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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I confirm that this morning the Government decided not to oppose the parole Bill proposed by Deputy Jim O'Callaghan. The Bill has quite some merit and while there may be issues the Government and the Minister will discuss, the Government will not oppose it. If the independent Policing Authority requires further powers or instruments, I am sure the Government will want to see to it that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: The scale of-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: Until head shops were completely eliminated, substances that had been banned were made available again when slight changes were made to their ingredients or composition. Action is now being taken. I met a number of Ministers yesterday to discuss a response to inner city crime. I know that Deputy Micheál Martin also met them, as did others. I want to meet public representatives of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: In the first instance, people want to be comforted by the knowledge that they are safe on the streets. The visibility of the Garda through community policing is very important. Gabh mo leithscéal, what was Deputy Gerry Adams's question again?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: To what is the Deputy referring?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: That is a question to be raised as a Topical Issue when I am quite sure the Minister would give the Deputy a detailed response. This morning, on the recommendation of the Minister for Education and Skills, the Government approved a further allocation of over 800 special needs assistants, bringing the number to 12,900, the highest number ever. There will, I believe, be a need for a further...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 to 17, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on health met on 12 May 2016. The Cabinet committee has met once in 2016. The next meeting is scheduled for this Thursday, 16 June.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health has outlined his initial priorities for the first 100 days. These include reactivation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund with a more targeted implementation; the examination of whether minor injuries units and clinics can have their opening hours extended; to establish an all-party Oireachtas committee to develop a long-term vision for health care, for which I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: There is no moratorium in respect of the budgets that they have. They can recruit away. Even beyond that, front-line service staff can be recruited.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I commend Deputy Curran for chairing the Oireachtas committee. I do not yet know what is in his report but, believe me, it will be a very welcome addition to set of propositions which have come now from the different Departments with responsibility in this area to the Minister for housing, planning and local government. These are the Departments of housing, planning and local government,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I do not have the details of the case Deputy Boyd Barrett raised. I always struggle to see - I think the Deputy said they were three years in a car-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: This is not acceptable at all. The Deputy asked the valid question as to how rents will come down. The answer is to deal with supply. The more houses one has, the less pressure there is on the housing stock whereby rents increase. The Government is committed to providing extensive student accommodation which every year takes up a couple of thousand spaces in apartments or other...

Order of Business (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I will follow up that matter with the Deputy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 9, inclusive, together. The Cabinet Committee on Construction 2020, Housing, Planning and Mortgage Arrears was established by the previous Government and now stands dissolved. It last met on 8 October 2015. The new Government has established a Cabinet Committee on Housing, as committed to in the programme for a partnership Government, to deal with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I will. The programme for Government provides for increases to rent supplement and housing assistance payments, HAP, by up to 15%, taking into account geographic regions. The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, and his officials are working on that. It is important to note that the Department of Social Protection currently operates a targeted policy that allows for flexibility where landlords seek...

Order of Business (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I am not aware of plans for the introduction of legislation in this area, but I will bring the matter raised by the Deputy to the attention of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and have the Deputy apprised of what is going on here or the intentions of the Department or the Minister in this regard.

Order of Business (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: When one crosses the county bounds in travelling from Killarney towards Cork, one hits the section between Ballyvourney and Macroom. This issue has been raised on many occasions. Planning permission has been granted for the project which is part of the capital programme, as is the Adare bypass project. A review is pending, in 2018, as the Deputy will be aware. I cannot answer on the...

Order of Business (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for her comments on those who lost their lives in Orlando. The new Order of Business arrangements will provide for Ministers to reply directly about the detail of legislation, which will prove helpful for all Members. I understand from the Minister mentioned that the regime has just been introduced. He intends to monitor the position carefully and will obviously...

Order of Business (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy pays her water charges and contributions, she will add greatly to the capacity of Irish Water to continue to invest in dealing with wastewater services and the provision of proper sewerage schemes around the country. Nobody wants any beach to be in the position she has identified. The reason Irish Water is able to borrow and invest in this way is to deal with these issues....

Order of Business (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Brendan Howlin for his comments on the Orlando massacre and I also thank the other leaders. I asked that the Government fly the flag at half mast today on public buildings and hope to sign the book of condolence. There were multiple murders by Mr. Mateen in Orlando where 49 people were killed and 53 wounded at a night club. On behalf of the Irish people, I have sent a letter...