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Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: -----these are increasing in number every day. All I can say-----

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: -----is that no decision has been made about any of these, although I hear them being spoken about. However, as far as I recall, I do not think there was any provision made in the Estimates for 2016 for the full payment of the Christmas bonus, and I think the Deputy was in charge of that Department at the time. This is one among a number of issues that must be considered. We will try to be...

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: -----I cannot confirm what the final decision of Cabinet will be. That will not be evident until the discussions with the different Ministers and their counterparts are concluded.

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: As the Deputy is aware, that fine Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, is dealing with those who suffer the challenges posed by a disability. He sits at the Cabinet table and is doing a fine job. He has a very extensive budget to deal with disability issues which are a real priority. The question of providing additional finances for 2017 is being considered as part of the Estimates...

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: I note that the Deputy said they were "real people". I do not think he expects the Government to deal with virtual people, as it were. He went on to say, rightly, that people with disabilities made their way into mainstream work and contributed to their communities in their lives and careers and the Government recognises this. It is evident every day in every parish and community that...

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, sought funding and has been granted an extra €31 million to deal with the many challenges people with disabilities have to contend with. That happens every day. I am sure he will look at the project to which Deputy Gerry Adams referred. An extra €31 million was allocated by the Government for respite care and residential services...

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I do. If somebody comes back from London to work in-----

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: If somebody has been away in London, New York or America and comes back and is working in the same facility as somebody else, and is paying a different rate of tax simply because they have come back, I would regard that as being unfair and discriminatory, of course. Back in 2010, the Government which Deputy Martin belonged to abolished the incremental credit for the 36-week clinical...

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: What we want to do with the limited resources we have, being in a better position, is to do it with a sense of fairness. If we deal with one element of social protection and we do not deal with another, is that discriminatory or is that fair? We do not have the resources to deal with all the claims that are coming in, so what we have to do is try to be as fair as possible with what we have.

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: The matter the Deputy raises, were it to be dealt with, would be one in respect of a budgetary position and no decisions have been made in-----

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: The question Deputy Martin raises is one that would be dealt with as part of the budget and financial implications. I confirm that no decisions have been made about any of these matters. We want to present a budget that is as fair as possible. More than 2 million are working, which is the highest number since about 2009. That is important and while the economy is improving, it still has a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: I will give the details to Deputy Micheál Martin of the changes that have taken place.

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: We have had discussions about this issue at the Cabinet. We have had one or two meetings of the Cabinet committee which has only been established in recent weeks. I will clarify the detail for the Deputy and the numbers and discussions that have taken place.

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: I will have meetings on a regular basis.

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: We do not have anything like the number of personnel Britain will have, but we have support from ICTU, IBEC and NGOs. As this develops and we form an opinion for the month of November, it will be important that we have an agreed position as to what we should look for because we still do not know and will not know for some time what the British Government will look for. Our interests must be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: People in Northern Ireland and Scotland voted to remain. People in Wales and England voted to leave, but people in greater London voted to remain. As Deputy Gerry Adams knows, people in Northern Ireland have a right to Irish citizenship in most circumstances. They do not want to see a border between Derry and Dundalk. These are some of the unforeseen questions that need to be answered and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 to 10, inclusive, together. Structural changes to the workings of government are required to ensure an effective whole-of-government response to the challenges ahead. I recently chaired the first meeting of a new Cabinet committee on Brexit that will oversee the overall Government response, including the economic impact and the negotiations at EU level...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: I chaired it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: I assure the Deputy that I have no intention of standing for the return of a hard border; neither does the British Prime Minister. I am not sure from where the Deputy got the view that my position on the issue had softened. I have made my position very clear and do so again now. On the appointment of a personal envoy, I did give consideration to appointing a Minister with responsibility for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: We enter these discussions as a member of the European Union, but we do so as a country with a unique set of relationships with the United Kingdom. The common travel area has been of great benefit to both countries before we joined the Union and since we joined the Union; it has not been tested when one country is in the Union and one is outside it. The British Prime Minister is clear that...