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Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: I saw the media reports that GCHQ in the UK was tapping into undersea communications cables. The media reports actually suggest that if such surveillance is being carried out, it is being carried out within the UK's own jurisdiction. Each country makes its own arrangements to have a capacity to intercept communications but I would expect that any such surveillance by any country would have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, together. The Economic Management Council has been established with the status of a Cabinet committee and it has four members: the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste, the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The Economic Management Council last met on 26 November 2014.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: I said it has the status of a Cabinet committee.

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: I will take it on board and the Deputy can rest assured that the Government will support the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, and the HSE in carrying out a proper evaluation of the entire process. The HIQA inspectorate and the HSE complaints are clearly inadequate in the case that has arisen in Áras Attracta. The first response was to the families...

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Wallace for his question. The Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 implements the EU Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between member states of the European Union of 2000. Part 3 of the 2008 Act deals with mutual assistance regarding requests to or from EU member states for assistance in the interception of telecommunications. The recent decision...

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I know.

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yes. I accept that it is not perfect and that there are serious issues, but they are being addressed by the Minister. I think the Deputy accepts that a €5.4 million increase in the ambulance budget next year is important. That is recognised by the Minister and it is now in place. Some 50 replacement ambulances will be provided. These are brand new ambulances. I had an opportunity...

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I understand. The former Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, brought in targets for the national ambulance service whereby, when a life-threatening condition occurs, a patient-carrying vehicle should be on the scene within 19 minutes for 80% of those calls. That does not actually deal with the problem, however.

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: I will tell the Deputy why. Target times are only one element of an ambulance service. At present, if an ambulance responds in under 19 minutes to a call in respect of a life-threatening situation and the patient unfortunately passes away, that is recorded as an ambulance meeting its target. On the other hand, if an ambulance responds in 20 minutes to a call in respect of a...

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: The emergency aeromedical service support was a 12-month pilot project between the NAS and the Air Corps providing dedicated aeromedical support for the NAS in the west, specifically where roads were poor and land ambulance transit times were more severe. A review of that project found that a clinical need exists for the service.

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: It recommended that it be established on a permanent basis. The 2015 HSE plan includes a specific target for turnover at hospitals for the first time, so that is an improvement. We also have an air ambulance for the midlands and the west, which is important. It is not perfect but the air ambulance for the midlands and west is now in situ, which is a big improvement in terms of access and...

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Ó Caoláin for his question. I know that from his personal family circumstances he can empathise in a situation like this so much more deeply than others who may not have those particular family circumstances. I was called about this last week by the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, and I took her call with a sense of dread and anger. I have since been...

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: The ambulance service over the years has always been one where controversy has raised its head on many occasions. I recall being on a health board many years ago and the clapped-out ambulance vehicles in many cases were a source of constant engagement at the meetings. Since 2011, there has been a major programme of change to reconfigure how pre-hospital emergency care services are managed...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: Of course we did not get everything right along the way - I would be the first to acknowledge that - nor have we achieved all of the things we hoped for when we took office. We must and will learn from our mistakes. We must also do better for the people in the future. I believe 2014 will be seen as a watershed year in Ireland's economic recovery, when our economic policy delivered the...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: What is reputation when men and women live and die on our streets?

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: Our work is not yet done.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Government of Fine Gael and the Labour Party has an ambitious agenda for the future of Ireland. I want this to be seen as a country of opportunity-----

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----in which people are free to achieve anything they set out to do and to reap the rewards of their efforts. I want it to be a country where no lack of jobs, housing or services will hold individuals back in terms of their ambitions. Our first priority is to complete the task of recovering all of the jobs lost during the recession in order that no one will be left unemployed or...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: On 9 March 2011, this Government and the people took a leap of faith: faith that we can better ourselves, faith that we can renew government, faith in a confident, shared future for ourselves, our children and our children's children, and faith in our ability to make Ireland the best small country in the world in which to do business, raise a family and grow old with a sense of dignity and...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: I move:That Dáil Éireann reaffirms is confidence in the Taoiseach and in the Government.Almost four years ago the people voted this Government into power, asking that we do four things, namely, rescue the economy, resuscitate the banks, restore Ireland's reputation and, above all, get our people back to work. At that time Ireland was three months from running out of money and the...