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- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: The answer to Deputy Ó Caoláin's question is that I expect the Minister will comply with his requirement to respond to the Health Service Executive with his views on the draft plan as submitted-----
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and his recommendation for acceptance or otherwise.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: Obviously, he will be quite happy to discuss this matter in public forum with the committee and as he indicated at yesterday's meeting, I am sure he is more than happy to attend. That process now is nearing a conclusion because there is a timeline on it. I expect that next week the Deputy will see the evidence and the conclusion of their deliberations of the Minister.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: There is no intention to try to delay the opportunity for the committee of which the Deputy is a member to discuss these matters and to give out, as the Deputy normally will, about matters that are of concern to him in the system.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister's priority is to focus on the delivery of effective services on the front line and, clearly, there are challenges for all Ministers and all Departments in government in meeting these objectives and targets. The Minister, Deputy Reilly, is no different from that point of view.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not wish to get into the details of any aspect of the many areas that are involved in the health budget. I am aware that the Health Service Executive wrote to the Minister with its submission of the draft plan for service provision for 2014. I am aware that a number of matters to which reference was made in the letter are being considered by the Government as how best to deal with...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister's focus is on the provision of the excellent front-line services that are being provided. I do not agree with the Deputy's scaremongering tactics in this regard. An unprecedented number of medical cards have been issued and are being issued, with the highest ever numbers covered by the medical card service.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: I agree with Deputy Ó Caoláin that quite a number of sensitive cases came to light following the centralisation of the medical card system.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: The issue was called before the Cabinet sub-committee and a process was put in place to deal with cases, particularly where discretion was required. In recent weeks, numbers were raised that have brought a requirement for experience to deal with particular kinds of cases and I believe that has been put in place. In response to Deputy Ó Caoláin, next week will see the Minister...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and while maintaining front-line services, to give the most effective and higher standard of medical care to the people.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: Yes, I do not see-----
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy was at the meeting yesterday.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy was at a meeting yesterday. It was a tentative meeting based on-----
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: The abolition of the Christmas bonus was announced in 2009 and to restore it now would cost €261 million. The rationale for the abolition of the Christmas bonus back in 2009 was that it was preferable to cutting social welfare rates across the board. In 2010 and 2011, however, the Government of the day reduced primary personal welfare rates for all persons under 66 years by more than...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is not saying what it is that he wants.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: No. Hold on.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin says there are other options. I do not know what he is talking about when he says there are other options.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: As I understand it, we cannot transmit power without cables. Do we provide the country with capacity to have business and generate power for industry, and, therefore, economic expansion and jobs, or do we not? If we do, what is the way we do this? I listened to the news this morning of a major case in Wicklow which was turned down by the planning appeals process and which was overturned...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: There is a process and a procedure to be gone through which is very exact.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Enda Kenny: I would be happy, as part of a full and open consultation in the House, to hear of Deputy Martin's other options, which would be able to provide capacity, power and infrastructure to deal with this matter.