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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is out there and it is also online. People can read it. We did not say we published it but no one read it. It is clearly in the interests of patients in respect of private health insurance costs.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2 to 6 together. The Cabinet committee on climate change and the green economy has met on two occasions in the past year on 25 November 2013 and 24 February 2014. In addition, the associated senior officials group meets as appropriate throughout the year to ensure a co-ordinated approach to the Government's priorities in this area, including work on...

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Healy is well aware that when we were spending €16 billion on the health system, the numbers on trolleys and the situation in hospital wards throughout the country were in very poor shape. Money is not the answer here.

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: An agreement has been set out under Haddington Road for rostering and for changes in regard to all of these things. I have not had a report from-----

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I have not had a report from the manager in South Tipperary General Hospital. There has to be a reason for the excess numbers who are on trolleys, as the Deputy pointed out.

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I do not know if it is a particular issue with the health of some people in the area or what the reasons are for having 29 patients on trolleys. I have offered to find out for the Deputy but he should not expect me to say that we can employ X number of extra people tonight or tomorrow or that we can open beds.

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is not dealing with reality there. There has to be a reason for this. The management of the beds in every hospital is a matter for the hospital chief executive and the hospital manager. I do not have a report from them in respect of what the Deputy raises here. I have undertaken to find out for the Deputy from the Minister of Health, through the HSE, what the exact situation is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Government Information Service does not have a policy on issuing reports or press releases on St. Stephen's Day.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The question I was asked by Deputy Martin was if the Government has a policy of the Government Information Service sending out reports or press releases on St. Stephen's Day, and if I would make a statement on the matter. I have answered that by saying there are no policy issues in that regard. This was the report entitled Review of Measures to Reduce Costs in the Private Health Insurance...

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: A bit like the Deputy; "I was not a member."

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: Let me give the Deputy four clear answers. First, no decision has been made by the Government on the level of water charges. No decision has been made by the Government on the level of subvention. No decision has been made by the Government on any standing charge. The Deputy can take it that a decision has been made by the Government that this is not the privatisation of water services.

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Healy raised this a number of weeks ago. No less than anyone else, I feel for patients who must go to hospital and those who find themselves in circumstances that are not at a premium level or who are not in the best facilities. I do not have the details Deputy Healy read out, although he raised this three weeks ago. I undertake to ask the Minister for Health for a report on the...

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: Some of the media reports might be based on a draft memo from Irish Water. The Government will shortly consider a memo from the Minister. As Deputy Martin is aware, there is a process to be gone through. It will be followed carefully. The Government's intention is that the water charge will be as fair and as affordable as possible. Clearly, it has to give careful consideration to the...

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I agree with the Deputy's sentiment that it is important for people to be given information on foot of Government decisions. In this case, the Government has to take a range of things into account before it arrives at a decision.

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is not a case of taking electoral considerations into account. People are going to do what they wish to do in any event. That is their absolute choice. That is their right under this country's democracy. It is important for the decision the Government makes in this regard to be fair, equitable and workable.

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: It must take account of the various strands and categories of people and the circumstances they find themselves in. There is no basis for suggesting that a standing charge of the order of what I saw printed will apply here.

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Government will make decisions on all of these things. They will all be published before the local elections, which will take place on 23 May. I believe that people need to know. If they do not know, it gives rise to wild speculation, as the Deputy will appreciate. According to reports I saw, the deputy leader of his party told people in the heart of Connemara that it would cost...

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: For that reason, I advise Deputy Martin not to jump to too many conclusions. The people will be informed of the Government's decision in good time. The Government will issue policy directions to the regulator, which will set the standing charge. That charge will depend on the level of subvention made available in respect of this matter by the Government. As I have said to Deputy Martin...

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: Our collective hope is that we can have it as fair and as equitable as possible. I ask Deputies to take account of what the future holds, through Irish Water being able to provide major water infrastructure all over the country.

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: We cannot do that at present because the taxpayer does not have the resources to provide that level of finance for that necessary infrastructure.