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Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am telling the Deputy candidly and truthfully that I do not know the answer to the question, but I will find out. I have said the matter of the appointment to which the Deputy referred is serious and it is being treated seriously by the Minister for Health who will make his view known very shortly.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: No, I have not spoken to the Minister of State, Deputy White, and I do not accept the assertion in his letter. I understand he is involved in a leadership contest in his party.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin made the charge in this House that I fired the former Garda Commissioner. That is the Deputy's charge.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: In time, Deputy Martin will have to stand over that. I have made this clear on the public record of Dáil Éireann, as is my responsibility. I have said it quite openly and candidly and I have told the truth, although Deputy Martin might not be familiar with the truth. I have said publicly, on the record, that the revelations made to me by the Attorney General arising from the...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin can pander to populism if he wishes to do that.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I have to deal with my responsibilities here, in the office I occupy.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am fully acquainted with the situation in so far as the removal of persons of the stature of a Garda Commissioner are concerned. Deputy Martin made a charge and he will have to stand over that charge.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has now revealed that he was informed on a particular morning that the concerns of the Cabinet had not dissipated. The Deputy will be aware that the Government has established a commission of inquiry, the sole member of which is a Supreme Court Justice who has authorisation, as requested by the committee on justice, which includes representatives of Fianna Fáil, to make...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is now saying he was aware that Cabinet concerns had not dissipated before the Cabinet had ever met.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is, perhaps, a matter for the sole member to question Deputy Martin about his source of information in that regard. I am quite sure he will be candid and truthful about it.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I have to respond to the sole member of the commission and I will do so. I will attend the inquiry. That is my responsibility and that is what I want to do. The committee wrote a letter saying that, in view of the findings-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----this should be a particular term of reference of the commission of investigation. That was put in by the Government. I will respond to that inquiry truthfully, openly and candidly, as I have done on the record of the House. Deputy Martin has made the charge that I fired the former Garda Commissioner. I am well aware of my responsibilities under the law. Deputy Martin is going to have...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (11 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: Malaria is a serious disease that kills approximately 1 million people per year in sub-Saharan Africa alone. It is a serious threat to any military force operating in the area. The anti-malaria regime in place in the Defence Forces – including the use of Lariam – has worked. In the decade of deployment to sub-Saharan Africa by the Defence Forces, not a single member of the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Ambulance Service Provision (11 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreed between the Department of Defence and the Department of Health in relation to the pilot Emergency Aeromedical Support (EAS) service which operates out of Custume Barracks, Athlone, the Department of Defence recoups from the HSE the costs in respect of the Air Corps’ participation. The costs arising from the second full...

Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Minister will bring his proposals on medical cards to the Government which I hope will be able to adopt them next Tuesday. I agree with the Deputy on the issue of symphysiotomy. We have had this discussion before. I know that the Deputy likes to have clarity about dates, but I cannot give him clarity today. This was a barbaric practice. Again, it feeds into the treatment of women...

Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: Next Tuesday the Minister will bring his memorandum to the Government.

Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yes, Government policy is to introduce universal health insurance.

Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: It will require a transition period until universal health insurance is introduced.

Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is expected this session, but I will advise the Deputy more accurately. I understand the Minister is practically ready with it, but I will let the Deputy know.

Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I will discuss the matter with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the Deputy. The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is one of several housing Bills being considered by the Minister of State with responsibility for housing. Consideration is being given to a tenant purchase scheme.