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Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: As I have set out, when Government attempted to legislate for this issue, the formal legal advice was that it is not constitutionally possible. I have no reason to doubt that advice. We have allowed for Private Members' Bills to come through and be amended in some form or other, but I cannot give any guarantee as to the viability of Senator Quinn's Bill.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for either of those Bills, but I will advise the Deputy as to the progress being made.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: On the first point, those regulations will be published shortly. The answer to the Deputy's second question is in or around the middle of the month. On the third issue, nobody likes to see parents having to go to court to seek particular rights. There is a process of determination and adjudication, from an educational point of view and so on, as to what resource hours should be allocated...

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: That Bill is awaiting Committee Stage in the Seanad.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure whether the group to which the Deputy refers has a Whip.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: When I accommodated the Deputy last week, she took the opportunity to go on a personal rant.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am more than amenable to giving Deputy Creighton time.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has no reason to be claiming discrimination.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: On the Deputy's last point, we expect the road traffic Bill to be published by the end of the year. It was listed for publication in 2015, but I am informed by the Minister that it will be possible to publish it before the end of this year.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: These deaths are all unfortunate and tragic. Everybody sympathises, obviously. One does not need legislation to drive carefully. I do not blame anybody for getting involved in an unfortunate and tragic accident with those consequences. It is a matter that everybody is concerned about. Mr. Byrne has been very outspoken about matters that need to be dealt with, in his opinion. The...

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: Sinn Féin brought forward a proposition for a wealth tax too, but it has abolished it because it can see the consequences of such a tax.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Supreme Court has made a decision in this case. Its judgment needs to be examined carefully. The case before the court rested solely on the interpretation of a single clause in the 1987 lease between Ickendell, which is the landlord, and Bewley's, which is the tenant.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: Last year, the High Court interpreted that clause to mean the rent payable to Bewley's must be allowed to fall to reflect market values. The Supreme Court ruled that the lease in question provided for an upward-only rent review. It also said that the case arose from the specific terms of the lease and not from an issue of general application. The judgment needs to be studied. A commitment...

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: However, we found that this was constitutionally impossible.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am not committing to anything because that is the formal legal advice we have had.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: However, I undertake-----

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: Despite the noise from people on the other side-----

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----who were responsible for assuming one could run a country on property inflation-----

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: They drove this country over the edge.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: I will study this judgment very carefully to see what general application it might have.