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Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I understand that Bill is on Committee Stage in the Seanad and people will make these points for consideration by the Minister.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I will need to come back to the Deputy. She has raised an important issue. Clearly the incidence of this problem is increasing. It is a matter of great concern to parents and everybody. I will respond to the Deputy as to what is the problem and when we can expect to have publication.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: It will be this session. A great deal of work has been done on it.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The State airports (Shannon group) Bill is due this session. As an assistant Whip, I am sure Deputy Carey will have some influence on when it might come to the House for discussion. He should talk to his fellow Whip on it. The road programme the Deputy mentioned is due for commencement this year under the PPP system.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is still awaiting Report Stage because Deputies made a number of suggestions and a number of amendments are being considered in the Office of the Attorney General, as I understand it. I will give the Deputy an update as to when we can expect Report Stage to be taken.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The two announcements for Tallaght Hospital and the Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown relate to children's emergency units. They are to take pressure off the national paediatric hospital. When it is built they will provide specialist services for children. I will send the Deputy a copy of a letter that sets out the progress in respect of the development board and the hospital.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: As I said, that Bill is practically finalised and is listed for this session. The Deputy can expect it fairly quickly.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 14a, motion re Constitutional Convention; No. 5, Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013 - Second Stage resumed; and No. 23, Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad] - Second Stage resumed. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 14a shall be decided without debate....

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The EirGrid Bill is expected next year. The McGuinness commission will decide its terms of reference on the basis of criteria that are to be set out. It will look at the response of the Minister to Grid Link and Grid West. I hope that can be extended to the North-South project as well. It has nothing to do with the EirGrid Bill, which is listed for next year. I thank the Deputy for his...

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I thought I made that clear.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle. In my response yesterday, which related to two proposals, I made it clear that I want this review to be extended to cover the North-South project. The Children First Bill has been promised by Governments for years. I can confirm that the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, who was the first senior Minister with responsibility for children and children's issues to...

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: This is a brand new opportunity to demonstrate that we are serious about the protection of our children and their rights, which the people voted for in a referendum in 2012, and about providing a future for them.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Bill in question has always been listed for next year.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I cannot give the Deputy the detail he is seeking. I will get the Minister to respond to him in respect of the issues he has raised.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The heads of the criminal justice Bill are being worked on. Quite a deal of development has taken place in that context. I cannot give Deputy Broughan a date for the publication of the Bill. Obviously, the heads of the Bill will go to the relevant committee in line with the new practice. Everybody will be able to comment on them and hearings will take place as necessary. I understand...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: That is part of the process. Yesterday, we spoke about Grid Link and Grid West but the programme of work includes those two and the North-South interconnector.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The late Pete Seeger's words and music will last for a very long time. I am quite sure that sometimes I could take consolation from one of his songs, "If I had a hammer". It could be useful.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I recall the Seeger sessions in the Point with the Boss. They were quite incredible. The Deputy made a serious point about the World Economic Forum. I have been there on three occasions. On the first occasion, Ireland was in very poor shape. Last year, it was a case of engaging in discussions on the promissory note and what progress we might make. This year, there was a very different...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: Of course, I understand the challenges so many people have had to face with the challenges of the past three budgets. This has not been easy for so many people but that is why the Government has introduced a whole raft of opportunities for those in mortgage distress to be dealt with, for small businesses to have access to credit and for opportunities to take people off the live register and...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----that i could be extended to the North-South interconnector, which is a critical piece of infrastructure which the country needs and which can only be provided by one method or the other. All the options and facts must be examined. I hope this can be concluded when the Minister meets the chairperson on Friday.