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Order of Business (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I never met the late Gerry Conlon, but I sympathise with his extended family on his death. I did, however, meet Paul Hill who said on Sunday that those who spoke about Gerry Conlon should look in the mirror and ask themselves some questions. We know that Deputy Gerry Adams was never a member of the IRA, but he has had extensive contacts with people in the IRA for many years. Some of these...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The national strategy included the following issues: a population base needs assessment, with a review of current and future demand and activity-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: You are. The Deputy said the report that is being prepared recommends the closure of maternity services in the west and north west. I am giving him the terms of reference set out for the report, which do not refer in any way to the closure of any of the maternity services.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: These terms of reference are published. They are available for the Deputy or anybody else to read and nowhere in the terms of reference will one come across a recommendation for the closure of services. The Deputy asked how much public money was spent on this report. I do not know the answer to that question, but I will have the figure on that sent to the Deputy. He referred to maternity...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams is the Leader. He mentioned maternity services and wants to know how much public money has been spent on the report. I will send that information to him and will send him any other information he wants on this matter. In his own time, there are some questions the Deputy could answer that he seems reluctant to answer.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: It seems extraordinary that workers should be asked to take a cut of between €250 and €270 per week without any discussion or without any notice being given to them. I find it equally extraordinary that what appear to be untrained workers driving substantial trucks have been involved in the kind of incidents the Deputy has described. Clearly, the Labour Relations Commission...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: From what the Deputy says, the situation is even more serious than that. She has recounted that one truck smashed into three cars and another truck got involved in some other kind of incident. If that is the case, are these drivers properly licensed to drive trucks of this size, or should I understand that these are people who are incompetent and unqualified to drive trucks of this scale? ...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is twisting my words.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy's assertion that there should be 1,000 operations a year to treat obesity is the politics of failure.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am not an expert in the requirement for surgery, unlike Professor O'Shea who is making a point that there is insufficient money available to perform the number of operations he thinks should be carried out. I am not going to quibble with the consultant's professional experience as he is an expert in the field. Deputy Micheál Martin knows that, as a nation, we have a challenge facing...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am not in a position to determine the question of the number of such operations that need to be carried out. The figures produced in the budget were always known to be challenging.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: We said this at the very beginning and I have already pointed out that there will be a necessity to have a supplementary budget in 2014. On more than one occasion I have pointed out that the major issues which for years were never tackled are now being tackled and that serious progress has been made.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: Of course, it is not to everyone's satisfaction and the Department of Health is being tackled as part of the major initiative to get the health service right. Deputy Micheál Martin failed in his responsibility to deal with many of these issues. As we move toward universal health insurance in the next few years, the cost, effects and benefits will be seen by everyone. This is a broad...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: As I mentioned to the Deputy yesterday, the second question on the Order Paper is a Priority Question tabled by a competent man, the Sinn Féin spokesman on health, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, and concerns that issue. The question reads "To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out in full the circumstances in which he appointed a founder and 50% shareholder in a...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yesterday the question of maternity services was raised and it arose from a number of high profile tragic cases. It is right and proper that there be an analysis of the standards, integrity and credibility of the service. When the question was raised by Deputy Micheál Martin, the terms of reference for the analysis were published. It was remiss of me not to provide them.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept the Deputy's assertions at all. In areas as significant as the Department of Health and the HSE, there will always be opportunities for differences of opinion to arise. I have no idea how letters between the Secretary General of the Department of Health and the CEO of the HSE found their way into to public domain. As Deputy Martin is well aware, things like this usually...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yes - "Y, E, S".

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Retirements (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I understand that the Deputy is referring to a former civilian employee of this Department. The person in question is entitled to pension benefits in due course under the Non-Contributory Pension Scheme for Non-Established State Employees. Under the terms of this Pension Scheme, the person in question will be due a preserved pension and gratuity payment on their 65th birthday, provided that...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Reserve Defence Force site in Newcastlewest was leased by the Department from Limerick County Council. As the property was surplus to the Department’s requirements it was handed back to the County Council in November 2013. Accordingly it will be a matter for the Council, as owners of the property, to decide on its future use.

Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: Is the Deputy talking about the strategic banking corporation Bill? It will be introduced this session.