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Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is a question of planners and who should pay for the plans submitted.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, met IFA representatives and farmers involved on marginal land on a number of occasions. Recommendations were sent to the European Commission in respect of approval of the scheme. In so far as I understand it, the vast majority of the issues raised were sorted out and the scheme is open for applications from farmers to...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----and that the European Commission has been happy to approve the scheme to enable farmers to draw down funds.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I have met many of the farmers concerned.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I think the Deputy is talking about St. Anne's Park in Clontarf.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure whether it is marginal land.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: In response to Deputy Tom Fleming, the fact that the scheme is now open for applications-----

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: There cannot be freedom of choice. There are rules and conditions governing these schemes which must be adhered to.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is not just a case of Deputies Michael Healy-Rae and Mattie McGrath saying a person can apply and draw down moneys under the payment scheme. There are conditions and regulations that must be followed, but they have to be clear, effective and achievable. I think that is what Deputy Tom Fleming is referring to.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has spent hours dealing with these issues with the IFA and other farming groups.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: We hope the scheme to which Deputy Tom Fleming refers can operate effectively in order that the practices mentioned will not be lost and that farmers can legitimately draw down the payments due to them under the conditions applying to the scheme.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: As part of the collective responsibility of Government, every Minister signed off on his or her respective budget. The HSE submitted its service plan which is now being implemented. Clearly, there are challenges in that, which is why the Minister established the task force to look at the fair deal scheme, the review of which is being brought to him very shortly, and at the question of...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I have already read out details on some of the 1,000 extra beds that are being opened across the country and set out the fact that the Minister is awaiting the finalised review report in respect of fair deal. The number of elderly people over 65 years of age this year is 604,000 and that will rise by 100,000 in the next five years to over 700,000. A task force has been established by the...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Adams. Yesterday, he commented that the solution to water was to have a general taxation scheme to provide a proper water service. By that, he means an increase in income tax and commercial rates and the introduction of a land tax.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams might comment on that at the weekend when he has the opportunity.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: When he is up in Derry, he might also say that he regrets the closing of 20 beds in the Bangor area as announced on television last night.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams always has the solution, which is more money. Without reading the detail, I will comment on a draft audit report I have seen from the HSE.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The report was circulated to members of the Seanad.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is a draft audit and obviously the HSE must follow the process through.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams should believe me that if it is not acceptable, moneys paid in the wrong should be paid back and people who were not authorised to travel should reimburse those things. It is a draft report and obviously the HSE must answer to the Comptroller and Auditor General in respect of it. I have referred to the fact that the Minister for Health is one of the few Ministers who is dealing...