Results 9,381-9,400 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: I remind Deputy Adams that the Government listened very carefully to the people who expressed their concerns legitimately, peacefully and democratically on the streets.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Government answered the queries on clarity, affordability, fairness and certainty.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is why there will be no increase in water contributions until 2019, and beyond that the Minister of the day will by law hold the authority to continue to cap water charges in order that they are affordable. The charges are now affordable. For a single person, the charge is €1.15 per week. For two adults or more, the charge is €3 per week. I had letters from a primary...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----where young children said big people do not know how to save water. They said these water meters are very good and it will mean there will be less money spent on wasting water.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: They have a far better view of it than Sinn Féin appears to have.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: The issues of mandatory PPS numbers, a bonus culture, public ownership and what happens after 2019 have all been answered very clearly and very fairly. The Government did listen. The Government also listened to the kind of abusive language I heard in Limerick and in Clare.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: If Deputy Adams is associated with that then he should ask those people working with his party, who are broadly-based, to withdraw those remarks against women in particular. The language was abusive and filthy. I have rarely heard the likes of it before.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: If they are associates of Sinn Féin, then Deputy Adams can keep them.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: I regret that the teachers intend to hold a strike. The only ones who suffer from a strike in circumstances like this are the pupils and this is about them. As Deputy Martin will be well aware, this involves provision of the most comprehensive and best-rounded education that young people can have before they enter a competitive and evolving work environment in a few short years and that is...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: They will be able to develop their own short courses. Priority junior certificate changes in areas such as creativity, teamwork and problem solving cannot be assessed by written examination. The plan is for a reduction, from 100% to 40%, in the marks to be awarded for portfolio work, oral skills, project work and ways of assessing that are much broader than written examinations. Deputy...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: That work will be marked by the class teacher, who is in a much better position to provide detailed feedback to a student as he or she does in woodwork or metalwork in schools all over the country today-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----to help them learn from the assessment of work. The NCCA will set out the task that should be completed and give guidance to teachers on marking of that. This is feasible to achieve. From visiting schools all over the country, I am aware that teachers work closely on project work and assessment of that with students every day. There is nothing different here, with 60% marked by the...
- Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (25 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 25th September, 2014, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence:Minister for Finance...
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: The planning (No. 1) Bill is being drafted. I cannot confirm if it will make it onto the Order Paper before Christmas. I will have to come back to the Deputy regarding the publication of the guidelines on wind energy. I know that this is a matter of concern to the Deputy as it is to many other people around the country.
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: The matter raised by the Deputy is a serious one. The criminal justice (offences relating to information systems) Bill is listed for publication by the middle of next year. It might be appropriate to have a short discussion in respect of the Internet governance content issue. This is affecting a great number of young people at the moment.
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: Yes. The second Bill is listed for publication before the end of this session, as is the first Bill in respect of the sale of loan books to unregulated third entities. That is currently being drafted and is due for publication before the end of the year.
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is listed for the middle of next year.
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: That Bill is on Report Stage (resumed), as the Deputy will be aware. It was listed to be taken before Christmas. I cannot confirm it will be concluded by then but it is listed. Hopefully, it can be completed but if not, it will be completed very early in the next session.
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is due next year.
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for his comments. The independent Fiscal Advisory Council was established as a result of a recommendation from the troika to give independent fiscal advice to the Government. The Government is about considering and making decisions on budgetary matters. The Government must also take into account the social implications of recommendations from the independent Fiscal...