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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: I have just read out a section of the letter-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----to me from the sole member of the commission.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: If Deputy Martin wishes to question the integrity and the competence of the sole member in producing a final report, it is not for me to comment on that. I have already been very clear. This is a matter for the sole member of the commission-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----and, as I said, when I finally receive the report I will publish it in accordance with the law.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has had a long time to speak. He cannot have it both ways. I could have gone before the Oireachtas committee and had a long discussion. However, people requested an independent investigation. When an independent investigation by a commission is under way-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: As I said in my reply, potentially the most serious issue was the taping of telephone conversations in Garda stations throughout the country over a period of 30 years. When citizens would telephone Garda stations with comments or views, the calls were being recorded without their knowledge. This went on for so long that it is of the most serious import. The commission of investigation...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: I agree that the situation would be far better if this matter were cleared up once and for all. I recall the issue surrounding Deputy Daly and the clarification about that. Perhaps the Deputy might be good enough to give me a copy of the document he read into the record and I will have that communicated to the Minister for Justice and Equality immediately. I am sure the Garda Commissioner...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Fleming for his contribution. He will agree the home help scheme has, by and large, given great comfort and has been a great response to so many people for a relatively low cost. A total of €320 million has been allocated for home care packages and home help allowances and 100,000 people receive benefit from it. I am sure this is not what the Deputy suggests should be...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, together. The establishment of the Fennelly commission was one of a wide range of decisions taken by the Government to help restore trust in the justice system following a series of events and allegations which caused very significant public concern. These include the most wide-ranging reforms of the policing and justice system since...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: Yes. Mr. Sean Guerin SC was appointed to investigate allegations made by Garda Sergeant Maurice McCabe about crime investigations in the Cavan and Monaghan district. His report was published in May 2014. He recommended that a commission of investigation be established to further investigate certain matters. That commission, whose sole member is Judge O'Higgins, has now been established...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I am aware of the Walk of Tears and the incredible story of the Choctaw Indians who sent us the equivalent of $10,000 for famine relief. The purpose of the meeting of the European Council on Thursday is to endorse the ten-point plan put together yesterday by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Ministers for security and home affairs in Luxembourg. Clearly, there is an...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: The home help scheme has been of extraordinary benefit to thousands of people over the years, given the hours of care and attention given by the home help staff throughout the country. I agree with Deputy Fleming that elderly people, either living alone or in numbers in houses, prefer to be in their own place. Many can manage this with a little opportunity to have home help provided to...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: It should also be noted that at that time the ordinary course of the bank's business was to conduct an orderly rundown and ultimate liquidation of the bank, which happened. As such, IBRC's efforts as a secure lender to maximise the recovery of its loans to Siteserv was considered in the ordinary course of business. For that reason, and because of the framework relationship, IBRC was not...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin has asked a number of questions.

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has asked a number of questions. I have said I do not have the detailed information but I will respond to him in detail on the questions he has raised.

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: As we speak, a commemoration march from Strokestown to the east coast is taking place. It commemorates the 1,490 people who walked the route during the Famine and boarded coffin ships for Canada, upon which more than 700 of them died. A point made yesterday was that this replicates what is happening in the Middle East. This is simply appalling in the sense of humanity. The fact that it is...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is a serious matter that the Deputy raises. I did not see the article to which he referred, although I take his point that this is based upon articles or documentation received from the Department. While the Deputy has asked a number of questions, I do not have the information to reply in detail to him. Perhaps it might be better if this were responded to in some detail by the Minister...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not have the opportunity to read every newspaper article that is written about matters of current affairs across a vast spectrum of the various elements of the media. The Deputy is well aware that I am not informed of the release of freedom of information requests, which come in by the hundred to different Departments, nor, indeed, have I any access to deliberations on what should or...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)

Enda Kenny: They are released as per the law in respect of requests that are made to them. In regard to mortgage arrears-----