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Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----and who cost the taxpayer €20 million to €25 million in Garda overtime costs, one of whom died in the middle of all this. I do not accept the Deputy's argument that all of this trouble is caused by people from the locality. I have been in many of their houses, and I went there recently to look at the standards employed and to speak to Irish engineers and environmental...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputies Daly and Halligan do not want to see the product of the Corrib field coming ashore.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I think it is a case of the extent of the impact on families being recognised by the Government. It is not all perfect by any means.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: We recognise, following the centralising of the medical card system, that the inequality in the level of discretionary cards awarded was higher is some parts of the country than in others. In other words, some counties had a very high level of discretionary cards awarded while others did not. In the centralising of that system, clearly significant numbers of families where there were...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I regret that very much. The decision made by the Government today is to restore discretionary medical cards that were withdrawn on review from July 2011 to May 2014. It will cost €13 million but will not be taken, as the Deputy put it, through a reduction in further front-line services. The Government decided today that this will be dealt with later. It is also true that between...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The clinical panel set up by the Minister will continue its work on the assessment of the medical circumstances that will allow for people to avail of medical facilities based on medical grounds. That is an area in which we all can have an input in the time ahead.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I answered the Deputy’s question last week in respect of the resignation of Mr. Daly from the west and north west hospitals group. I stated then that after this was brought to the Minister’s attention, he was dealing with it in a very serious fashion.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: An issue arose with a conflict of interest about the awarding of a measure of work to a company associated with the former chairman. When this was brought to the attention of the Minister, it was dealt with seriously and the chairman resigned. I understand Mr. John Killeen has assumed the role of interim chairperson of the board. I answered that question for Deputy Adams last week. As...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The cost of that will be €13 million, which the Government approved this morning.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----resulted in many families being severely inconvenienced. I am very sorry that many of the cases that were brought to light on foot of the examination of discretion caused a great deal of stress for people. I will get the exact figure for Deputy Martin but approximately 13,000 cards will be restored to people who had cards that were awarded on a discretionary basis taken from them...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The estimate is that the cost of the restoration of discretionary medical cards is approximately €13 million. The Government approved the funding today.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The information indicates that the average cost of €1,130 per annum per discretionary card is what is involved. A total of 5,288 discretionary medical cards were refused renewal. Their reinstatement cost is €1,130 per case. A total of 7,118 discretionary medical cards were refused renewal and were replaced with a GP visit card. The reinstatement cost in each case is...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: While it is recognised that the director general of the HSE may act on his or her own initiative to take account of an ad misericordiamappeal on a case-by-case basis to reinstate a discretionary card where, due to exceptional individual medical circumstances, a person did not respond or reply either to the review or appeals system that was going on, the estimate is that the number of cards to...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: They were discretionary cards that were withdrawn on review since 1 July 2011. As Deputy Martin is aware, the vast majority of cards were re-awarded to people-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The number approved by Government is of the order of 13,300 cards at a cost of €13 million. People should get back their discretionary cards in the next four weeks.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I do not know the ten cases which Deputy Martin mentioned but the review of discretionary medical cards has been suspended and the value of such cards should continue.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: This matter is not as simple as it looks. The Minister for Health brought a memorandum before the Government today to approve the reinstatement by the HSE of cards withdrawn on foot of a person's circumstances where the HSE had considered that the exercise of discretion should be taken into account where medical circumstances applied. The period covered is 1 July 2011 to 31 May 2014,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: During my visit to San Francisco I discussed the issue of undocumented Irish immigrants and the prospect of immigration reform in the US at a number of events including a community event in San Francisco. I also discussed the issue at my only political meeting of the visit, with Governor Jerry Brown, who is a strong champion of immigration reform and has introduced a number of progressive...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I met the Governor of California, Jerry Brown when I was in California. The key focus of our meeting was on strengthening the strong economic, trade, investment and tourism links between Ireland and California. I also had the opportunity to speak briefly with the Mayor of San Francisco, Ed Lee, who was present at a community event I attended in San Francisco.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I visited the following companies when I was in California: Apple, Hewlett Packard, eBay, LinkedIn, Facebook, Tesla Motors, Google, CISCO, Yelp, Workday, New Relic, PCH International and AirBnB. I also met representatives from Boeing, Cubic Telecom and Voxpro as well as participants in the Enterprise Ireland Access Silicon Valley programme. I attended an IDA dinner at which a number of...