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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: We have raised the case of Ibrahim Halawa on a number of occasions in the House. There have been more than 40 visits by the consular general to the prison to engage with this young man. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade has engaged on many occasions with the Egyptian ambassador to make the case for the relief of Ibrahim Halawa. Deputy Breen, chairman of the Joint Committee on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Not that Messi.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Gabh mo leithscéal. I met with President el-Sisi in Paris and New York at the UN Millennium Development Goals summit. Maybe that is what made me think of Messi. It is not for us to direct the Egyptian authorities but we reminded President el-Sisi that he holds presidential powers with regard to release of individuals and this has happened in a number of other cases. He was very open...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not know the detail of that case but I will talk to the Minister in respect of a report from the group. I recall the Deputy raising this case previously and the horrific details involved. The question of the whistleblower being released is one that I will bring to the attention of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of our interest in whistleblowers and will...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 to 8, inclusive, together. I chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Service Reform on 1 July and a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on 1916 Commemorations on 2 July. I chaired meetings of the Cabinet Committees on Social Policy and Public Service Reform, Economic Infrastructure and Climate Change and Health on 13 July....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I will be very happy to do so and the Dáil shall have an opportunity to discuss the report also, as it is of interest to everybody. The new Garda authority represents a radical break from what has applied for 80 or 90 years because it will be tasked with overseeing the performance of the Garda Commissioner in a wide range of policing services. It will also develop a key role in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Crime is an issue for everybody and is always of concern. I agree that it is important that gardaí are visible in local areas. Following a period of economic constraint, things have begun to move in a more positive direction. The Garda training college in Templemore has reopened, with 600 recruits due to go through next year. These new recruits come from a variety of backgrounds....

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Under the Arterial Drainage Acts, 1945 and 1995, streams are maintained to a standard by the Office of Public Works. This includes all 11,500 km of channel, 700 km of various embankments and associated scheme bridges, sluices, weirs, pumping stations and so on. Deputy Fitzmaurice is well aware that the suitably equipped hydraulic equipment does not gouge out new channels but removes, where...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The criteria for compensation for businesses under the Red Cross scheme are that the business in question would be located within the defined flood-risk area as set out by the Office of Public Works, that it would be flooded between the 4 December and 17 December, as authenticated by a local authority engineer, and that no insurance was available to the business. It is clear that many...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----and brought up to standard if they were not up to standard already.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The vast majority were in country areas outside areas designated flood-relief areas by the OPW and with exceptional rainfall they flood. It is not the first time this has happened. I cannot see that as being eligible under the Red Cross scheme but perhaps the local authorities and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government might be able to consider some element of it....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, together. The Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform has met on ten occasions to date and last met on 2 November 2015. A further meeting of the committee is being convened as soon as possible to consider the report by the Garda Inspectorate which was published on 9 December by the Minister for Justice and Equality.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: As I said to the Deputy, many of the authorities that have responsibility or overlapping responsibilities along the River Shannon are statutory authorities. On his point that if there was the will, we could have a single authority, the process of putting in place of such an authority would, in practice, be lengthy in terms of visits to the courts on the definition of responsibility and what...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is not that the OPW has not been carrying out work; it has completed flood defences in 34 areas, including Clonmel and Mallow, both of which towns escaped the recent flooding. The OPW is working on seven schemes in areas such as Ennis, Fermoy and Bray and on the River Dodder. In 2016 work on a further five schemes, two of which will be in Claregalway and Bandon, will commence. The OPW...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: If more is required in terms of business relief, the Government will consider the matter. On insurance for houses, we will look at the issue. I want to make it clear that the Government has no intention of putting further levies on householders for insurance cover. The scheme in England excluded houses built after 2009 and small businesses. That is not a model that would work here....

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Gabh mo leithscéal, tá rud eicint mícheart le mo ghuth. I am glad the INMO has reached an agreement with HSE management to call off the strike. As was pointed out by the Minister for Health on a number of occasions, strike action would not deal with a single person on a trolley anywhere. It was not the Government that called the strike in the first place and I am glad the...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept that at all and coming from the party the Deputy represents, it is meaningless. Yes, there was a plan and the plan is still-----

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The plan is to abolish an unfair two-tier system and provide a system of universal health care to be funded by a particular model of universal health insurance. We had a plan to establish hospital groups, which we have established. We had a plan to put primary care centres in situand there are now 46 more centres around the country than in 2011. We had a plan to provide those under the age...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The plan is to abolish the Health Service Executive.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Ó Fearghaíl knows that we want to provide a single tier universal health care system. To do that, all these foundations have to be put in place which takes time in the health service, as the Deputy is well aware. I disagree entirely with Deputy Ó Fearghaíl. Over €13 billion will go into the health service in 2016, which is €880 million more than in...