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Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: Irreplaceable.

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: No, but I am glad to report that there is a continuing drop in the number of unemployed people, a continuing rise in the number of employed people and generally an improvement in the prosperity of the country. Obviously, we want to have an opportunity for so many more people who do not have gainful employment to achieve it. That is the best route out of poverty, as Deputy Kenny is well aware.

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for his comment. I think I saw a white van parked discreetly but conspicuously beyond the Dooks golf club on the side of the road, with the name of a public representative on it. Even on Saturdays, Deputy Healy-Rae is active.

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Healy-Rae will be aware of the Minister's decision a couple of years ago to continue the public service obligation for Kerry Airport, which is of immense help to it for its connections and air traffic numbers passing through. That is a matter for continual monitoring and we hope that Kerry Airport will continue to improve in visitor numbers.

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy O'Dea is aware that this has applied in a number of locations around the country. An extra €500 million was allocated and I think €40 million is to go into that area, with €10 million for home helps and home care packages. The Minister has said that this money is on its way and that they should be making arrangements to meet demand. I take Deputy O'Dea's point...

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: I have already said that Joe O'Toole was an exemplary public servant for many years. He wants an acceptable process to apply with integrity and credibility. I understand that he will issue a statement later in the day.

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet approved the recommendation of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources this morning on a form of ownership of the network which will be the most cost efficient in terms of savings to the State of about €1 billion over the period. This is not a publicly owned network as the Deputy is aware.

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: This is an extension of a network that is privately owned. Obviously the important issue here is that independent regulation will allow for full use and access for the benefit of consumers in respect of that. There was quite a deal of discussion between the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on the various models...

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: I do not object to the matter being discussed either in committee or in the House whenever either the business group or the Whips so decide.

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: Sorry, Deputy Murphy, to which legislation are you referring?

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: We committed to try to get this legislation into the House as quickly as possibly. I will have to advise the Deputy on the question she raised about the terms of reference. As she will be aware there were a number of detailed conversations about getting the Bill approved by Cabinet and bringing it on to the floor of the House. We wanted to do that as early as possible. I will revert to...

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: In the latter case, this morning, the Cabinet approved a proposition for a new service to be provided, to be funded over the next three years by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, dealing with a code of conduct and the particular difficulties that have arisen with the number of mortgages in respect of which there has been no contact whatsoever with lending institutions for quite...

Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Bill proposed by Deputy Cullinane would cause enormous complications if presented in the way he has set out. It would have very serious cost implications for small and large firms. With respect to Deputy Cullinane, his Bill is not acceptable because of the enormous range of difficulties it would create. The Deputy may have good intent, but what is presented in the Bill goes way beyond...

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: These are people of particular abilities and experience who have a lot to offer in terms of the expert group that is being set up. Everybody has a view and everybody can have a proposition. Everybody can have their say about what should be done but what has to be done is to continue to invest in the capacity to deliver clean water for people, volumes of water for business and wastewater...

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: The people who are on this expert commission applied for it. Their expertise speaks for itself.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister brought those names before Cabinet. They are there to do a specific job and that is to advise on the workings of Irish Water and how it should go about its business in an efficient and professional manner to provide a proper service for the millions of people throughout the country who have not had it for years because of neglect and lack of investment.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has a very different view of how Irish Water should be funded. The process the Minister has put in place with the suspension of charges for nine months will allow for all of these matters to be dealt with, and it will come back here eventually in terms of a decision being made by the House.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for the notice about the protest. This is one of the most important developments in the country in a long period because of years and years of neglect during which the Irish water system and the Irish wastewater system have been woefully inadequate. The city in which the Deputy lives has been on a knife edge in terms of its capacity for clean water for many years.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: That will not improve without Irish Water being able to invest seriously in improving capacity to supply clean water in huge volumes and to deal with the leakage that, in many cases, has been happening for 100 years. Irish Water has invested over €400 million since 2015, an increase of 37% on the estimated €300 million spent in 2013. Since January 2014, it has built 20 new and...

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Howlin mentioned a previous situation in which a Fine Gael Taoiseach had a view rejected. I point out to him that within 12 months of that, the Anglo-Irish Agreement was signed. I think the opportunity is still there for everybody to participate in an island conversation about the common challenges that we face here. That invitation remains open. In respect of the Deputy's...