Results 12,841-12,860 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy does not want GP cards allocated.
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy does not want the GP cards-----
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy does not want the GP cards.
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is news to me that Fianna Fáil does not want the GP cards.
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: I remember the €1 billion the Deputy took off the old people. He refused to accept any responsibility. I did not know that the Fianna Fáil Party was opposed to the allocation of GP cards for under fives. I did not know that. I am glad the Deputy has confirmed it. Might I say that the draft-----
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----service plan, as submitted by-----
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----the Health Service Executive to the Minister, included a figure of probity of €113 million for medical cards. The Minister, as was his right, was entitled to consider the draft service plan as submitted by the HSE and amended that. Clearly, that was a major shift-----
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----in his understanding-----
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----that one could not achieve the scale of figure that was included initially.
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: Of course this will be a challenging year for health, no more than for any other Department. Indeed, for the people it is a challenging year. Nobody underestimates the scale of that. Just because the troika has gone and we have exited the bailout, it does not mean that one has flexibility to do all of the things as one wants.
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: We have targets to adhere to. The budget is set for this year and we will move on with that. There were 61 claims for inclusion on the A list for legislation for this session. As Deputy Martin is aware, we used to have three sessions for Dáil legislation. There are now two this year, so this one goes out until July. There are 41 pieces of legislation. We have changed the way this...
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: The first Bill - No. 19 - in the health area is the health (general practitioner medical service) Bill, which is to provide the GP service to children of five years and under. I have no objection at all to a debate in the House on health. We could fit that in when the Deputy's Whip raises it at the Whips' meeting.
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: We will fit that in at a time that is appropriate for the health service plan.
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: We discussed this before Christmas. I agreed to that. Obviously, we did not want the debate when the Haass talks were going on. The Tánaiste was there. The Deputy was there himself. That debate will take place in the House before the end of the month. Clearly, this is the first time the parties themselves were involved in running talks after the invitation was extended to Professor...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: I do not agree. Deputy Donnelly is wrong when he said that this matter was discussed at Cabinet yesterday. There was no discussion about the under-fives or GP care at Cabinet yesterday. The Government made a clear decision to introduce free GP care for under-fives in 2014 as the first of a number of major steps leading to universal health insurance. Every parent and grandparent knows the...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: I do not know whether the GPs in Wicklow who met Deputy Donnelly speak for all the GPs in the country. The reason the Government made this decision is very clear. It is the Government's intention to move to the introduction of universal health insurance. The first step in doing that was to move to free GP care for the under-fives in 2014. The reason the decision was made as clearly as it...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: Does the Deputy not want the answer?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: I will make it a little clearer for the Deputy again. Uisce Éireann-Irish Water will be subject to the full rigours of the Freedom of Information Act.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: From its inception.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Enda Kenny: From its inception last year. Uisce Éireann will be subject to the Freedom of Information Act from the moment it was set up.