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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 20, inclusive, together. St. Patrick's Day has become a truly global festival, which presents us with an unparalleled opportunity to engage with political decision makers to advance Irish causes and advocate on their behalf and to focus on our number one priority of job creation by promoting Ireland as a preferred partner for trade and investment, as...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: The independent review group will also take account of the typical risk profile faced by residents such as these. There is supposed to be - the Deputy knows a lot about buildings, and she knows this - a series of regular meetings about any construction project that is under way, attended by those involved, whether it be the architect, the clerk of works or the developers and their personnel....

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: But no; the rush to build 100,000 houses a year and fire them up in any condition has resulted in Longboat Quay-----

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----and other places around the country where ordinary people who went along and got money from their banks and lending institutions are now caught in fire traps, essentially.

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: We need to get to the bottom of this, and the five elements I have mentioned are central to sorting it out. Far from washing his hands of it, the Minister, Deputy Kelly, has taken a direct interest in it. The Deputy might not like to hear that, but it is a fact.

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice for his questions. He ranged over three different areas: GLAS, the beef genomics scheme and GMOs. He has also raised the issue of the decline in the number of farmers at European level, although he did not define what he considers to be a rancher in Irish terms. He made the point about rural development programmes. The enthusiasm and energy that was evident at...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: This is another example of the poor standards that existed during the so-called Celtic tiger years for buildings and apartment blocks such as Longboat Quay. Deputy McDonald is aware that the Building Control Act 1990 placed responsibility for compliance with building regulations on the owner of the building concerned, its designer and the builder-developer who carried out the works - in this...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy McDonald seems to absolve from all responsibility in this matter the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, the receiver to the developer, the management company, Dublin Fire Brigade and the residents of Longboat Quay who have a direct interest in the issue.

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy wants to focus on one name and wants me to state that, on her instruction, I will ring up the person in question. This is a much more complex issue than she portrays. Serious changes have made to the building regulations since 1 March 2014. I regret to say that it is my belief, as the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government pointed out, that there are other...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: In many cases, including in this case, the taxpayer is at the end of the line and is left to sort out these matters. Deputy McDonald is absolving from all responsibility the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, the receiver to the developer, Dublin Fire Brigade and the management company. In her view, these parties do not have any responsibility in this matter. As I indicated, the...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: That is not the view of the Government at all. That is why there are two investigations going on here. This is a very serious matter. There is a political parliamentary commission looking at it and a police commission looking at it. There are also interests from the United States looking at it. NAMA appeared before the Committee of Public Accounts last week and gave a very detailed...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is taking a very simplistic view of something that is very complex.

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: NAMA is in this jurisdiction, and under the legislation it is responsible to the Committee of Public Accounts in this House, which reports to the Dáil and the Oireachtas. That committee is chaired by an independent member of the Opposition and is not chaired by a member of the Government. Deputy Martin is aware that NAMA appeared before the Committee of Public Accounts last week and...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: It also said that all bidders had equal access to information.

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: It also said that no third party, political or otherwise, had any influence over the NAMA board's decision on Project Eagle or was in any position to confer an unfair competitive advantage on any bidder. NAMA has fully committed, in this jurisdiction, to responding to any questions the Northern Ireland Committee on Finance and Personnel may have regarding the sale which were not covered...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: Last month the Northern Ireland committee submitted a detailed list of questions to NAMA regarding the sales process and NAMA responded on 4 September in detail to each of those questions. The full responses to those questions run to over 300 pages and are on the NAMA website. They were also provided to the Committee of Public Accounts, to which NAMA is responsible in this jurisdiction. I...

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is a serious matter, but it is not as simple as Deputy Martin claims.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 165 and 166 together. Fourteen members of staff in my Department work in the Government Press Office (compared with eighteen members of staff under the previous administration). Staff in the Government Press Office are contactable around the clock to respond to media queries. Two members of the Government Press Office staff work on MerrionStreet.ie....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland Issues (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: Prime Minister Cameron and I spoke by telephone on 2nd September to review the situation at that time with regard to the political impasse in Northern Ireland. Following that conversation, the Prime Minister and I jointly invited the parties in Northern Ireland to talks under the Chairmanship of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (6 Oct 2015)

Enda Kenny: There are no supernumerary positions in my Department or in the National Economic and Social Development Office, the only body under the aegis of my Department.