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Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: There are others and that is a matter for discussion. If his party Whip wishes to raise it with the Government Whip at an appropriate time, that is not a problem.

Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Martin is aware, these are important issues. The legislative programme has been published from here to the end of this session. It includes 41 Bills and many of these are in the health area. Beyond the legislation, action is required. As the Minister has outlined on a number of occasions, the situation that we find is not satisfactory. Clearly, delayed discharges are having...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Government has said that we would receive the proposals from the Constitutional Convention. If the Government accepted them, it would say so and indicate the intention to hold a referendum, but not indicate timelines. The Government has made a decision in respect of two referendums. This is not one of them, but I will advise Deputy Martin on the question of legislation. As I...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: In so far as the GP issue is concerned, the legislation on those under six was actually enacted but discussions are still going on with the Irish Medical Organisation, as are discussions in respect of the over 70s. These discussions are continuing. The Bill for those under six has been enacted. The health information Bill will be later this year although I do not have a date for it. ...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Healy-Rae for his question. I will have to come back to him. This is an important issue for the many people to whom the Deputy has referred. We have had these purchase schemes over the years and, by and large, they have been successful. I will advise Deputy Healy-Rae of the current position in so far as preparation for the scheme is concerned.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy was not listening.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputies Higgins and Boyd Barrett for their questions. The legislation has been passed in respect of sub-contractors and I would invite the Deputies to give me the examples to which they refer and where they see abuse in the system because we will carry out an investigation into it. I would be very happy to hear from both Deputies. Social partnership as it existed before was not...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 19, motion re ministerial rota for Parliamentary Questions; No. 20, motion re membership of committee; and No. 7, Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014, Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that Nos. 19 and 20 shall be decided without debate. Private Members' business shall be No. 182, motion re...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for his comments. His addition has been out on a few occasions in the past. I am not here to bring forward a proliferation of promises that cannot be matched. On more than one occasion I have said the situation, in so far as the economy is concerned, is fragile and certainly not complete. The priority has to be to secure recovery. The more jobs we can create, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am not going down the road of electioneering at this stage. For several years we have had to deal with issues such as pyrite, Priory Hall, symphysiotomy and the Magdalen laundries. The Deputy knows that the hepatitis C compensation scheme will continue for 50 years in some cases. The priority has to be delivery of front-line services to those who need medical attention. The other day...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept Deputy Creighton's charge. The Deputy is well aware, because she was a member of the cohort of Ministers in 2011, that on this Government taking up office the country from an economic point of view had about three months' resources left to pay everybody, including teachers, gardaí, nurses, other public servants, pensioners, social protection payments and so on. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Creighton for her question. Appointments to the NESC are made, as I said, in accordance with the National Economic and Social Development Office Act 2006 and the National Economic and Social Council (Alteration of Composition) Order 2010. In accordance with those provisions, NESC has members nominated by business and employer interests which include the Irish Business...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I would not object to having a debate on poverty, particularly child poverty. Various elements are drawn in from the statistical world to produce these figures. Perhaps the end of the term, before the Government makes its spring economic statement, might be an appropriate time to have it. We do not live in different worlds. I have outlined all the available options the Government puts in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Gerry Adams for his question. I note his comment in respect of young farmers, including hill farmers. I had discussions with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, and he is a position to introduce the GLAS scheme, which is an environmental scheme to replace REPS which was ended. The scheme will allow 30,000 farmers to be included for...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: She seems to be happy that a couple of thousand kilometres of inferior water should continue to leak into the ground. She seems to be happy that people, including those she called council tenants but I call citizens of our country, live in houses supplied by lead pipes. She seems to think it is appropriate to continue with such a situation but I do not.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is about time everybody understood that we all have a contribution to make. The Government listened carefully to the vast majority of people who engaged in legitimate protests about water, and their feelings on it, over the last number of months. I deplore the small number of people who carried that way beyond the bounds of decency and normality in attacking Uachtarán na...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: This is not in keeping with democratic decency and if Deputy Coppinger has any authority or influence in that regard, she might deal with it. Irish Water is not going to be abolished. It exists for the purpose of fixing the current situation and investing for the future. I note the party in front of Deputy Coppinger has a very peculiar way of putting forward its economic perspective on...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: There has been a huge increase in the number of people all over the country registering with Irish Water in the last few days. More than 1.125 million people and households have responded to the campaign and almost 900,000 Irish Water customers have registered, or 59% of customers. We encourage as many people as possible to register over the next period. The position is that if somebody...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Minister has made it clear that nobody is going to be cut off in respect of water.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: That is an important element. It is not the same as gas or electricity. A different model has to be supplied here and the Government wants to be as flexible and amenable to the concerns of people as possible. The Deputy said that her party defends the right to protest, as does my party and every party. However, I did not hear her say that she condemns the disgraceful remarks made about...