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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----and because they were not known, they are now subject to transparency, inquisition and accountability in the public interest. Does the Deputy think it fair that such a situation should continue in which members of the public did not know where their hard-earned money was going, in the belief that when they contributed to charity X, the money should go towards what was intended? As I...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: This is the reason the Oireachtas and its committees are playing their part in bringing about that transparency and accountability, which is the way it should be. The Deputy stated that ordinary people were being hammered. Deputy Boyd Barrett should note that these are the same ordinary people who give their direct debits or donate a few euro or a few cent to the flag days, the collection...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: Clearly, as Deputy Boyd Barrett is well aware, there will always be a number of rough sleepers or short-term homeless people. However, when one considers Dublin, with its problems in this regard, it is clear that this is an issue that must be dealt with-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----and housing supply and the opportunity to get into hostels - dry hostels and wet hostels - are important considerations in this regard. Substantial moneys have been allocated, and this morning I raised this with the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, at the Cabinet. I acknowledge to Deputy Boyd Barrett that we need to get a fix on this. I do not understand how someone can be...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett knows as well as do I that there are some unfortunate cases in which there are psychiatric challenges or problems or in which there may be psychological difficulties. The rough sleepers count, which takes place regularly, confirms that a minimum of 139 persons were sleeping rough across the Dublin region on a given night. These are the official figures from November...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: A total of €31.9 million, or 69% of the national total of €45 million, went to the Dublin region. From that perspective, this is an issue with which the Government must deal. As we approach 2016, the centenary of the Rising, I would like to think the legacy the Government will leave behind it for the start of the new century from 2016 onwards will be a city that has been...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin referred to the comments made by the chief executive officer of the HSE on the challenging year ahead. The chief executive officer said it would be a challenging year and that it might not be possible to deliver in full all programmes. As some of them are demand-led, it is impossible for anyone to say in advance what the demand will actually be.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The overall service provided has not diminished in its impact or effect. While costs have been extracted from the delivery of health services, there has been no diminution in their quality. The Deputy claimed the Government had interfered with the HSE's annual plan when it certainly did not. The duty and responsibility of the Minister for Health are to either accept or not accept the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: While it will be a challenging year, I expect it will be one that will be delivered on fully. The Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, has pointed on many occasions to the savings of €25 million made in terms of the eligibility of the over-70s for a medical card, as well as the €23 million savings with other measures concerning medical cards, yet extra moneys are included in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: If Deputy Higgins wants to castigate the Irish League of Credit Unions he should do so.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The comment by the league is an indication that people are now in a position to save some money, but it is not all that we would like because we are still in a very challenging position. The economic engine of our country is in a very different position from three years ago and all of the details in that regard are fully available to the Deputy and to every other citizen and will continue to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is absolutely right and perfectly in order to raise questions like that here. This is one of many issues that the Deputy can raise, as leader of his party. The Deputy, having been in the Department himself previously, is well aware of what the situation was and how it has evolved to the point now where everybody starts on the same basis. In other words, there has been no...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The director general of the HSE is examining the issue of discretion in the awarding of medical cards. The HSE set up a group to review how to meet the needs of those with life-long medical conditions, of whom the number is significant. The Minister for Health will report to the House on that review in due course. There were 620 commitments in the programme for Government and of these,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The situation is entirely different to that which this Government met when it came into office. We were blocked out of the international markets. We had no name, no standing, no credibility, could not borrow money, were in hock up to our necks and had quarterly visits from the troika. Even Deputy Higgins should be glad that we exited the bailout programme in December, the first eurozone...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: This is a process in which there has to be proper, full, thorough, comprehensive consultation.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Healy should note I am used to it over very many years. The result has to be that one makes a decision in the best interest of our country, using the best approach.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: EirGrid has not defined the lines in a number of cases, as the Deputies know.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: It has outlined a series of options from Cork towards the south east, and north east towards Dublin. Obviously, it is its responsibility to set out what it considers the best option of a line-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Minister will present to the Government his initial assessment of the 30,000 submissions to consider the implications.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: First, Deputy Healy said the situation was fundamentally flawed. In his second question, on whether consultation was adequate, he said this was flawed. I am not clear on whether-----