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Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The difference between the findings and the assessment of the HSE.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: HIQA's report has not been accepted by the HIQA board yet.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: It has not been accepted by the HIQA board yet. It is a draft report. The investigating independent authority is HIQA.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Minister has reaffirmed the independence of HIQA. This is a draft report which has not been finalised by the HIQA board. The HSE contests elements of what HIQA has put into the draft report and did intend to proceed to a court hearing on the matter. The Minister has said this is not appropriate and I agree with him. It is a case of the HSE answering the charges made in the draft HIQA...

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy might prefer the way it was done in the Department of Education during the years when, for example, taxpayers' money was used to go to court to ascertain the rights of children with particular challenges, but in this case HIQA has made a report which was initiated by the previous Minister for Health. It has made certain findings, but it is a draft, not a finalised report.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The HSE is entitled to answer the charges made against it by HIQA, as the Deputy is well aware. That is the way the draft report will become a finalised report.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: HIQA has found against the HSE in a whole range of areas, as referred to in the published correspondence.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: A way has been found to have this proceed without a court case.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy never listens.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am happy to note that 1.23 million people have signed up with Irish Water.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: Some 250,000 are not Irish Water customers, but they will qualify for assistance from the Department of Social Protection. This morning I listened to one of the Deputy's left-wing colleagues talking about paying for this through transaction taxes, corporation taxes and general taxation and his own party has put forward propositions that are wildly off the mark.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy says we are already paying for it.

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is a case of "I'm all right Jack," but what about the people who have inferior water supplies? What about the people who have no sewerage systems?

Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I would be interested to hear how Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett is going to solve the problems in his own area where thousands of houses appear to be connected to a water supply via lead piping. This is not satisfactory, which is why we need an entity that is able to borrow separately from the Government and invest to fix supplies for the future. The Minister for the Environment, Community...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland Issues (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 and 147 together. I met with Prime Minister Cameron on the margins of the EU Council on 12 February but we did not have the opportunity at that time to discuss any Northern Ireland related matters. In relation to the recent bombing in the North, I assume the Deputy is referring to the pipe-bomb explosion in Crossmaglen on 26 February which...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Risk Assessment (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is currently planned that the Government will publish a draft National Risk Assessment 2015 in April for public consultation and will publish a final version in June.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Data (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: Responsibility for decisions in relation to records to be released or withheld under Freedom of Information is delegated to individual decision makers in my Department. All Freedom of Information requests received are processed in line with the guidelines set out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the recently published Code of Practice. The Secretary General is...

Personal Solvency (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (11 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: No, the Bill is not being opposed.

Animal Protection (in relation to Hares) Bill 2015: First Stage (11 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: No, the Bill is not being opposed.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (11 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am pleased to address the House today ahead of the spring European Council, which takes place on 19 and 20 March. The discussions at this meeting will focus on three key issues: energy union, the 2015 European semester, and external relations, to include Russia, Ukraine, the forthcoming Eastern Partnership summit in Riga, and Libya. As Members are aware, EU Heads of State and...