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Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: The matter will be addressed under the health transport Bill which is due for publication later this year.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: There are 41 Bills on the A list for this session. We introduced a change in January that heads of a Bill go to committees for discussion to help the process of having a more comprehensive analysis of legislation.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: Generally, when things are shunted through they move slowly. It is the wrong phrase.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: Does Deputy O’Dea have examples of Bills that did not proceed along that basis?

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: We have not had the whingeing and screeching about guillotines since we came back.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: We have not had any guillotines since we came back.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: Sometimes the Opposition does not turn up when it is expected to do so.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: We will have a discussion on the progress report on the programme for Government in the week after next. The examples can be given then.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: We will have a progress report on it.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is shunting along.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Griffin.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: It was a good match. It is a great pitch in Portlaoise.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am glad to see that Deputy Creighton has renewed her membership of the Fine Gael Party. The Minister will appear before the committee-----

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: I understand she has.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Minister will appear before the committee today. The terms of reference will be published by then and he is happy to engage with the committee. I have already outlined to the House the general structure of the terms of reference. The Minister is concerned that there be a full and comprehensive engagement. He will appear before the committee for a long period today.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: I understand they have been put back. If they were not going to be used for particular patients, the beds should not have been taken out in the first place. I also understand that a number of people are meeting with the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, about this matter tomorrow.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Government triggered the opportunity to hold a banking inquiry. The Standing Orders had to be changed to allow that to happen. It is now a matter for the Committee on Procedure and Privileges to accept proposals from committees to conduct such an inquiry. That work is very well advanced and it is a matter for the Committee on Procedure and Privileges to make its decision on what it...

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Bill will be produced very shortly.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: The heads of the bail Bill are quite advanced in the Department. They will be brought to the Government and circulated to the committee, but I cannot give the Deputy a date for that. The National Treasury Management Agency (amendment) (No. 1) Bill is due for publication very shortly while the National Treasury Management Agency (amendment) (No. 2) Bill will be published later in this session.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: They are due to be produced around now. There have been some discussions in the Oireachtas committee this week, along with a number of presentations about wind energy. I will advise Deputy Troy on the current position regarding the publication of the guidelines. I had a briefing yesterday from the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Fitzgerald, about the problems associated...