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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----the central question for the Irish people, which will be the most important question to be answered for a very long time, is who they believe can keep this recovery going in the interest of the people.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Is it Sinn Féin's operation, which will increase income tax, drive jobs out of the place, drive down disposable income and assume that people will say "Of course, abolish all the property charges, abolish all the water charges, abolish everything else, and pay for nothing"?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams mentioned the nurses' strike. I believe-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The INMO has given notice of strike action to take place in Beaumont Hospital, the Mercy Hospital in Cork, Tallaght hospital in Dublin, Cavan General Hospital, University Hospital Waterford, the Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore and Galway University Hospital on Tuesday, 15 December. I hope this can be avoided. It should be possible for health service management and the INMO to reach...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept that at all. The Government has been absolutely united in making the decisions that enabled us to be recognised as the fastest-growing economy in Europe for the second year running, to have created, by virtue of people's ability, more than 135,000 jobs, and to have driven the engine that is providing the resources to fund the public services we need. The Government set out...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Government remains very committed to a model of universal health care that will provide patients with affordable, quality care at all times. That service will be funded through a different model of universal health insurance from what was originally proposed. Building on the reforms that are already in place, we will continue to move away from the wasteful, inefficient and unfair...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Indeed, it is clear from the ESRI report that the foundations are not in place to meet the Government's original timeline of introducing universal health insurance by 2019. Those foundations include sufficient capacity to satisfy unmet demand and the provision of enhanced primary and social care. The introduction of free GP care for under sixes and over 70s has been done seamlessly and is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The committee's last three meetings were on 13 July, 29 September and 2 November. There have been eight meetings in the year to date.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I share Deputy Murphy's view on corruption, unethical behaviour and corrupt activities. In the State we have completely independent operations with the fraud squad, the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Garda and CAB, which has brought so many people before the courts with a serious amount of money recovered for the taxpayer. Everybody can agree we do not want to see a situation whereby...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am willing to hear new ideas, but the list of legislation put in place has gone a great length to providing accountability and transparency. Deputy Shortall may shake her head, but I will be happy to hear her contribution about the nature of what she speaks about. Everybody wants to stand over having answers to these issues and prevention if it is at all humanly possible. It will be an...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on health last met on 2 November. The Cabinet committee also met on 13 July and 29 September. There have been eight meetings of the committee to date in 2015.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: And 29 September.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Correct.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams only hears what he wants to hear. I said the planning reform and planning regulator Bill came from a recommendation of the Mahon tribunal many years ago. The office will be fully independent.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The relevant provisions in Deputy Stanley's Bill will be incorporated into this Bill. It makes him or her responsible for the independent assessment of all local authority and regional assembly forward planning, including zoning decisions of local authority members in local area and development plans, to ensure compliance with relevant national or regional policy or both. The office will...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: I did not hear Deputy Adams shouting about the need for an independent review of the management of property and the ethics of working property in Northern Ireland with relevance to his party. I condemned that as much as what I saw last night.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: This Bill will bring independence and objectivity to all these things, including what the Deputy mentioned regarding corruption, zoning, regional planning, local planning and all that goes along with that.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: The situation that arose in respect of the case mentioned by the Deputy happened in the House. To define a response to it, when the entire Oireachtas wanted an answer to the question, and following a case made by quite a number of Deputies, a facility was put in place. Mr. Justice Cregan made his determination in respect of particular aspects of that. I am as open to new ideas as anybody...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the capital works, the tender documentation issued to a shortlist of contractors.