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

Enda Kenny: I went over there myself to investigate the Dutch model. Certain elements of it will not be introduced here.The system introduced here -----

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

Enda Kenny: ----- will be appropriate for Ireland's needs.

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

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin tends not to listen these days. Perhaps he should.

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

Enda Kenny: The Deputy referred to the areas in which change is necessary and asked what is happening in the Department of Health and in health reform generally. I referred to the legislation providing free GP care to all children aged five years and under and those aged over 70 years. That has been enacted, an agreement has been reached and doctors are signing up. From this summer, up to 300,000...

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

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet sub-committee on health is not the Government. The opportunity presents itself during the course of Cabinet sub-committee meetings to receive updates and progress reports from the Ministers involved and request details on an issue from the HSE person involved. The Deputy has asked a number of relevant questions. In dealing with beds, a new modular ward is to come on stream...

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: What Deputy Murphy forgets is that the people voted in a referendum and determined the wording in the Constitution. That wording was interpreted by the Supreme Court many years ago, and no Government in the intervening period did anything about that. This Government legislated for the protection of life during pregnancy in the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill based on the Supreme...

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----fatal foetal abnormalities and other issues. However, it is not a case of simply repealing the eighth amendment and that everybody will be happy afterwards. If we were to be rational about what we do in this House, there are great sensitivities that must be carefully considered and, therefore, there will not be a referendum to repeal the eighth amendment during the lifetime of this...

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

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on health met last on 25 May.

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: Aer Lingus has always made it clear that it uses direct labour where that is possible and as far as I can recall, there have been no compulsory redundancies in Aer Lingus. I pointed out that when the Cabinet was briefed this morning by the Minister, he referred to employment, to the REAs, to the question of compulsory redundancies and to all of the issues, such as employment, protection and...

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Murphy for his comments. I was very happy to see the extent of the result of the referendum on Friday in respect of the equality of marriage. This was an extraordinary result, driven by the conviction, belief and enjoyment of so many new people involved in politics. It demonstrates the importance of politics, the power of the vote and the influence of people driven by a...

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for his questions. I expect the Government to make a decision this evening that will be in the best interests of the country.

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: I expect the Government to make a decision this evening that will be in the best interests of the country. The Deputy will recall that some time ago, when an approach was made in respect of the possibility of the State selling its 25.1% shareholding in Aer Lingus, this was a matter that was not acceptable to the Government and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. I made the point...

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: I believe in making decisions in the best interests of the people and the country. As Deputy Micheál Martin is well aware from his own experience, it would be very wrong to comment here on a particular issue on which Government had not yet concluded its deliberations.

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: As I pointed out, when this matter came to prominence some months ago, the Government was not in a position to state it would be supportive, nor was the Minister. The issues outlined, in my view, included the giving of cast iron guarantees. A presentation was made to the Cabinet this morning based on the major issues to which I referred. Like any other issue, the Cabinet has not yet signed...

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: My view is that the decision we make must be in the best interests of the people and the country.

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Barry Cowen. That is why I do not go around making comments when the Government has not signed off formally and properly on decisions.

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: I expect the Government to conclude its deliberations on this matter this evening. As I said, any decision made will be in the best interests of the people and the country.

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: As I said, the Government will continue to make decisions in the best interests of the country. This matter was discussed in the House on many occasions in the past few months. The issues raised are of great importance, including connectivity, growth, employment, REAs, the structure that will apply if a decision is made to dispose of the State's shareholding, slot disposal, the brand of Aer...

Return to Writ: Carlow-Kilkenny - Introduction of New Member (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: In the spirit of comhghairdeas, I was going to say that in this business, you win some and you lose some but------

Return to Writ: Carlow-Kilkenny - Introduction of New Member (26 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: Congratulations to Bobby Aylward and the Fianna Fáil Party on winning the by-election in Carlow-Kilkenny. The Aylwards have been long-standing and outstanding representatives of the people of Carlow-Kilkenny. Bobby makes a return to this House to continue that tradition. Credit is due to all of the candidates in the by-election who put their names on the ballot paper, canvassed in the...