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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: I am just making the point that the person who was abused-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----said that when he brought it to the attention of a Sinn Féin public representative, a process was arranged to bring the relevant person before a kangaroo court to be asked questions by named people and the witnesses to that. The options given to the person who was abused were that the alleged perpetrator would be killed or exiled.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: No, I do not. I am not prejudging the events in the television programme.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: I am not. This is what the person has said. The Deputy, who is the leader of his party, has stated that the person who was abused was told, face to face and in writing, that he should bring his complaint to the Garda, which he did in October 2014. There are supports available for people North and South who are victims of sexual abuse.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: They work as well as can be. There is co-operation between the PSNI and the Garda. There was a recent review of these cases between the Minister for Justice and Equality here and the Minister of Justice in Northern Ireland, David Ford. There is the independent investigation of the Ombudsman and the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland, as well as Tusla here. The...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: The process has to be independent of the court proceedings. One cannot have an amnesty on sexual abuse.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: There cannot be a situation like that. The perpetrators of this kind of crime need to be brought before the courts of the land, North and South.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: If the allegation made stands up, that is not what was offered to a victim of abuse who came forward and made a formal complaint to the Garda.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: A process was proposed to support victims of abuse in all communities. That is happening with the supports available North and South. There was a proposal to ensure greater access to counselling and other support for victims. That applies North and South at the moment. There was a proposal to facilitate victims and survivors in accessing the justice system and making official complaints....
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----or taunted in so many different ways. The First Minister asked for those three actions and they are already happening. Beyond that, the Minister for Justice and Equality regularly reviews with the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice the ongoing criminal investigations into these allegations. All of them are being investigated. It is not the case that nothing is happening. The...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: I will tell the Deputy what he should do. He is the leader and president of his party. The Deputy First Minister is an admitted former member of the IRA. The Deputy and he could issue very straight statements to followers of their party or people who they know were members of the provisional IRA about these matters.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: They will take a response from the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: Those things are already happening.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams should speak out on this now.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy can do more.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: The signal we need here is that everybody should-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Garda and the PSNI continue to carry out their investigations on these matters. I have no doubt about the allegations that were made. We know the cost of ignoring information brought by children or young people generally in this jurisdiction, and of ignoring the seriousness of the allegations that many of them have made. However, when there are criminal investigations going on into a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: I have responded to the Deputy First Minister, Mr. McGuinness. He asked for a process to be put in place. I assume that means there would be an end to that process in any individual case. I presume that would mean a person or persons would be brought before the court and that the law would take its course. If an allegation is made about sexual abuse, either an individual case or in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: Nobody doubts the seriousness of the issue. There should not be and there cannot be a hiding place for those who carry out those kind of offences. Under the North-South Ministerial Council, although it is not specifically part of the remit of the council, the issues are dealt with bilaterally. I did receive a letter from the Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, in regard to a proposal...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)
Enda Kenny: This is an important matter. Deputy Coppinger appears to be of the view that the Government should acquire Aer Lingus in its entirety. This would cost about €1 billion. The Deputy will be aware that the Government rejected the bid from IAG. In 2012, the Government decided that consideration could be given to the sale of the shares held by the State in Aer Lingus in the context...