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Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: I will tell the Deputy what the issue was. Deputy Martin never listens.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: The first sentence of the statement is “In the best interests of An Garda Síochána and my family I have decided to retire”. The word is "retire".

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is talking about resignations. The Garda Commissioner-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Garda Commissioner-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Garda Commissioner made his own decision and issued a statement through the Garda Press Office.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: I remind Deputy Martin that last week we decided that there would be statements and questions and answers on the Garda inspectorate report on Thursday. I have responded to Deputy Martin in the House already.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: I said the Minister for Justice and Equality would deal with the issue that Deputy Martin raised.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin never listens. I already said to him-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----in respect of the other issue I raised - and Deputy Martin never listens-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----as the information comes to us about a new issue there could be statements in the House tomorrow on that issue, if the Deputy wanted that. I offered that to the Leaders of the Opposition.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: On Thursday the Deputy will have all day – and I hope he sits here – on the Garda Inspectorate Report on penalty points. The Minister for Justice and Equality will deal with the matter the Deputy raises. I have already said that, but of course Deputy Martin never accepts anybody’s word.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: In times gone by Ministers of the Deputy’s Government rejected all of this-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: The answer is "No." I already offered on Leaders' Questions the opportunity for statements in the House tomorrow on the emerging situation on which I briefed Deputies Adams and Martin. When I met the Deputy he said he had met a journalist who said there was another issue, but did not point out what it was.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: Actually, the Deputy did not. Whether the journalist knew is no business of mine. If he or she had information to that effect it did not come from Government, because we had only concluded the Cabinet meeting making decisions about this matter very shortly before that. I note the statement from the Garda Press Office was issued at 12.17 p.m.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: Whether Deputy Adams likes it or not, the senior counsel Mr. Guerin and Mr. Justice Cooke have been appointed to inquire into sensitive issues, the report of the Garda inspectorate is due for debate and question and answer on Thursday, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality is dealing with the terms of reference, and the status of the whistleblowers has been referred...

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----to follow through on the decision made today by the Government to work towards the setting up of an independent authority suitable for this Republic, with An Garda Síochána, where there is still political accountability to the Oireachtas. That serious body of work is going on and the Minister for Justice and Equality is conducting and overseeing it.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: All the Opposition wants in here - particularly Deputy Martin, who never listens to anything but only follows through with his false anger-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: I can remember time and again when Ministers of Deputy Martin’s ilk refused to answer any questions or to have any debate-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----or statements with questions and answers, but went around the country with a condescending arrogance that was breathtaking to behold.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: I share the Deputy's view. I went to the consular offices in New York to speak with Dr. Haass last week and I had a good conversation with him regarding his reflections on the talks and the efforts made by him and Professor O'Sullivan to make progress. Dr. Haass is coming to Tipperary for the peace prize later.