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Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Yes.

Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: A report appears in one of the daily newspapers today claiming that attempts were made to undermine a Garda whistleblower through encouraging officers to attack his character, creating an intelligence file on him, monitoring his activities on the PULSE system, making false allegations about his character and briefing elements of the media and selected politicians in a similar vein. I am...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: There was an increase of 1,063 in the number of nurses employed in the public health service - there are now 35,712 - from August 2014 to August 2016. The numbers had fallen by 4,000 from 2007 to 2014. I pointed out to Deputy Bríd Smith that the matter of the incremental credit for the 36-week clinical placement undertaken by fourth year student nurses was abolished by the Government...

Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I understand that the process of agreement makes that proposition. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade will be present on Thursday. We might fit it in an appropriate time if the Deputy so desires.

Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I think so, yes. If they make that recommendation we will be happy to accept it.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: As pointed out in response to a question from Deputy Howlin, the Government obviously is anxious that the mechanisms of the State are used well to encourage people to engage in this regard and to deal with matters where industrial action has taken place, is threatened or is a cause for concern. That is what such mechanisms are for. The Lansdowne Road agreement on public service pay is the...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I repeat for the Deputy that the Low Pay Commission is comprised of people who are not being dictated to by the Government stating what they must do. They have terms of reference to look at what might be an appropriate increase in the minimum wage for low-paid workers and they proceed in doing that completely independently and objectively. Deputy Bríd Smith does not seem to want to...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I am very anxious that we find a way forward here. Clearly, with over 2 million people working and unemployment numbers continuing to fall, we are in a somewhat better position than we were previously. I would point out to the Deputy, however, that the majority of trade unions signed up to the Haddington Road and Lansdowne Road agreements.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Government is conscious that we have to proceed in a prudent fashion in respect of pay restoration. That is why it is anxious to encourage trade unions to talk in respect of the issues that remain unresolved, and that hopefully can be resolved, leading to a return of industrial peace. The Government must take a sustainable and prudent approach to this issue, as the Deputy did, and it is...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Howlin is well aware of the implications of what he is talking about and had a very long and successful engagement with many unions over recent years. In so far as the Garda Síochána issue is concerned, the Minister for Justice and Equality will meet with the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, AGSI, today. The Garda Representative Association, GRA, has agreed to...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy McDonald will recall, on 4 July last the North-South Ministerial Council plenary summit was held here in Dublin. At the meeting, both Governments - because it is the North-South Ministerial Council - signed off on a series of ten particular actions and strategies that we would follow arising from the outcome of the Brexit vote. That matter will be the subject of the next...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I respect, of course, the vote of the people of Northern Ireland. I respect the vote of the people of Scotland and of Wales. While I did not like the overall result, I have to deal with its consequences. I want Deputy McDonald to understand that the all-island civic dialogue that will take place will involve a series of meetings to discuss all of the areas I have mentioned. It will...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept the assertions made by Deputy McDonald at all. She does not seem to have been speaking to her leader. I made a point of briefing the leaders of the Opposition parties, including the leader of the Deputy's party, who complimented the suggestion that there is a need to have a broader conversation rather than confining the conversation to the political parties. For that...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: What one has to take into account here is the intention, objective and mentality of President Putin. He invaded Crimea and took it over, although there has not been a word about that since. There has been destabilisation in eastern Ukraine and pressure on a number of other states in that region. In fact, at the European Union meeting in Bratislava two weeks ago, concern was expressed about...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The answer to the first question is "Yes". The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade called in the Russian ambassador last Tuesday and left him in no uncertain terms as to how this country feels about the human catastrophe that is unfolding and has unfolded in Syria and particularly Aleppo. The Minister made perfectly clear our absolute disgust at and abhorrence of the bombing of a United...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Referendum Campaigns (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 8 and 9 together. Under the Programme for a Partnership Government, the Government is committed to holding Constitutional referendums on the following matters: - Article 41.2.1, regarding a "woman's life within the home" - Article 40.6.1, on the offence of blasphemy - Ireland's participation in the Unified Patent Court - Giving the Office of Ceann Comhairle...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council Meetings (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I did not have any scheduled bilateral meetings in the margins of the summit of European leaders in Bratislava on 16 September, although I did of course greet and have informal exchanges with my counterparts.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I last met with Chancellor Merkel in Berlin on 12 July. Our discussion focussed on the outcome of the UK referendum and its implications for Ireland, Germany and the European Union more generally. Over the past year, including at meetings of the European Council and most recently at the informal summit of 27 in Bratislava earlier this month, I have had many constructive exchanges with...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Five Cabinet sub-Committee meetings where held in September 2016 on: Brexit, Social Policy and Public Service Reform, Health, Regional and Rural Affairs, and Housing.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, Environment and Climate Action met in July and is scheduled to meet again in October. This Committee considers strategic issues around the development of infrastructure, including transport.