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Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: It seems to me as though Deputy Martin deliberately wants to confuse the situation. His party and everybody else in the House welcomed the setting up of the commission of investigation. Its purpose was to examine all cases in which there was a write-off of over €10 million to determine whether they were done in accordance with appropriate procedures. That was and remains the...

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Yes, the Deputy is, and I am not in a position to answer questions about what the Department of Finance has said or sent to the commission of investigation because that is a matter between it and the Department, which is a party to the commission of investigation in the first place. I am not entitled or authorised by law to investigate, comment or hold discussions with the Department. That...

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Department I represent and the ministry that I hold is only the receiving and sponsoring Department. The cost of this comes from a Vote of the Department of the Taoiseach. I am not entitled, under the law on the establishment of commissions of investigations, to answer the Deputy's questions.

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not know what contact existed, and with whom in the Department of Finance the commission of investigation was involved, nor am I entitled to know.

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: It sent material to the commission with a recommendation in respect of confidentiality. In the past, as I have pointed out, judges have overruled that in the public interest.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I saw Deputy Mathews's call to arms on this matter, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice and Equality will report to the Cabinet very shortly when she has analysed the report from the Oireachtas committee that she received on this matter.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Those three are scheduled for next session.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: No, I will have to advise Deputy Healy-Rae on the second one there, a Cheann Comhairle: the tenant purchase scheme. I will let the Deputy know.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The public health (alcohol) Bill dealing with minimum pricing and labelling is this session. It is coincidental that the Deputy should raise the bankruptcy Bill. The Minister for Justice and Equality will come before Cabinet in the next couple of weeks with a response to the Oireachtas committee on its view on the legislation.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Yes, hopefully we will have it published.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: That will be towards the end of the next session.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: No, the House will not have the Bill before the next election.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I can advise the Deputy of the progress made towards universal health insurance,-----

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----as I have referred to it on many occasions previously. Regarding the bankruptcy Bill arising from a text the Deputy might have received, the Minister for Justice and Equality will come before the-----

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----Cabinet in the next couple of weeks, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Private Members' business this evening will debate emergency departments in hospitals.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I think that is going to be next year at this stage, Deputy McLoughlin.

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Yes, we have had discussions on the legal services Bill. This is probably the most radical shift in the legal service in 200 years. I hope they can get it through before Christmas. Now, it is going to be very challenging, believe me Deputy Maloney. I cannot confirm one way or the other because it seems to me as if, repeatedly, there are new obstacles that arise each time one takes a step...

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Bill on malicious injuries is due early next year. The landlord and tenant reform Bill is due for later next year after the-----