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Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: They will be followed through over the course of the next five years, with more to follow.

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: All of this might not be enough for the Deputy, but it is very important-----

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----in the context of having a police force that enjoys-----

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----the trust and confidence of the people of this country.

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Daly for raising this matter, which is of intense personal sensitivity for the young person involved. I do not know the answer to the Deputy's question about why the HSE, having said it would voluntarily disclose the information that was sought, seems to have had a sudden change of direction. We will follow that up for the Deputy. The Minister for Health has met...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is important.

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Following the process here, I am statutorily bound to give that report to the Attorney General, which I have done. The Attorney General is now examining the report with her personnel. I expect to publish the report as soon as she informs me that I can do so. The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality has not seen the report. I want this House to know that whatever its...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: As I said earlier to Deputy McDonald, two advertisements have been placed this week by the independent Policing Authority for senior positions within an An Garda Síochána. That these appointments will be made by the independent Policing Authority is the most radical change made in the structure of An Garda Síochána since the foundation of the State. This will take some...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Everybody understands exactly what the Garda Síochána and gardaí on the ground are doing and the work that is being done in exceptional circumstances in many places throughout the country. To get this right, from the top to the latest recruit, we need to change the structure. We cannot do that without involving the Members of the Oireachtas who carry messages from those who...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I dealt with this last week. This is bigger than any political party, as the Deputy says. It is bigger than any individual, and it is about trust and confidence, it is about respect, it is about pride, it is about an organisation of 14,000 people - that rises to 15,000 people - being able to be seen to do their job professionally, competently and in the interests of the State in which we...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: It cannot be one way only. If unions and management agree there are inefficiencies within the service that need to be sorted out then it cannot be that the workers bear the brunt of this only. How could that be? If unions and workers agree there are issues to be sorted out and dealt with then the place to do that is at the WRC. PSO funding for transport services increased by 11% this...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: In fact, the Government is expanding the public bus service in rural Ireland through increasing the amount of PSO funding to Bus Éireann and increasing the funding through the rural transport programme. The Deputy is well aware of that. Taken together, funding for both programmes has increased by €28 million in 2017 compared to last year. Total funding for both PSO and rural...

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----and has encouraged the WRC to invite both sides back to the talks again.

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is the 12th day of an all-out strike at Bus Éireann and it has discommoded hundreds of thousands of people. I condemn the wildcat strike which took place unofficially last week and which brought this city and so many other places, as well hundreds of thousands of people, to a standstill. The Deputy mentioned that this would have been sorted out long ago if it was in Dublin,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I have chaired 15 Cabinet Committee meetings since the beginning of January. The Cabinet Committees on Housing and on Health have met three times each; the Committees on Economy, Trade and Jobs and on Brexit twice each; and the Committees on Social Policy and Public Service Reform, on Justice Reform, on European Affairs, on Infrastructure, Environment and Climate Action, and on Arts, Irish...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on the Economy, Trade and Jobs last met on 27 February 2017. The next Cabinet Committee on Economy, Trade and Jobs is scheduled to take place on 10 April 2017.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I attended an Audience with Pope Francis in the Vatican on the 24 March, along with other EU colleagues. The Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and European Parliament President Antonio Tajani spoke to Pope Francis on behalf of the EU. Pope Francis then addressed our group, recalling the core values of the EU and outlining his hopes for the future direction of Europe.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Information (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: No requests were received in my Department for material to be made available in braille format in the years 2014 to 2016.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Seanad Reform (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Several steps were taken by the previous Government in relation to Seanad reform as follows: - Government proposals on Seanad Reform were submitted in February 2014 to the Leader of the Seanad for presentation to the Seanad CPP - In February 2014, the General Scheme of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Bill was published for consultation - The Working Group on Seanad Reform was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: In respect of Deputy Micheál Martin's comments at the beginning, we are well prepared for this. The UK Prime Minister will move Article 50 tomorrow. That means sending a letter to the President of the European Council. The Council will present its draft response — it is only a draft response – by Friday. From our point of view, it is important that the draft would cover...