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- Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: In regard to mortgage arrears, as I have already outlined, the Government has committed to going beyond the introduction of the Insolvency Service of Ireland, and will put in place, hopefully, a number of further options for consideration by persons who are in distress with their mortgages. The Government, as the Deputy is aware, is acutely sensitive to the issue of people losing their homes...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: This is part of the catastrophe the Deputy left behind him and it is still not sorted out. Yes, there are many thousands who are in difficulties with their mortgages. Over 100,000 sustainable solutions have been put together, and I think that encouraging-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----but it is not sufficient, on the one hand, for banks not to have passed on interest rate reductions when they are borrowing money themselves at a much lower rate than they are charging, nor is it right and proper that banks fail to do deals when sensible and practical solutions are put on the table. It is in those areas-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is in those areas that the Government is committed to bringing in a number of further options. With regard to what happened in March 2012, the board of IBRC met and approved the sale of Siteserv - Deputy Martin did not mention it by name, but that is probably one of the cases he was talking about. Under the relationship framework at the time between the Minister for Finance and the...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Irish Language (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: In keeping with the spirit of the Official Languages Act, my Department is committed to developing and maintaining a culture that encourages the use of Irish both within the Department and with our customers. To that end, Irish language courses are readily available to all staff through the Department's Training Unit. The primary focus of my Department's work involves interaction with...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Semi-State Bodies Dividends (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the body corporate for the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), the only State Agency under the aegis of my Department. There are no semi-State commercial companies under the remit of my Department.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (21 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I take it that this question concerns the Fourth Report of the Convention on the Constitution. The subject of the Fourth Report was the Dáil electoral system and the Convention made various recommendations in that regard. It also made three other recommendations, detailed below, to which I assume the Deputy is referring. The Fourth Report was debated in Dáil Éireann on...
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I advised them to ring me last year and they are calling in huge numbers.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: The question of collective bargaining is one with which the Government will deal in the not too distant future. In the meantime, the Minister or State, Deputy Gerald Nash, is dealing with the Low Pay Commission and work in that respect with regard to the minimum wage. I hope this matter can be resolved. There are other retail outlets where short-hour working applies also. In fairness,...
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is listed for this session.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill is being taken today in the House and Deputy Adams will have an opportunity to comment on it. Deputy Adams asked about GP contracts. I hope these contracts are accepted and that we move on with these necessary elements of the under-sixes, over-70s and under-11s before we can have universal health insurance. I gave an indication of when the...
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: This morning the Government approved two elements in respect of bail in cases were burglaries are occurring. The evidence is that a small number of people carry out an extensive number of burglaries. The Minister proposes to introduce legislation so that repeat offences by offenders can be taken as an indication of a refusal of bail. Where there are repeated charges against particular...
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Kelly, is working on a number of related areas in order to have a compliance regime which is clear and strong and which applies to everyone. I have referred to this before. I do not wish to give the Deputy an exact date except to say that the Minister is working hard to have that clear and strong regime implemented as soon as possible.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is due to be published in this session.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: That Bill is due in this session.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I am not sure where the honey-pot regions are to which Deputy Bannon refers are located. The common arrangements for gas Bill is no longer being progressed because it has been superseded by the European Union internal market agenda third package and associated EU gas networks codes. Therefore, the Bill is not proceeding any further.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: That Bill is due later this year.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for it. I will give Deputy Feighan a progress update on the work.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: It will be this session.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)
Enda Kenny: The position is that we compiled approximately 300 cases from various sources. Many of them were dealt with through elements of the legal process over many years. In order to assess these cases and because of the serious nature of many, a legal panel was set up and given the responsibility to go through all of the files. This process is not being conducted by an individual Member of this...