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- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Murphy is talking about spies, Deputy Higgins. Does he have evidence of a group that is-----
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: If he does he should table a question to the Minister for Justice and Equality and give her the information he has and I am quite sure she will be happy to respond to it.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is not actually a question of problem with money.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Government will be making available €4 billion between now and 2020. Councils and local authorities-----
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----have been given their mandates and targets and told to get on with the job. As stated, 21,000 units in Dublin have full planning permission but there has been no movement in respect of them because of either the cost of levies or the fact that there are other problems.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: In respect of the rent position, Deputy Adams is aware that, on an individual basis, rent supplement can be increased for a family where there is an issue with a landlord moving them on or increasing their rent, which will result in their becoming homeless.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: There is not a problem with money here. All of these cases can be dealt with on an individual basis and quite a number are now being dealt with in that manner. As I said, the Minister decided that half of the housing accommodation being allocated by local authorities for tenancies should go to homeless people. Families in Dublin, Cork, Waterford or anywhere else that have a problem with...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: The day-to-day operations of the Garda are a matter for the Garda Commissioner. The allocation of permits for collections or whatever are within the power of the chief superintendent or superintendents in any district. The issuing of summonses or charges is a matter for the Garda and if there are court cases involved it is not an area in which I can interfere in any way.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: That is not the first time Deputy Martin has called someone a liar. Today, Deputy Martin asked why I did not ring the Commissioner.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: If Deputy Martin knows his business - I am sure he does - he will know that the Garda Commissioner of the day is accountable to the Minister for Justice and Equality through the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin knows that, yet he asked me why I did not ring the Commissioner. Second, the Commissioner did write to the Secretary General under the relevant section of the Act introduced by the former Minister, Mr. McDowell, which brings it to a different level. The requirement of the first line of that letter was to bring this to the notice of the Minister for Justice and Equality....
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: As I said-----
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Adams for raising a matter that is of concern to a great number of people throughout the country. Deputy Adams is right. This is not a good situation or one that one can say is by any means satisfactory. Last winter I walked the streets of Dublin with the then Lord Mayor on a number of occasions to deal with the homeless people who were sleeping rough. The Government...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: The figure to deal with homeless situation in Dublin in 2015 was €37.16 million. By the end of August, €33.4 million of that money had been spent. Further moneys have been committed but not actually paid out. There are a number of things that are happening, but they are not dealing with the matter to the extent that one would like. On the social housing front, the...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: Engagements-----
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: If the Deputy reads the report he will find, both in respect of the meeting on the Monday and on the Tuesday, that the commission of investigation points out a difference of recollection by people who were at the meeting. The important point is that 16 months later a learned Supreme Court Judge goes through all of that evidence, which was given on oath to the best of people's ability, and...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy said that this should be challenged, which was a direct attempt by him to have the sole member of the commission of investigation produce the report at the time he would like it. What is important are the conclusions that are drawn by the commission of investigation.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: The commission of investigation has reported after 16 months. It has set out its conclusions. It has set out the fact that variations in accounts have been given by different people. The learned judge has drawn his conclusions and given his findings in that regard. His findings are a direct contradiction of what Deputy Martin said in this House, namely, that I sacked the Garda...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: The findings of the commission of investigation support that strongly, in that there was never an intent, discussion or motivation in any way to remove the Garda Commissioner from his position.
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: Hear, hear.