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Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am not clear about whether Deputy Healy is talking about the proposition of strengthening the grid in our country.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am not clear whether he is saying the proposal to strengthen and improve the capacity of the grid is fundamentally flawed or whether the consultation process is flawed.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: More than 30,000 people have sent in responses as part of the consultation process. They have written letters and made submissions. The test of the consultation will be borne out by the analysis to be conducted by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he goes through all of these.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I read in one of the national newspapers last week a letter by a former worker of the ESB who had worked all his life in close proximity to high-tension lines. He made the point that he had lived - thanks be to God - to enjoy the fruits of his pension for many years. He wondered whether any surveys were carried out on people like him who had worked in very close proximity to high-tension...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The World Health Organization has said the lines do not represent any undue risk. Are we to believe it or not?

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: People always have different views. I have encountered this on so many occasions over so many years on different issues. I suggest to Deputy Healy that we have a very common sense and rational discussion about this. Let us see the analysis of the 30,000 plus submissions. EirGrid has a responsibility to decide its preferred option independently of the Government.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Government has a responsibility to examine the policy that emerges on the best approach to providing the country's infrastructure for the next 50 years. Deputy Healy will have adequate time to make a full and wholesome contribution to that. On the question of whether I believe the consultation was adequate, I am used to dealing with people along these lines. Sometimes, no matter who...

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

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. The programme for Government sets out the detailed and ambitious work programme for the Government, with progress being reported on an annual basis. In the two reports published to date, the Government has reported progress on two thirds of its commitments. The next report will be published in March. The timeline for the delivery of the...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy's personal health is none of my business but what is my business is that he is the elected leader of his party and he is here in the House, and properly so. He is making comments to the effect that the health service is crumbling and the people who work in it, despite their competence and love of the issues involved, are not good enough for the Deputy.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy can see my concern for his well-being and health.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I see-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: With regard to the waiting list issue mentioned by the Deputy, later this week the Minister will publish figures and even the Deputy will be surprised at the extent of the improvement in terms of persons having to wait for very long periods for attention in Irish hospitals. I hope that when the figures are published this week, the Deputy will appreciate the professional staff involved who...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy mentioned medical cards and the Government made a decision this year to give free GP cards to those under five. The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy White, is dealing with this, and the parents of 240,000 children will benefit. We are moving to a point where every person in the country will be entitled to GP coverage, as we approach the time to introduce...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: I accept there are concerns and anxieties expressed by people across the country.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is right that in a democracy we have always had differing views about major pieces of infrastructure, such as motorways, turbines-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----pylons, gas connectors, major buildings etc. This is very normal in Ireland. I also believe that our people are well able to make decisions at the end of the day in respect of the best action to take in the interest of our country. We need to be able to provide an infrastructure that will cater for the next 50 years - for those who come after us - in the context of power supply,...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: He extended the period of consultation until mid January and he has now received over 30,000 applications, views and submissions.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: Many of them repeat the issues but add to the number. The Minister will come back to the Government in the next week or two, I would think, with an initial assessment of the implications and issues raised by the people who took the time to make submissions.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has correctly pointed out that the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, wrote to the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte. What did he write about?

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: He wrote about the concerns of people giving out to him about the undergrounding of the cable through Rush, which in some cases was less than a metre from doors. He was entitled to express that concern, as somebody could with regard to overhead pylons etc. There is a very long way to go with this, Deputy Healy-----