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- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: No, I do not accept the Deputy's assertion. The Government is acutely aware of the challenges and difficulties in the health service. That is why an extra €650 million was put into the system for 2015. It is also the reason the Minister established a specific unit to deal with the emergency department trolley numbers. There were 400 at 8 o'clock this morning, and obviously that...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: This is one factor that feeds into the problem. I listened to an eminent medic say this morning that the attitude of the Government is that it will be all right on the day as we have had this problem for years. The fact is, however, that the Government takes this very seriously. It is not in anybody's best interests to have people on trolleys, particularly elderly people. I have had...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: I do not want to comment on the details of a particular case. In some cases, a card was refused on the basis of income. The Keane report commissioned by the Minister considered whether cards could be granted on the basis of an illness and it indicated that this was not morally, ethically or in any case justified. The application process goes back to the element of discretion. An...
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: I cannot tell the Deputy precisely when the Bill will come but I can tell him that the Government continues not just to make this a priority in terms of housing, but to put money on the table to make it become a reality. Deputy Ó Fearghaíl is well aware of the pressure in his area in terms of the demand for housing and it cannot be addressed until people start to build houses, and...
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams raised the matter of the immigration Bill last week and the Minister, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, replied to him yesterday in a detailed letter about that. Amendments are being prepared on the section that she is fast-tracking, and that will come before the House in the not too distant future. The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 is awaiting Committee Stage. The...
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Keating raises an important matter. The Bill is awaiting Report Stage. There are a number of issues that were raised at Committee Stage and the amendments are being considered. I can give Deputy Keating an update on when it is expected that this might be concluded.
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: I will have to come back to Deputy Durkan with a more accurate date for this. I cannot give him a specific date now.
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: One should not put words in my mouth.
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: I can confirm that the Government was not aware of the operations of the Garda in this matter. It is untruthful to state that it was or to make any allegation from that point of view. I heard it on the early morning news, just as everybody else in the country did. In respect of Deputy Clare Daly's Bill, let me confirm here that the Attorney General gave formal legal advice to the...
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: There are no briefing documents to be given to any Deputy other than to confirm that the Attorney General's formal legal advice is that this Bill is unconstitutional.
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: I would point out to Deputy Boyd Barrett-----
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----that the parameters within which the Legislature has to operate are the same as was the case for the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013.
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: The current constitutional position, as confirmed by the Supreme Court, is that termination is only permissible when the continuation of the pregnancy constitutes a real risk to the life of the mother.
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: Those are the parameters within which the Constitution is framed, and the Constitution is framed by vote of the people.
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for that. The Minister, Deputy Kelly, has spoken about the intention to introduce an electoral commission, which I think would probably be before the end of the year.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: With regard to Deputy Boyd Barrett's point about my meetings in New York, we have spoken to many of the chief executives and have given them a very clear understanding that our corporate tax rate will continue at 12.5%-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----and of our opposition to tax harmonisation, and our defence of the position in so far as the company being investigated by the European Commission in Ireland is now concerned. It is now investigating the tax practices in all 28 countries. We are very clear that, over the years, there was no untoward activity in so far as state aid for any company was concerned. The knowledge box that...
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 18, motion re Standing Order 107I, and No. 43, Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that in the event that a division is in progress at the time fixed for taking Private Members’ business, the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m....
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy raised two questions, the first of which was on the Attorney General's advice. Obviously, the Attorney General was asked formally at Cabinet about Deputy Daly's Bill. The Attorney General confirmed that, in her opinion as legal adviser to the Government, the Bill is unconstitutional as framed. Obviously, I do not speak for any Minister briefing the members of the Labour Party in...
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Enda Kenny: I was not there but obviously the briefing confirms the Attorney General's advice to the Government.