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Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health was very annoyed at how this was handled. Yesterday, there was a meeting between HSE officials and the management of St. John of God Community Services at which it was agreed that the current provision of services to pupils and families will remain in place until such time as these proposals are fully teased out or discussed and agreed with the HSE. Parents have to...

Death of Jo Cox, MP: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: The shooting dead of Jo Cox, MP, was an appalling crime against a public representative. A mother of two young children who should have been celebrating her 42nd birthday tomorrow with her husband Brendan and their children, Jo Cox was a talented and dedicated politician with a very bright political future in front of her. The outpouring of grief and dismay at her murder gave a strong...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Coveney, has taken action on this now. He has met with representatives of the companies. There is a freeze across the board for the next 12 months.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: Greyhound is accepting this as well. Obviously, there is a special recognition of the challenges the 60,000 people in the HSE patient category who have to use incontinence pads too.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Gino Kenny is welcome and he is as entitled to ask questions as anybody else. He is doing fine. I share the view of the person who sent the e-mail to which the Deputy referred, and who supports environmental efficiency and the proper disposal of waste. I am glad the person points out the issues relating to the disposal of plastic, paper and cardboard in green bins and so on. The...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: For many years waste collection was operated by local authorities but that has now changed and competition now applies. Deputy Martin raised a valid point when he spoke of the need to look at the entire structure of the management of waste disposal. This could be looked at as different systems are in operation in different parts of the country. In many places there may be only one or two...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: There are four hours allocated for the summer economic statements in the House on Thursday. The national dialogue will take place next week and the committees of the House will do their business on the preparation for the budget running into October. Regarding expenditure for 2017, there is a net amount of €1 billion extra, with expenditure of €670 million as against taxation...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Howlin was an esteemed member of a Government that had to make very difficult decisions about changing the direction of the country and bringing it back from an unprecedented recession. He asked two questions. There are five specific commitments in the programme for Government in respect of the economic opportunity that lies ahead. The first is to meet the domestic and EU fiscal...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: It is funny that Deputy Adams mentions rubbish in talking about waste collection. I am not sure what the Deputy's intent there is. However, let me repeat for Deputy Adams-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: ------that the Minister has listened carefully to the genuine concerns of many people around the country about what might happen in respect of waste charges and that is why there is a price freeze for the next 12 months on the basis of the current system.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: That is why during the second half of 2016 the Government and the waste industry have committed to a detailed public awareness campaign so that people will understand exactly what options are open to them and how they can reduce their charges for waste. Rather than sending out two bills in July, which might confuse people, on 1 January next year, they will see the comparative price between...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Adams for his comment. I listened to his deputy leader saying that anything that would promote the better distribution and management of waste should be supported. Everybody accepts that the less one has to put into landfill in the black bin the better and that better use of brown and green bins will follow through. Deputy Adams wants to jack up income taxes to put more...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: Yes, it transfers across.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: No, that is already in the transfer of responsibilities.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: Housing, planning and local government and, obviously, energy and-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I do not think the former Minister set out to catch anybody on the hop, least of all the Government of which he was a member.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: The spirit of the legislation was that by looking differently at how waste could be disposed of, the charges could be reduced. In other words, consumers or customers would have the option to examine carefully and think about how they would dispose of their waste in terms of green, brown and black bins and that on a pay-by-weight basis, charges could be reduced. Clearly, that was not what...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Martin for the question. This controversy has blown up quite recently, following the statutory instrument introduced by the former Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly. Obviously, what the Government seeks, and most Deputies would agree with this, is that people would take the opportunity to think more carefully about the way they deal with refuse and the disposal of waste. The...

Appointment of Minister of State (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: With the permission of the House, I wish to announce that the Government on my nomination has assigned Deputy Catherine Byrne to be a Minister of State at the Department of Health and at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, with special responsibilities for communities and the national drugs strategy. This is for the House to note.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: All properties occupied by my Department are provided by the Office of Public Works. My Department does not lease any properties.