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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Records (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin referred to accountability. The issues examined in the interim report by the sole member were referred from the Oireachtas committee dealing with justice and other matters and were included in the terms of reference for the commission of investigation by me, with the approval of the Government. In that regard, I was fully accountable to the commission of investigation and was...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Records (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy started off by saying that I was not accountable. I was accountable to a commission of investigation conducted by a sole member who had evidence in person and in writing from all the people who were at the meeting, and I was happy to welcome his conclusions. As I said, on the other matters the Deputy mentioned, outside bodies and organisations always have a departmental note...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Civil Service Management (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is not simply a report, because it sets out all the actions, including details on the person responsible for seeing that certain actions are taken, the person responsible for sponsoring the actions, the progress that has been made and so on. Deputy Martin made a comment about the quality and range of the public service. In this sense the plan is something akin to the Action Plan for...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Civil Service Management (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Government has tried to be practical and prudent in the allocation of resources made available by the people through their sacrifices in recent years. While not every expectation could be met, the Government has, within the resources available to it, tried to prioritise the areas involved in this case. One of the first decisions made by the Government was to reverse the cut in the...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: I would like him to address that.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy did not refer to the very detailed, strong and clear response Mr. Daly gave to his allegations in this matter. He chose not to refer to that at all.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: I repeat for Deputy Wallace that every time he comes in here, he comes with very specific allegations.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am saying to Deputy Wallace that the appropriate place for him-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----to make his allegations and to have NAMA respond to the Committee of Public Accounts is at the Committee of Public Accounts.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: For everybody's sake, in respect of all those people who are giving him pieces of information-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----which they are entitled to do, will he bring his allegations before the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts and its members? NAMA is duty bound to respond-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----to that body in reference to the Oireachtas. I ask the Deputy please to take up the invitation to him.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: He has refused three times to go before that committee.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Civil Service Management (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. The management board of the Department of the Taoiseach, currently referred to as the management advisory committee, MAC, meets normally every week. It provides leadership and strategic direction in fulfilling the Department's broad range of business and corporate responsibilities. In addition to supporting the constitutional...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Civil Service Management (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: I hope that all delegation orders are in order. I will have that checked for Deputy Martin. If there is a particular one that Deputy Martin has information about or that is of concern to him, I would be happy to have it checked as a priority. I understand that the person who had worked in a political capacity went away and worked abroad for a period. The person then applied in the normal...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: It will not bring back any of those who lost their lives, obviously. The carrying out of a national audit will bring its own revelations, I would expect. A new housing approval body, Cena, has been set up and is to be in operation shortly. Every local authority has a five-year rolling programme in terms of what it proposes to do about Traveller accommodation, be it through the provision...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: I have reminded Deputy Wallace before that there are a number of investigations ongoing in regard to this matter. NAMA has appeared before the Committee of Public Accounts on several occasions. The matter has been discussed on at least three occasions. The Deputy himself was invited to appear before the Committee of Public Accounts and, for his own reasons, has refused to do so. I have...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: As I said, the Deputy has already made allegations here that I was involved in a cover-up about this.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: First of all, there is an extensive degree of co-operation between the Garda Síochána and the PSNI in regard to smuggling and criminal cross-Border activities. For instance, there are two cross-Border joint task forces at the moment between the PSNI and the Garda. The cross-Border tobacco enforcement group includes representatives from the Revenue Commissioners, CAB, the Police...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: First of all, our sympathies go to the families again. The national flag flies at half mast on all public buildings today as a mark of sympathy and solidarity with the families that have lost their loved ones, all ten adults, children and an unborn baby. Clearly, the issue of Traveller accommodation has been very much to the fore. An audit is now being carried out of all Traveller halting...