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Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not know whether Deputy Adams was at the meeting in Castlecomer last night.

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: Bus Éireann has agreed to postpone the changes to route 7 services until the summer. The NTA is now examining what might be the appropriate PSO service to put in place if funding were to be made available for that. It is working with Bus Éireann in that context. The NTA has also been contacted regarding changes on the Expressway route 5 service from Waterford. In view of those...

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: Separately from that, the NTA, in conjunction with Bus Éireann, is examining options-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----to reconfigure a number of subvented services that already apply that are necessary from a social point of view. Bus Éireann has no immediate plans to consider the withdrawal of the Athlone to Westport service but it did refer to it as an example of the commercial challenges which face any company from private enterprise in operating such a service in a very competitive bus market.

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: They were facts.

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams obviously did not listen to what I said.

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I will say it again for Deputy Adams. I will say it very slowly so that he will be able to get the complete picture.

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: Bus Éireann operates three types of services - one, two, three-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The first one is provincial city services. That means from city to city. Generally, they go along the motorways and the main routes.

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: That is a commercial operation and no public service obligation funding is provided for it. CIE-Bus Éireann must buy their own buses from their own resources and they are not subvented in any way. I hope that is clear. In some of these cases, where the existing buses go off the motorway and service rural areas and then go back onto the main routes, it is not commercially advantageous...

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: Yes, and that is why, under the rural development programme, which was negotiated by Ireland during our Presidency, there is a €4 billion fund between 2014 and 2020, part of which includes a very extensive rural transport service for the entire country where small bus operators bring elderly people to various towns, villages and other locations on a regular and daily basis. Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: It might have been helpful if Deputy Martin had given some indication of the nature of the case he wished to raise. This is a sensitive case. Obviously, the matter has to be investigated properly. The report the Deputy referred to was received in the Department of the Taoiseach. The Garda, the Departments of Health, Education and Skills and Justice and Equality and the parents have been...

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is aware that allegations have been made. These allegations are being reviewed. It is not open to me when a case is being actively pursued to interfere in any way. Tusla was set up by Government to deal with matters relating to children. It is independent. As I said to the Deputy, there is no place for this type of activity in any school or home in the country. That is one...

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: As I said, I am happy to come back to the Deputy when I have received a report from Tusla.

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The matters raised by the Deputy are serious. Nobody wants to have this type of activity not properly investigated, including by the authorities of the State to ensure that the laws of the land are implemented, if that be so. I am happy to come back to the Deputy. When I have received the report from Tusla I will advise Deputy Martin in that regard.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Economic Management Council Meetings (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I refer the Deputy to my previous response to Question No. 124 dated 18 November 2014 on this matter, a copy of which is set out below. The position remains unchanged.The Government has worked closely with the Irish banks to ensure that the banking sector supports economic recovery. As part of this process the Economic Management Council met with the banks on 9 November 2011, 21 February...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The use of Plain English by Government Departments and Offices is an important part of the Government’s Public Service Reform agenda. The Public Service Reform Plan 2014-2016, published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in January 2014, contains an action to “Continue to centrally promote the benefits of the use of plain language including through guidelines,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Security Checks (24 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: No such report has been received by my Department.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: A Chathaoirligh, thank you very much indeed. I am joined by personnel from the President's establishment, the Office of the Attorney General, the Central Statistics Office, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Office of the Chief State Solicitor together with staff from my Department. I welcome the opportunity to appear before the select sub-committee as it considers...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I was concerned when I saw the activities of a number of people who disrupted the President's visit to a school recently. I considered that to be disgraceful behaviour. I admire the President's courage and the method in which he dealt with that. Clearly, security is a matter for the Garda Síochána, which discusses the security of the President with the President and his staff....