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- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a date but I will advise him of the update in respect of the preparation of the Bill.
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: I said in response to Deputy Coppinger that the Minister will bring forward the compliance measures for Irish Water very shortly.
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: Very shortly.
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: Universal health insurance will not be introduced during the lifetime of this Government. The Minister for Health said that he would bring forward a paper on the costings for that. Universal health insurance will be delivered during the lifetime of the next Government.
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy do not open his mouth about health issues.
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: The heads of the road traffic Bill were cleared on 10 February 2015 so work is proceeding and it will be taken in the second half of the year. The heads of the Garda Síochána (compensation for malicious injuries) Bill were also cleared and the Bill is due for the latter part of the year.
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health and the Government are very much aware of the situation in the Department of Health and the Health Service Executive, HSE. The claim for demand-led schemes is unknown.
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Minister reported on the expenditure flow for the first two months of the year and is very conscious of that and has already made his comments about management and everybody concerned dealing with expenditure effectively in the patients’ interests. I will not comment on any requirement that might or might not be necessary later in the year but I will confirm that the HSE, the...
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: That is what Deputy Martin is saying.
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: I am saying the Minister will monitor the situation.
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: He will monitor it very carefully.
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: I condemn unreservedly these threats to members of all political parties where a number of people on the Government benches have received threats of one sort or another and several offices have been bombed, graffitied or damaged and, of course, in respect of the cases the Deputy mentioned. I deplore the paint-bombing of the home of the Deputy First Minister a couple of days ago, which I...
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2012 is still going through the Seanad and will make its way here. On the question about landlords and tenants and water charges, that is a matter the Government is considering as part of the overall options in regard to compliance with the water charges. Landlords are required to register and to give details of their tenancies. The...
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: He did not say that.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: The TTIP is currently under negotiation. The opportunity that exists for Europe and the United States, which are the two biggest trading blocs on the planet, to reach a series of trade agreements is nothing new. It has been talked about for over 20 years. If agreement can be reached, the opportunity exists to create approximately 2 million jobs on either side of the Atlantic and to set...
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----and the creativity and ingenuity of our young people. That is exemplified by Science Foundation Ireland's investment in so many areas that measure up to challenges that other countries have not been able to meet. I think that is an endorsement of the confidence of our young people and, indeed, of the tutors, teachers, parents and students in our education system. I would not like our...
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Government will not stand for a situation whereby the education system in this country is privatised. It is clear that there are private schools operating among this country's universities, colleges of technology, colleges of further education and secondary and primary school systems, and that is perfectly allowable.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: We have no intention of going along with any proposition that would privatise the education system. We have been served very well in difficult times over the years by an education system that has been capable of changing direction to deal with new challenges as required. There will be an even greater requirement for that in the future because of the rate of change in so many areas at...
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: Of course I will allow a debate.
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; and No. 1, Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences)(Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]- Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 12 shall be decided without debate, and that Private Members' business, which shall be No. 187, motion re the sale of Siteserv, shall take...