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- Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 20a, motion re membership of committee; No. 20b, motion re leave to introduce Supplementary Estimates [Votes 20, 21 and 22]; No. 20c, motion re referral of Supplementary Estimates [Votes 20, 21 and 22] to Select Committee; No. 36, Finance Bill 2014 - Report Stage (resumed) and Final Stage; No. 9, Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014 - Second Stage (resumed); and...
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Bill is moving through the House very quickly. I do not have any objection to more time being granted to it.
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputies could work with the Whips who are anxious to give everyone an opportunity. We have no intention of requiring guillotines. There are some time constraints which I could read out but perhaps the Whips could discuss this.
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Bill will have to be completed tonight but we can give it more time.
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is due early next year to replace the mobility allowance. The Minister for Justice and Equality has confirmed to me that very good progress is being made on the two Bills the Deputy mentioned, in respect of the referendum to be held in 2015 and on the independent policing authority. I cannot confirm that they will be published before Christmas but they will be published early in the...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: With regard to the file of complaints, some of them came to me. Some of them have dragged on for up to 20 years in various forms. Some have been before various assessment or court procedures. In many cases people look for particular elements of justice, as they see it, arising from these complaints. They are being examined by a panel of legal experts. The legislation in respect of GSOC...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: It seems to me as if the Deputy has very different view of how the system should work, as he says, from the bottom up. I expect Commissioner O'Sullivan will follow through on the Garda Inspectorate's report in terms of the agenda of reform that must be set out. The Government has responded to the requirements of gardaí in terms of new vehicles and facilities for them to do their job....
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----in dealing with the many difficulties with which the Garda force has to contend and in being able to implement and follow through on the Garda Inspectorate's report in terms of reform-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----of the Garda Síochána. Having the Commissioner report to the police authority is a radical shift. The role and responsibility of the Garda Commissioner is changed-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----somewhat in reporting to the police authority and the Minister for Justice and Equality-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----in terms of the security of the State.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: This is the most radical shift in the Garda Síochána since the foundation of the State. The Deputy might have a very different view about how it should operate.
- Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: It was with great sadness I learned earlier this year of the death of former Deputy and Minister of State, the late Ted Nealon. Today, on behalf of the Government and the Fine Gael Party, I convey my deepest sympathies to his wife, Jo, who is not with us in the House today, his son Fergal, his daughter Louise and extended family. Louise is watching this broadcast in Sydney, Australia. Ted...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: Last night's "Spotlight" programme indicated that the Deputy's party is off the Richter scale in terms of the way it deals with its expenses.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams makes charges in the House. He asked the same question yesterday. Mr. McNicholas spoke on national radio yesterday morning and clarified the position in so far as his being a shareholder in NTR was concerned and he dealt with all of that.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy's second point was about the difference between the estimate and the formal tender. He knows a lot about building. A person can be asked to submit an estimate of a probable cost-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----but a formal tender is obviously more accurate because it is a more detailed assessment. That is the position with regard to the water meters. The Deputy should talk to the children who wrote to me.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: We are told by Deputy Adams that we have to believe everything here. Of course, he did say, "Go and pay your water charges". He supports water charges and then he does not support water charges.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams has changed his tune on a number of occasions. The people to his left on the political spectrum seem to be getting at him because he has abandoned ship with regard to his wealth tax-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----and he is now back to putting an 8% increase in income tax on every taxpayer in the country.