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Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I understand it will be later this year. I do not know the date of publication of the two reviews, but I will advise the Deputy.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: Maidir leis an gcéad ceann, tá sé sin os comhair an choiste faoi láthair. Tá an obair sin ar siúl. Maidir leis an dara ceann, an chomhairle faoi na breithiúna, beidh sin ag teacht isteach an seisiún seo.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Horse Racing Ireland (amendment) Bill will be dealt with in this session. In regard to the landlord and tenant Bill, discussions and conversations are going on between the Minister, the Department and the associations about this. I cannot give the Deputy a date for its publication, but work on it is ongoing.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I have absolute faith in Mr. Justice Fennelly and in his integrity to do the job given to him by the Government. Deputy Martin should withdraw his comments, which have undermined the integrity of the commission he heads up by suggesting he should do certain things. That is beyond the Deputy's remit and certainly beyond mine.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: Mr. Justice Fennelly should be allowed to do his job.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I can confirm preliminary work is under way in respect of the prisons Bill though I cannot give a date for when it will be published. The review of the fair deal is still with the Minister for Health. There will be time to debate it when he publishes it and I understand that is not too far away. I have already answered questions on distressed mortgages today. This will be the subject...

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: Planning legislation for more than one-off houses is a matter for the local authorities, the planning offices and the planning appeals board.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I think the Deputy is referring to the update of building regulations, which make it very costly. The Minister has done quite a bit of work on it and wants to make an intervention which will not affect the planning position of local authorities.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Minister is anxious to move on it very quickly because the costs for people who get planning permission are pretty exorbitant. The heads of the Bill on sex offenders were approved at Government level a year ago. A great deal of work has been done on it and it is being prioritised. I think it will be one of the first Bills to come in on the next session of the Dáil. As to...

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for the banking consolidation Bill. It is a complicated Bill on which work is ongoing. The Bill on unregulated third party loans which have been bought is awaiting Committee Stage and it is a priority for Government. I agree with the Deputy that a solution for one is not a solution for another.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 6, Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to adjourn after two hours if not previously concluded; and No. 6a, Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015 - Order for Second Stage, Second and Remaining Stages. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall...

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Members opposite for the agreement they have reached in regard to the health Bill.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: In regard to the latter matter, the Government, at its meeting on 21 January, agreed the text of the proposed wording in English of the Thirty-fourth amendment. That text was subsequently translated into Gaeilge by the Rannóg an Aistriúchán, which is the translation service in the Oireachtas, and included in the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality)...

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I have already answered questions here on this.

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Fennelly commission was set up following information about extensive recordings made of members of the public in telephone calls to Garda stations over many years. Subsequent to its being set up, the Oireachtas committee dealing with matters relevant to justice, which includes members of the Deputy’s party-----

Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----recommended unanimously that the commission also be allowed to review and investigate the matters the Deputy mentions. The Deputy sat on this side of the House when the legislation went through and he will be aware that it is illegal for somebody to comment on matters relevant to a commission of investigation.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The clearest thing to come from this is that people should co-operate. Sexual abusers cannot be tolerated-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----and should be subject to the law of the land.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: That is irrespective of who they are or where this comes from. The Deputy made the point that nothing was done after the Deputy First Minister wrote to me. It has been made perfectly clear on quite a number of occasions that these criminal investigations are being followed through and all of the allegations made are being investigated. If there is new information, that should be given to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: They did not discuss the detail of this latest case. When the Deputy says the public representative involved advised the person, face to face and in writing, to make a complaint to the Garda, it is a very long way from what the person who was abused said, which was that what was arranged was a process to punish the alleged abuser and bring the person who was abused in front of a number of...