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Order of Business (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The latter Bill will be in the next Dáil session. The heads of the children’s hospital establishment Bill have not been cleared, and it will be published in the next session.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: It will not be debated on Thursday but next week. We will have Committee Stage as soon as possible.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: It will be taken next week, so the Deputy will have time to examine it properly. We will take Committee Stage as quickly as possible.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Although the heads of the Bill have been cleared, it will be published in the next session.

Postal and Telecommunications Services (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: No.

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Financial Resolution (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I move:THAT the Schedule to the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952 (No. 24 of 1952) which specifies the excise duties in respect of mechanically propelled vehicles used on public roads be amended in the manner and to the extent specified in the Act giving effect to this Resolution—(a) to provide that articulated vehicles currently charged at the nonagricultural tractor rate of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin raised a number of points. When I met the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, I encouraged them to bring in the SDLP so that they could brief that party on the developments that were taking place at the talks, both under the auspices of the First Minister, the Deputy First Minister, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Secretary of State. The UUP, with...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----with the deficit about to be eliminated in 2018, interest rates down from 15.2% to less than 2%-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----and unemployment down from 15% to 8.9% and heading in the right direction, the national debt falling towards European norms, and 130,000 jobs created. One gets the economy moving. As Deputy Boyd Barrett will be aware, the best route out of poverty is a job. Therefore, making Northern Ireland more attractive is a decision under devolution of the politicians of the North to introduce a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: It will be 12.5%, the same as ours. It will make the island more attractive for foreign direct investment, but no more than this Government-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises, access to credit, ease of business, ease of employment and making work pay and demonstrating that it pays, that is as it should be. That is partly the adjustment that the politicians in the North will have to accept.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. a14, Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015 – Financial Resolution; and No. 43, Finance Bill 2015 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. tonight and shall adjourn not later than 10 p.m.; (2) No. a14 shall be decided without debate;...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The document is entitled A Fresh Start but it clearly must deal with a range of issues that have been ongoing for many years, current matters and challenges for the future. It is a good title and from having met the First Minister, Deputy First Minister and other members of the political spectrum in Northern Ireland, this was particularly challenging for many of them. The situation evolved...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams has raised a number of interesting points in his contribution. This morning, the Government noted its appreciation and that of the people of the work carried out by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Flanagan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock. I agree with Deputy Adams in this regard. The Government noted this contribution today. I wish the First...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: What Deputy Martin is saying, effectively, is that he never asks questions about the burning issues of the day. Deputy Martin has an opportunity in the House during Leaders' Questions to ask questions about the burning issues of the day. Now Deputy Martin is saying we do not debate them. Is that correct?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Are we talking about Leaders' Questions today? The issues include a nurses strike, problems in accident and emergency units and overcrowding. Deputy Martin cannot have it every way. He leads his party and he is entitled to do so. Good luck to him. I lead mine and I happen to lead the Government. In due course, Deputy Martin will have plenty of opportunity for debate and I look...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: What am I doing now? I am listening to waffle from Deputy Martin.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2 to 34, inclusive, together. I have been asked a range of questions relating to Northern Ireland, bilateral relations between Ireland and the United Kingdom, British membership of the European Union and various meetings I have had in recent months. I hosted the last meeting of the British-Irish Council in Dublin Castle on 19 June. The UK Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I make every effort to give a full and comprehensive reply to Deputies for each parliamentary question tabled to me. Each answer is checked for accuracy by officials in my Department before the draft reply is forwarded to me for finalisation. When answering supplementary questions during Question Time in the House, if the information requested by a Deputy is not readily available, I...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I should do an analysis of Deputy Martin's record as a person who produced reports and never did anything about them. When the last two interim reports came in here - both the Fennelly report and the Cregan report - I released them immediately after receiving authorisation from the sole member and a report from the Attorney General that they were not in conflict with any existing court case....