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Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: I expect the marriage equality Bill to be enacted in the House by 16 July. I think that is the date which is perhaps the week before the House is due to rise. I am going to meet the British Prime Minister before the next European Council meeting. I mentioned this issue to him when I rang him to congratulate him on being re-elected as Prime Minister. This country and the Government are...

Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: I would be delighted to do so.

Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: It was a Private Members' Bill. Clearly, the Minister is considering some changes to the regulations governing wind turbines. We have a duty as a country to meet climate change targets. They involve the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, as well as other Departments. I cannot speak about the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Irish Language (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: Tá an ceart ag an Teachta go bhfuil an Ghaeilge mar theanga labhartha faoi níos mó bhrú ná mar a bhí le fada. Is fíor a rá nach bhfuil ach 1,000 dalta ag caint Gaeilge mar ghnáth-theanga sna Gaeltachtaí ag an bpoinnte seo. Bhí brú ann ón imirce. Tá brú ann faoi láthair straitéis oideachas tré...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Irish Language (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: Beimid in ann é a leathnú amach.

Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 37, Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014, [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 38, statements on the Fifth Report of the Constitutional Convention (Voting Rights). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: in the event a division is in progress at the time fixed for taking Private...

Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice and Equality has confirmed on behalf of Government that the intention is that the marriage equality Bill will be enacted before the summer recess, so it will move through the House very quickly. The Government is not resiling from or reneging on its intention to introduce universal health insurance. Universal health insurance is the objective of the Government but...

Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Minister has quite some work to do in respect of the cost. Let me confirm for the Deputy again, in case he cannot hear me, that the Government is not reneging on the commitment to introduce universal health insurance. It will be the universal health insurance system that will apply in this country, not as applied in the Netherlands.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: There is a shortage of nursing homes in Deputy Adams's locality in the north east. That is partly due to the collapse of the construction industry a number of years ago because of the economic situation. The new unit I have referred to at Moorehall is now open and there is a number of planning applications in for further developments. I might add that the home help and home care package...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am sure the number has gone down at this stage. As of 19 May, there were 668 delayed discharges nationally of whom 381 were in the Dublin academic teaching hospitals. That compares to a high of 830 in December last year. I note that €25 million was provided for support services to provide alternatives to relieve pressure on acute hospitals. Of that €25 million, €10...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Health Service Executive signs off as the Minister does on the budget for a given year. I make the point again that this is not just about funding or a lack thereof: it is also about management, professionalism and competence in doing a job effectively in the interests of the patient. If one looks at Wexford, Portiuncula or Clonmel, there are similar sized hospitals to Portlaoise. It...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Irish Language (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 and 7 together. The Cabinet sub-committee on Irish and the Gaeltacht last met on 30 March 2015.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy's comment in respect of an abandonment of the universal health insurance concept is simply not correct. The Minister and the Government have pointed out that the original target for the introduction of universal health insurance cannot and will not be met. It is important for Deputy Boyd Barrett to understand that health insurance must be affordable before it can become universal....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: The health committee met at least every month. It met on 19 January, 23 February, 30 March, 27 April and 25 May. While they were Cabinet sub-committee meetings, we seem to speak about every matter under the sun that is relevant to the general area of health. Those Cabinet sub-committee meetings receive reports from the HSE and the Department of Health, and recommendations are made where...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: The outcome has not yet been analysed but it is an important issue. Recruitment has resumed, as the Deputy is aware, and agency costs have been reduced. The general situation is that a great deal of activity is taking place in the Department of Health and the HSE. It is not true to say that the intention was to introduce the Dutch model of universal health insurance. The intention is to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Dutch model was one of the models we examined in the beginning in terms of universal health insurance.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: The model of universal health insurance to be introduced here will be appropriate to Ireland's needs. This is not the Netherlands.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: Is he listening?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy relaxed -----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: I can confirm to the Deputy, if he is prepared to listen, that universal health insurance will be introduced according to a model that is appropriate for Irish needs. I hope he understands that.