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- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: Correct.
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: The tabling of these motions has more to do with the competition between the Opposition parties than any genuine interest in the conclusion of the commission's interim report.
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: They want to talk about anything other than the progress our country is making towards economic recovery and securing that recovery. Deputy Martin has repeatedly accused me of sacking the former Garda Commissioner.
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: The conclusion of the Fennelly report, written by a retired Supreme Court judge, states clearly that it was not the case.
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin should, therefore, correct the record of the Dáil. If he fails to do so, he will follow the long tradition of Fianna Fáil leaders who refuse to accept the findings of sworn judicial inquiries. The difference this time-----
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: I note that Fianna Fáil's spokesman for justice writes to a judge now and again as well.
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: The difference this time is that Deputy Martin will do so while the commission is active. This would be nothing other than an irresponsible attempt by him to undermine the ongoing work of the commission for narrow political advantage.
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: Sinn Féin, not to be outdone by their rivals - or, should I say, their partners - decided to include the Attorney General in the motion.
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: Nothing could be more ill-judged. Let me take this opportunity to say publicly that I have absolute confidence in the Attorney General, Máire Whelan, and in her handling of the very serious issues that have given rise to the establishment of the Fennelly commission and other matters of State.
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: She is a diligent and exceptionally hard-working Attorney General who provides outstanding service to the Government and the country. In early 2016, the people of Ireland will have a clear choice between government and chaos. People can choose stability and progress or risk our economic recovery to those who wrecked it in the past or those whose policies would wreck it in the future. I...
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: I, therefore, commend the motion to the House.
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: The report confirms that the former Commissioner decided to retire by his own decision, and that he could have decided otherwise. Furthermore, the report finds-----
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----that I had no intention of putting any pressure on the former Commissioner to retire.
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: The commission of investigation also concludes that "serious information deficits and multiple failures of communication" beset the events leading up to the retirement of the then Garda Commissioner. This criticism presents significant lessons for institutions and officers of State-----
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----about governance and process. These need to be studied further, and Mr. Justice Fennelly's observations need to be acted upon in the spirit in which he has presented them in his report. It should be recalled that in the weeks leading up to the then Garda Commissioner's decision to retire, the justice system, and An Garda Síochána in particular, was engulfed in a series of...
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----a meeting between the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality and the Garda Commissioner would not have been necessary, as the Minister would have acted on the letter and that letter could have been presented to the Cabinet the next day.
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: Instead, I was left in a position in which a Cabinet meeting was about to take place, it was now clear that a commission of investigation would have to be proposed, and the matter of recordings in Garda stations throughout the country was about become public, and so, in the absence of being told about the letter, I made a decision that it was only right and fair to ensure that the then Garda...
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----and that he could have decided otherwise, and also that it found that I had no intention of putting pressure on the former Commissioner to retire. The main report of the Fennelly commission will deal with a wide range of important matters of significant public concern. These include the operation of telephone recording systems to record calls to and from large numbers of Garda stations...
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: The report was received on Monday, 31 August and published on Tuesday, 1 September-----
- Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----as soon as it was legally cleared by the Attorney General’s office.