Results 5,021-5,040 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy can rest assured that that scarecrow will not fly. The Minister for Finance, on behalf of the Government, has been clear on the issue.
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: The road traffic Bill has been commented on by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. It is a priority and will be pursued as such. We will see what the schedule is for 13 January.
- Industrial Relations (Blacklists) Bill 2015: First Stage (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: No.
- Pre-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: I welcome the opportunity to address the House in advance of the European Council which will take place tomorrow and Friday. The meeting comes at a testing time for the European Union, with migration continuing to pose serious challenges, the terrorist attacks in Paris and elsewhere still fresh in our minds and with the debate on Britain's membership of the European Union entering a new and...
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: I do. I note Deputy Micheál Martin's continuous rant about contempt being shown for the Dáil.
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: It was never demonstrated more explicity than when Deputy Micheál Martin did not even bother to send his people to the House.
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: These are two important Bills, the Committee Stages of which are being taken on the floor of the House.
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: If Opposition Members want an extra hour, I have no objection. I have already said that if they continue with these games, as they always do at the close of a session-----
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----we can stay for as long as they wish and again tomorrow night, Friday, Monday and Tuesday, if they want. They should now stop their games.
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: We will agree to give the Deputies opposite an extra hour on each of the two Bills.
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: I confirm I met the leaders of the Oppositon parties and groups yesterday. The Government has no difficulty in amending the terms of reference to have a modular system with a more targeted focus or in providing resources or personnel for the Cregan commisison. The amount of €300,000 was spent up to the end of November and €3 million will be provided in 2016. I have committed...
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 42, statements in advance of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 December; No. 40, International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad] - Committee Stage (resumed) and Remaining Stages; and No. 41, Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad] - Committee and Remaining Stages. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: the Dáil...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: He says we have no plan, no vision and no money.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: This health service plan is costing almost €13 billion, which is €800 million more than last year, and guaranteed to maintain services. I read out a list of focused and targeted initiatives on new services and new investment.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: As regards medical cards, the Deputy is clearly aware that 1,000 jobs per week have been created following the Action Plan for Jobs and confidence is returning to the economy. That means of course that somebody who has a medical card today and is unemployed, who then gets a job, will retain that medical card for three years.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: The incomes of many people in employment will increase and they will be getting back some more in the USC in January. They may find themselves outside the income limit and become GP-card holders, the number of whom will rise by 50,000 next year. As the Minister pointed out, with no change in the criteria and no review, 40,000 people moved out of the medical card sector last year. We expect...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----have more people able to invest in these kinds of services.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: The latest figures, published on 7 December, show a reduction in the waiting lists across all categories.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: Therefore, unlike the Deputy's attack, the reality is actually different. We have not met all the challenges successfully, but the investment is now going in whereby that process can be continued and completed.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)
Enda Kenny: The outcome of the 2016 election is not known and obviously will not be known until the people have cast their votes. I am not going to be in any way presumptuous about the outcome of that, nor should I be. I have given my view in respect of this-----