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Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----he might point out the good things that are happening in here while we intend to address the challenges that remain.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do hope that the INMO - its general secretary chairs the task force, which is now paying dividends - can sit down, approach this rationally and avoid a strike of nurses coming up to Christmas, especially given that they are so important to our system. I hope that can be concluded successfully.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I accept that there are recurring challenges in the health system, not the least of which is in the accident and emergency departments. I am disappointed that the INMO has voted in favour of industrial action. While the outcome was expected, industrial action will not sort out the challenges we face. The director general of the HSE has already affirmed that health service management is...

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is a serious matter. I note the way Deputy Martin carried on himself when he doubled health spending. He said Tallaght hospital had not ordered enough trolleys and he fled out of the Department of Health and Children as fast as his two legs could carry him. He fled out of the place.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: He ran like a scalded cat-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----because he was afraid to accept any responsibility. He cowered in the corner at the Cabinet table.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: He doubled health spending, got a worse result and fled the place as soon as he could.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I point out to Deputy Martin that there are 750 more nurses working now than there were last year.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: A substantial increase has been made available in the budget by the Government to the Minister for Health. I have pointed out to the Deputy that in respect of the prevention, capacity and community issues, serious progress is being made, and the figures speak for themselves today by comparison with August and earlier in the year.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The emergency plan put in place and co-chaired by the secretary general of the INMO is now beginning to pay real dividends. I hope we can continue in that regard. Of course, everybody understands the pressures under which front-line staff work. I hope the State's negotiation machinery can be used to sit down and discuss rationally what is happening, including the extra allocation of...

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin is the last remaining political link to an economic catastrophe perpetrated on this country and all of our people by his party. He was centrally involved in it.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: No Act introduced by my Department from 1 January 2000 to date contains a provision amending the Data Protection Acts.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Agencies (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: No new State bodies or agencies have been established under my Department's remit since February 2011.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Pension Provisions (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: All civil servants under the remit of my Department are members of civil service pension schemes operated by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. All employees of the National Economic and Social Development Office - the only statutory body under the aegis of my Department - are members of the Non-Contributory Pension Scheme for Non-Established State Employees.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure (24 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Moriarty Tribunal was established in 1997 and published its Final Report in March 2011. Following publication of that Report, the Tribunal’s back-up team was substantially reduced. A small legal and administrative staff remains in place to deal with applications for third-party costs and with the ongoing business of wind-down. The Tribunal is also subject to a number of legal...

Order of Business (18 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Health (Transport Support) Bill will be early next year. The health Bill referred to by the Deputy is due later next year. The heads have not yet been prepared for the Investment Limited Partnership (Amendment) Bill.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not know but I will find out for Deputy O'Dea.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I heard the response of the Tánaiste yesterday about the issue of absent parents and determination orders. This is quite a complex issue and will require a legislative response. Obviously, the Tánaiste will deal with that with the Department. In the wake of Deputy O'Dea raising the memorandum to the Department of Social Protection last week, I sent a note to the Department of...

Order of Business (18 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: That legislation will come before the House in this session. The letter received by the Deputy from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government clearly points out that an application by a housing authority for a possession order under Part 2 of the Act can be dealt with by the District Court, a concern under order 39(1) of the District Court rules, S.I. No. 17 of 2014....

Order of Business (18 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I have already dealt with the question of rent. The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 is before the Seanad. Amendments agreed by the Ministers for the Environment, Community and Local Government and Finance will be taken in the Seanad on Committee Stage and that Bill will come back here before the end of November. The second Bill raised by the Deputy relates to planning...