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Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The budget for every Department has been set and signed off on by the Government. The HSE submitted its service plan which has been accepted by the Government. There are always complications and challenges within the health system. The challenge is to continue to provide the very best level of medical attention for those who need it and manage the system effectively. The Government made...

Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Minister will continue to keep the Government and the Cabinet sub-committee apprised on a regular basis. These are, obviously, serious matters.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: With regard to the water situation, we have only been able to invest about €300 million a year for the past number of years and the investment needs to be double that figure at least. In Deputy Adams' opinion it is time to abolish these arrangements and fund a proper water system from general taxation. I assume this involves either increases in commercial rates or land taxes or...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----because it will not be raised from a wealth tax, as mentioned by the Deputy previously but which I believe has now been jettisoned by Sinn Féin. In any event, the Government is very clear that Irish Water will pass the market corporation test and will allow for all these things to be dealt with in the time ahead. I will give the Deputy an example. There are small group water...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: By reaching targets that are achievable for Ireland and not be set a task that is completely outside the country's capacity to reach. I am serious when I say that our capacity to produce food is extraordinary and we can do so much more. However, in order to do so, we must increase the national herd numbers and there is a limitation in respect of emissions. The Ceann Comhairle is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: In this regard I refer to the country's location in terms of the ocean's tides and currents. I noted that Deputy Martin visited the institute last weekend because I saw him in the distance or at least I thought I saw him but I am not sure-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Marine Institute reports that the mortality rate for salmon is too high, that if the temperature of the Atlantic rises by half a degree then the entire salmon stock which has been here for millions of years will move one thousand miles north. There is already evidence of species of warm water fish being caught in Irish waters to an unprecedented extent. These are issues that need to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: Protest is a normal part of any democracy. The programme laid out here is one that will bring our country back from the dark ages in terms of water infrastructure and waste water infrastructure. It is about the capacity of Irish Water to borrow and invest not just to keep a situation band-aided, where fundamental problems are never addressed, but to clean it up, fix it and invest for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: What is the question?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: There is a question down tomorrow for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government who is dealing with the detail of this. The Minister can and will reply at length on particular details. The Central Statistics Office has an involvement in this matter. As I understand it, the CSO has engaged with EUROSTAT as it has a responsibility to do and the Department of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I have answered the question on the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I referred to what is in the programme for Government and the programme that Irish Water has prepared for both water and sewerage. It is true that the Government listened carefully to the many people who marched last year because of concerns and uncertainty about Irish Water. The Government listened carefully and has provided that certainty and assurance. We reduced charges to €1.15...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: All that people have to do is register with Irish Water and they qualify for the €100 contribution in respect of that. The Deputy said there was a massive rejection. When I was in Swords the other day, I counted 17 people protesting. They are entitled to protest but they should bear in mind the company I was visiting had been in Ireland for 50 years. It intends to invest €900...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I will refer to the programme for Government in respect of Irish Water. People tend to forget the very good story that is to be told in the context of why it was necessary to establish Irish Water. Every public representative and community knows full well just how inferior the system has been for so many years. I refer to leaking lead pipes and the wasting of water. If Deputy Adams...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The emergency works project relating to the Drogheda-Staleen water treatment plant is at construction phase at present. In addition, phase 1 of the water main rehabilitation works in County Louth is expected to be completed later this month. These are projects that were left lying idle for a very long period. The programme set out by Irish Water in respect of both water and sewage projects...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: Many adults and teenagers had the courage to speak out where these appalling crimes happened. They have named the perpetrators. Clearly, there are legal complexities involved in the case mentioned by the Deputy. As I said, I will get the Minister for Justice and Equality to advise her of the situation. I thank her for raising the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to, inclusive, 3 together. The last meeting of the Cabinet sub-committee on economic infrastructure and climate change took place on 23 February. As the Deputy is aware, my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, has responsibility for the programme for Government commitment with regard to water reform. He is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I answered the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I made a statement on the programme for Government, about which the Deputy asked in the context of Irish Water.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy in his question asked me to set out "the position on the commitment in the programme for Government in regard to the Irish Water networks" and to "make a statement on the matter". I forget the phrase he used when he complained about the answer I had given. According to the programme for Government:The new Government will create Irish Water, a new State company that will take over...