the collapse of the construction...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Adams for raising this issue. The national maternity strategy recognises that in recent years there has been a lot of pressure on the services provided as a result of the increase in the number of births. There are reports on that, which also take into account staff recruitment and retention, relatively low levels of obstetricians and midwives, the rising costs of services,...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Finance Bill is on Second Stage in the House and is being taken by the Minister for Finance himself. If the Deputy has an issue in respect of inheritance tax, I suggest she puts down an amendment and has that discussed on Committee Stage.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister has made some changes to the threshold in respect of inheritance tax.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister has also made changes in respect of section 110 with regard to vulture funds and all of that. It is obvious the Minister does not favour either tax avoidance or tax evasion and has closed many loopholes in his time as Minister for Finance.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Collins is entitled to raise the issue and air it here, of course. I suggest that if she wants a further discussion on it, she should put down an amendment on the specifics of what she is talking about.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Healy-Rae for his question. The Time to Move On from Congregated Settings report found that there were a number of people still experiencing institutional living conditions which were not right in this day and age. Good progress has been made. In 2008, 4,000 people resided in congregated settings whereas in September 2014, that number was approximately 3,200. Today, the...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: We will not resile from our responsibilities. We are well aware of the fact that we are a co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement. That is the very point I have been making for quite some time. For all of the leaders I have met at European level, the first point of contact for their interest in this country is the protection of the peace process and all that it brings with it. Our...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: It was made clear after my meeting with the Prime Minister in Downing Street that we did not want a return to having a hard border and that we did not want to see an end to the common travel area, which has been in place since 1922. It worked well when the two countries were outside the European Union and has worked well with both inside it. It has been untested with one and one out. There...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I know the Deputy has raised this out of a sense of seriousness because it is ultimately the most personally invasive and sensitive issue which could arise. I remember meeting Louise O'Keeffe with the then Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. There was a huge file on the case, leaving aside her courage in pursuing her case in the European court. I do not know how...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin mentioned seven out of 210 cases have been settled. That is 210 cases before the courts. However, we have no idea of the numbers who might wish to come forward to say they were sexually abused in school X or Y by teacher or person X or Y. We have no idea of the scale of that. When the State dealt with the Louise O'Keeffe case on 28 January 2014, when the judgment...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on the Economy, Trade and Jobs last met on Tuesday 4th October 2016. It is next scheduled to meet on Monday 7th November.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: As the Deputy is aware, Brexit and its implications for Ireland is an issue of the highest priority for me personally and for this Government. At political and official level, there has been close and regular engagement with the UK administration through existing frameworks. I spoke with Theresa May on the day of her appointment, and had a bilateral meeting with her in London shortly...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I do not think so.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: They are nominated by organisations, and most of them are academic.