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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: Actually, if Deputy Higgins has time, I will bring him up to Captain Boycott's house and talk to the good Daly family there to understand the history of how that word came into the English language and what it meant for the people who lived there.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Economic Management Council is an important element of Government, in that the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste, the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform meet regularly every week. One does not have the situation where two senior Ministers in the previous Government did not know that the IMF had landed on our shores. One does not have the situation in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: That is why the information being held by the Ministers allows the Cabinet to make its decisions. That is the important element of the Economic Management Council. It is not a sidelining of the Cabinet. It is not a sort of secret organisation that makes decisions that are foisted on the people. It is merely a streamlining of the business of Government in a way that allows the Cabinet to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: He would be trotting after me.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Ó Fearghaíl mentioned that his party had not refused any offer of a change. I made an offer to Deputy Martin on a number of occasions to regroup the questions, whether they be about Northern Ireland, Europe, the United States or other issues, but sometimes, as Deputy Ó Fearghaíl knows, they overlap. If one is dealing with a Northern Ireland question, it can be...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: I hope the Deputy does not think I live in some kind of exclusive domain away from the people who elect us to this House. I was at a public meeting with 350 people in the Red Cow facility the other evening. I have to say it was very engaging and positive. I was in Tuam yesterday with 250 people. A broad range of issues, including the economy, rising confidence, job opportunities and Irish...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: I doubt that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy's question relates to the numbers and dates of meetings. I have offered him an opportunity to table Priority Questions every week if he wants to raise a matter that is more urgent from his point of view. I will advise the leaders of the groups and the parties of the meetings that take place after they have taken place so they will have a more up-to-date record, and they can ask...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: People have a range of different agendas about which they want to protest. That is perfectly legitimate in our country. I do not like to see people attempting to block the public road when people are going about their work or intending to do their jobs. I think even the Deputy understands and recognises that. I walk to work myself in the morning and walk home at night, so it is not a case...

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----and we will put people at ease in respect of the fairness, affordability and accountability-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----and that their money is going for investment in a system and not into some other black hole that people have been talking about around the country. We will deal with this next week. I thank Deputy Murphy for her question.

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The contributions should be as low, fair and affordable as possible and Irish Water should be seen to be accountable. The market corporation test for the consumer is how fair it is, whether they can meet it and what they get for it. Issues have been raised about management and governance, PPS numbers, call-out fees, the fact the first leak will be fixed free of charge, investment for the...

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The regulator issued instructions some time ago that there be an 8% reduction in the cost base of Irish Water. The service level agreements are with the people who previously worked in county councils, many of whom did a wonderful job in some local authorities but not in every case. There were 34 entities. These are features of the overall decision that Government will announce next week....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: I chaired a meeting of the Cabinet committee on justice reform on 24 July. On 18 September I chaired a meeting of the Cabinet committee on climate change and the green economy. On 29 September I chaired meetings of the following Cabinet committees: economic recovery and jobs; Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears; social policy and public service reform; health; and...

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: As I said to the Deputy last week, he supports everybody who pays, who does not pay and who cannot pay. It is true that because of particular circumstances there is always a coterie of people who would find it very difficult to make any payment. We have had difficulties in the past with various other schemes and there has always been a facility to deal with that. The insurance companies...

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----and Revenue and social welfare. We will deal with all of these questions next week. In terms of governance, the management, the structure, the call-outs and all of the issues raised by people, the Government has listened very carefully to what they have had to say and we will deal with it comprehensively and fairly next week. Far from the €1,500 to €2,000, about which...

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: De Valera had free beef, Deputy Adams has something else.

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: There is no question of attempting to detract attention from the issue of Irish Water. It has been debated up and down the country ad nauseam for a number of weeks and there has been so much misinformation and inaccuracy out there that is has lent itself to the confusion and anxiety people have.

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: That is why all of the issues which have been raised will be dealt with by Government next week. The structure, as currently applies, in respect of PPS numbers is for versification of eligibility for a household allowance. In respect of children, the PPS number requirement is for two purposes only, namely, to validate that it is a legitimate PPS number and that it refers to a child. It is...

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: The point I would make to Deputy Finian McGrath is that Irish Water has not told the story that it is very beneficial for many areas. For instance, in the waste water treatment plant in Galway, the reconfiguration of the major contract saves €100,000 per month. Irish Water has identified the solution for Williamstown in east Galway where 1,000 people got boil water notices last week....