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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Last year, there were 74 social houses built in this country. "7" and "4".

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: By the end of this year, there will be 1,500 and the Minister will bring forward-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: -----his full rental proposals, which will be vastly more realistic and comprehensive than what Sinn Féin has proposed.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The committee met nine times, on 12, 20 and 26 May, 2, 9, 15 and 30 June, 7 July and 28 September. The committee will meet as appropriate. If it is necessary for it to meet every week, it will do so. The State must deal with the issue. Due to the total collapse of the construction sector, the senior Minister with responsibility for housing and construction, Deputy Coveney, has produced...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I meant some rough sleepers do not want to go into accommodation.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: It is a priority of the Minister to deal with it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Quite a number of issues were raised at the British-Irish Council. I cannot recall this issue being raised but I will check the minutes of the meeting for Deputy Barry. I can confirm that it has been very clear for a very long time and enshrined in European treaties that tax matters are a matter for the individual competence of each country. We set out our corporation tax rate at 12.5%...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I already made the point that this was not a result that we wanted but it is one we must accept because it is a democratic decision of the electorate of England, Northern Ireland Scotland and Wales. We will have differences of opinion with the British Government regarding matters that will probably arise in respect of Brexit, but we are committed to the common travel area and no return to a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 and 6 together. The last meeting of the Cabinet committee on housing was held on Wednesday, 28 September 2016. The committee will meet again later this month. The committee meets regularly to oversee the implementation of the Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, which is a priority for Government.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: One of our priorities, which I said at the meeting yesterday evening, is the support from Europe for the peace process. We also have a real responsibility here to the many thousands of small firms that export over €7 billion into the United Kingdom. The currency fluctuations are already causing difficulty there. We have to deal with a range of priorities as part of the Brexit...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The answer is "No" to Deputy Ryan's question. There has been no pressure placed on us to increase spending. As I said in my earlier reply, we take a very practical view of how we can assist in terms of support and we operate within the confines of the regulations that everybody adheres to. The matter was discussed at the plenary meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council that took place...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for those questions. Obviously, security is a central issue of serious concern to the European Union as a whole and we need to respond to that in a coherent and pragmatic way, using the full range of tools - diplomatic, economic development, peace support, etc. - available. Strengthening the EU's peacekeeping capacity and support of the United Nations will be an integral...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: They are part of the discussions that take place all the time. I spoke at the meeting in Bratislava about the reasons we should be optimistic about the future of the European Union. It will require political decisions of the 27 member states. The European Central Bank can only do so much in terms of interest rates and buying up paper and all of that. There are decisions that must be taken...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I will have him advise Deputy Troy as to the position.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet committee on European affairs was re-established by the Government on 23 May 2016 and met on 21 June 2016, prior to the June European Council. The next meeting of the committee will take place on 17 October. The purpose of the committee is to discuss and to shape Ireland's strategic approach to our EU engagement. The committee will continue to work to ensure a coherent...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Níl figiúirí an bhuiséid cinnte ag an bpointe seo. Beidh siad san nochtaithe an Máirt seo chugainn.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Cuirfidh mé scéal chuig an Teachta Connolly.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: For the information of Deputy Breathnach, the heads of that Bill should be available by the end of the year. They are being worked upon.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I will ask the Minister, Deputy Bruton, to respond to the Deputy.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (5 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Healy-Rae will understand that local authorities have been given money. They have been given targets for the number of houses to be built and the opportunity to do their own planning and design and to get on with the job. He should discuss that with the chief executive in County Kerry because the local authorities have the resources and the authority to get on with the job and they...