Results 9,201-9,220 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: That will be the middle of next year.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy opposed the children's referendum, if I recall correctly.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: He was quite vociferous on the matter.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Mattie McGrath is always good at attracting notice.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: That Bill is due for publication this session. Everything is a simple issue for the Deputy.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport already met the hauliers' association in respect of a range of issues.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: He met them personally and, obviously, lobbying continues.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: That Act is now the responsibility of the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Gerald Nash. There were lots of questions and issues in respect of it before it went through this House. I do not have a date for publication of the legislation on the 1926 census. A number of issues are under consideration in regard to it. I will revert to the Deputy...
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is a major Bill and restructuring of it has been ongoing for some time. I cannot provide an accurate date but it will be next year.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: That Bill was brought forward by Deputy Mattie McGrath. It was a simple issue. He did well. I will revert to Deputy Deering with a date for publication of that Bill. I thank him for raising the matter.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: It will be next year. I do not have a date for publication. I will send the Deputy a report on what the Bill is likely to contain.
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Do I understand it correctly that the Deputy is referring to a Private Members' Bill?
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Has it been drawn through the lottery for discussion?
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 20a, motion re Leave to Introduce Supplementary Estimates [Votes 12, 17, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36 and 40]; No. 20b, motion re Referral of Supplementary Estimates [Votes 12, 17, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36 and 40] to select committee or sub-committee; No. 37, Social Welfare Bill 2014 - Report and Final Stages (resumed); No. 38, statements opposing domestic violence;...
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is absolutely hypocritical of the deputy leader of Sinn Féin to come in here and demand time for Topical Issues when it is proposed to debate an issue that is so important to everybody, namely, the Water Services Bill, given that she came in here a couple of weeks ago, held up this place for five hours and did not allow Topical Issues to be taken at all. We are allowing the House to...
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: In respect of the Merger of Pensions Ombudsman and Financial Services Ombudsman Bill, a steering group of people central to this has commenced its work looking at this. It will be next year before it is published. I cannot put a timescale on it. The Gambling Control Bill is due in the middle of next year. It is quite a complex matter and the issue is, as the Deputy correctly pointed out,...
- Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is due next year. The Deputy is right in saying that it is very complicated. It is very complicated. In respect of the mother and baby homes and the Westbank orphanage, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has almost completed work on the terms of reference. As they will have to be approved by this House, everybody will have an opportunity for debate. I know he is conscious of...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: In fact, I know that the whistleblower had this confirmed to him last week by the Minister and I expect the fraud investigation unit to investigate.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: This is an issue of great personal concern to the women who had to go through this procedure. The Deputy is right on that point. I know Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin is one Member who has raised this issue on many occasions. The options were stark. Every individual would have the opportunity to go to court to be involved in an adversarial conflict, the outcome of which could...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy quoted from the letter, but the State is not looking the other way. Actually, in response to claims made in the House by many Deputies, the State has responded by asking a justice of the court to look at the nature and scale of what was involved and set out a scheme to allow for prompt payment, depending on the nature and scale of the procedure women had to go through, while...