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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Appointments (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: "Not obliged to consider" I think are the words the Deputy used. Does that state "look" or "consider"?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Appointments (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Obviously, one would get all the applications and does one then consider them or look at them?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Appointments (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Words are important. The principle I would apply here is that people should be appointed to these boards who have a contribution to make, who have an understanding of what public service means and who are prepared to give of their time, experience and expertise in the interests of the board or body upon which they serve.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Given the importance of this, I have been very careful not to deviate from the fundamental issues, namely, to restore integrity and credibility in An Garda Síochána in its competence, professionalism and in how it interacts with the people, and the independence and oversight responsibilities of GSOC. However, it is a new way of dealing with an old structure. There have been four...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy has raised a matter of very considerable concern to people. Clearly he and everybody else is aware that during the so-called boom years we built nearly 100,000 housing units when we had a requirement for perhaps 25,000 or 30,000. We are now building 6,500 to 8,000 when we need 25,000 to 30,000. Of course these cannot be provided overnight. I am well aware of the pressure,...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: What will happen now is that the SC will start work immediately.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Hopefully - there is a lot of paper here - he can report to me before Easter and we can decide then on the best thing to do here. As I have said, GSOC and the DPP are utterly independent of this House. Investigations into this matter of public interest have taken place. As the Deputy is aware, some of these allegations have been investigated by the Garda Commissioner, by GSOC in part or in...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I share the Deputy's view in respect of the late Pat Finucane. I will make the case again when I go to London in the near future. I decided to make a proposition to the Government this morning. The Government agreed with that proposition, which was that a senior counsel with criminal law experience should be appointed to assess the investigative methods and processes that were followed by...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: As I said to Deputy Martin, the point is that 12 distinct allegations were made in respect of a superintendent. The Secretary General sought a report, which was received four days later. A reply was received by the end of January of last year. In that reply, which was quite extensive, the Garda Commissioner outlined how 11 of the 12 allegations had already been made through the...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I have read comments about elements of it in the media. If the Minister for Justice and Equality was presenting it, Deputy Adams might have a different view. I am telling the Deputy that as Taoiseach, I have asked for the report to come back to me before Easter. The day I get it, it will be laid before the Oireachtas and it will be debated here in full session of the House.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Yes.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: Everybody can understand how sensitive and important this is for people who are victims of crime, particularly the family of a good woman who was murdered. No more than the victims of any other crime committed throughout the country, people have a right to have trust and confidence in our justice system. Public confidence in An Garda Síochána and in its oversight is rightly an...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I do not think there is any difference of opinion between the Deputy and me or anybody else in the House about what we want to do here. We need to have the truth of these matters. We need to have confidence, credibility and integrity both in the Garda Síochána in the conduct of its affairs on behalf of the people of the nation and also in respect of GSOC. The Deputy gave me this...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: My Department has no designated Information Officer. The responsibility of overseeing data protection in my Department is the responsibility of Corporate Affairs Division. All records and data, electronic and paper based, held in my Department are maintained in compliance with the provisions of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (25 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: There are no semi State companies under the remit of my Department.
- Protection of Residential Mortgage Account Holders Bill 2014: First Stage (19 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy McGrath for his comments. The Bill is not opposed.
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The consumer (protection) Bill is due shortly. The road transport Bill is due next year.
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The heads of the Bill were cleared in 2012 but I do not have a date for its publication.
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I expect the Bill like all others is being drafted in-house in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and there will be an opportunity for open discussion at the appropriate committee. I will advise the Deputy on the exact state of preparation of this important Bill.
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I do not have an exact date for publication of the health information Bill. I will advise the Deputy on its state of preparation.