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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: I have a long note on that issue that I probably do not have the time to read. A small level of funding of €60,000 has been provided through the HSE this year, but a great number of people suffer from Parkinson's disease in Ireland. We have a health system that needs to support them. I can send the Deputy a longer note on the issue and in that way he will have the information.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: It is not true to say that nothing is happening regarding insurance. We have acted on a number of reports and there has been a significant levelling out of insurance premiums in certain sectors. That is not to say that there is not more work to do. Specific sectors are facing very significant insurance hikes right now. We had a debate on one of those, namely, child play areas and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: The Government is absolutely committed to the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, both in word and in spirit. I speak to my counterpart in the British Government on a regular basis - in fact, to a number of my counterparts in the British Government - to that effect. I can assure people in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland that the Good Friday Agreement is a major...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: I am not sure what the Deputy is talking about. On the previous question, I should have said to Deputy McDonald that we were hoping to have a meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference, BIIGC, in the coming weeks. To respond to Deputy Burton's question, the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, is aware of the recent demand for additional special class and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: The report was-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: I answered that question in some detail earlier.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: When those failings were flagged, the Minister responded by asking for more detail at the end of last summer. When he received the extra details, he came to Cabinet with a series of choices for the Government to make. When this report is read, it becomes clear that the choice we made in December, to move ahead with this project even though it was clearly going to cost a lot more, was the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: Would the Deputy listen to-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy is not interested in answers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: He wants to push himself into every story.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: I suggest the Deputy reads the report. He probably has not done so yet.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: This is a serious project and this Government is determined to deliver it. Mistakes were made in terms of the tendering process and the estimate process that gave a false picture of what this was going to cost. We have to ensure that this project concludes in a way that does not involve a significant increase in costs beyond where we are today. The work that the Minister for Health, Deputy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy has said many times that we should re-tender and that we would save a fortune that way. I do not see the evidence to back that up. We have a report that was only published yesterday. We will now focus on putting a plan together to deliver on the recommendations of that report. Many of the questions the Deputy has asked are perfectly valid, including how the design team got this...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: I have spoken to the Minister, Deputy Ross, on a number of occasions about this issue, and he has spoken to Dublin Port about it. Dublin Port has a job to do in terms of running its port efficiently, and it has been put under quite significant pressure in terms of capacity in recent months, linked of course to Brexit. In my view it has done a very good job on that. It also has an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: We cannot make policy decisions on the basis of threats. My understanding of what is at play here is that the Psychiatric Nurses Association, PNA, states that its industrial action is in connection with, in the first instance, a dispute over the automated deduction of union subscriptions from members' pay. The HSE is refusing to facilitate payroll deductions at source of union subscriptions...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: Yes, workers decide what trade unions they want to be part of. That is true. The recognition of trade unions for management in terms of negotiation is a different issue and it is not an issue on which the Government gives an instruction, as the Deputy knows.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: What I would encourage workers to do here is to try to bring this strike action to an end and to-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: The HSE is trying to make decisions here that ensure that it has the right kind of relationship that it needs to have with trade unions-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: -----to ensure that workers get fair representation and to make sure there is an appropriate consolidation there so that the relationship between management and trade union leadership works for everybody. That is the objective.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: I do not think anybody is defending the process that was followed here because it has clearly resulted in a whole series of failings that have been pointed out in this report.