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- Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: This question concerns a commercial body which has made its own decision. That decision has been welcomed, I think, by different groups in terms of being able to use more advanced methods to provide power.
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: I cannot give the Deputy an indication of when the legislation will be brought before us. I will advise him on the matter later.
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: As the Deputy is aware, I cannot comment on the work of the sole member who will make his own arrangements, in which I cannot interfere in any way. Generally, there may be a request for either resources or extra time, but it is beyond my remit to interfere in any way once the sole member has been appointed to conduct the investigation.
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: The general Bill on bail was cleared in July and work is proceeding on it. On the other Bill on consecutive sentencing, the Minister has made decisions and the Bill is being put through the House. I will advise the Deputy on the state of play on the general Bill on bail. To be honest, it will probably be early next year before it comes through the system.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: The issue here is that turbary rights are a long-standing right in Irish law. It is not a case of getting people off the bogs, but of them not cutting turf. The objective is to have turf available.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: Most houses do not use turf alone for heat and the quality of Bord na Móna products is higher and of a better calorific burning standard than turf cut by conventional means. People retain their ownership and their turbary rights and there is no question of these being interfered with. The issue occurs if they decide to cut turf on an area that has been designated - for some time now -...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: I understand that. The issue is that they want to continue to cut turf. However, the boglands in question have been designated in a particular way and that is the law that applies. What the Deputy is saying that it is about their opportunity and right to cut their own turf as distinct from having turf from another location provide heat for homes. However, those who have accepted the...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: Others have a different point of view. I hope the Deputy's influence in this area will be able to bring about a resolution. I know he has been intensely involved over the past number of years, but I hope the issue can be resolved in everybody's interest.
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 37, Financial Motions by the Minister for Finance - motion 5 resumed. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the resumed debate on No. 37: the speech of the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and the leaders of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, or persons nominated...
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: For 2016, the Department of Health will have funding from the Exchequer of €13.175 billion in current expenditure and €414 million in capital. Further funds come in from contributions from the HSE, from private insurance, car parks and so on. These amount to over €1 billion. This represents an increase of €880 million on the 2015 current expenditure budget set...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: The first point the Deputy makes is important. Clearly, the vast majority of communities in this country are prepared to work with the local authorities and different agencies in their own interests. This is a very sensitive issue in that the funerals involved have not even taken place yet, although, to balance that, there has to be an explanation to any community of what a local authority...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: Yes, I spoke to Deputy Fitzmaurice about this previously and I spoke to his predecessor in the House, who had agreed a certain line of action and then decided to renege upon that. I cannot comment on any case that is before the courts, as the Deputy is well aware. The law of the land will apply and is determined by members of the Judiciary. As Minister, Deputy Deenihan worked...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: Unfortunately, not all of the people involved, for their own very personal and sensitive reasons, wanted to comply with offers put forward.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy says people are willing to co-operate. I take his point about the longer-term involvement of Bord na Móna in terms of peat cutting. The offers were there for alternative bogs to be made available so that people could either cut the turf themselves or have it cut for them. However, because of geography, it was not feasible to do that in many cases as there was not a suitable...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is all part of the legacy of destruction that the Deputy's party left behind it.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: As the Deputy knows, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is taking action as a matter of urgency.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: First, 500 units of modular housing will be delivered in two tranches of 150 and 350.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: They seem to think one can deliver these units overnight. There are processes that one must fulfil.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: I never hear interviews with anybody who has been allocated a house that was a void and closed up and which has now been returned to proper condition. There were 2,333 units returned to use in 2014 and the most recent projections show that there will be 2,500 by the end of the year. Dublin City Council has reported that 633 vacant units have been returned to use to date, with a projection...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)
Enda Kenny: To date the local authority in Waterford has returned 74 units to use and is projecting a figure of 148 by the end of the year.