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- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: It does include-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: If the Deputy would like to listen.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: The problem the Deputy's party has is it does not want to focus on the detail of the plan-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: -----because it commits almost €115 billion of capital State investment into areas such as public transport and it commits €400 million to the BusConnects project in Dublin, which will invest heavily in new stock and prioritise public transport throughout the capital, on top of the billions of euro that will be spent on Luas and other services.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: €200 million in Cork. It will happen.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: There is an issue with regard to orphan drugs, whereby there are small numbers of users of very specialist drugs in certain categories. The Minister, Deputy Harris, and the Taoiseach have outlined on many occasions that it is not the job of politicians to decide what drugs should be approved and what drugs should not. That has to be a medical decision and there needs to be an assessment...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy has raised two separate issues. I answered an earlier question on the gender pay gap in terms of how the Government is approaching it. There are tangible examples in terms of how the Government is trying to change the fact that for many women their work is undervalued financially. This is separate to teachers' pay.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: Teaching is one of the professions where there is not a gender pay gap between men and women.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: Which land bank?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: If an issue is being determined in the courts there is very little I can say about it. I would need to be careful. If there is a specific issue the Deputy would like to raise with me in more detail, perhaps he could put it in writing and I will try to get an answer for him.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: I will need to follow up on the detail of that, in terms of the recommendations made and whether or not they have been followed through on. I can certainly ask the relevant Minister to come back to the Deputy.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: The Government intends to make enough time available to allow everyone to speak on this issue. That will start tomorrow. The debate on the legislation will then recommence on 20 March, when the Dáil is due to come back. My understanding was that the Dáil was not to come back until 21 March, but I hope we will be able to get the Business Committee's agreement to come back on the...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: Is this not linked to-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: -----promised legislation?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: That is fine.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: One of the most powerful speeches I have ever heard in this Chamber was made by Deputy Enda Kenny responding to the plight of women who were in Magdalen laundries. It is not fair to say this Government has not acted or is not sincere in supporting and treating appropriately victims of Magdalen laundries and other industrial settings.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: I accept that. I will have to come back to the Deputy on the exact timing, redress and so on but I assure her the Government is determined to play a supportive role in this area, as it has outlined on many occasions.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: I think most people understand the value of Ministers leaving for St. Patrick's Day. We are a country that, from an economic perspective, relies on trade in an open economy and we have a very large and supportive diaspora right across the world to which we reach out at this time of year. If the Deputy is suggesting we should perhaps not do this because there are-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: -----pressures at home, I do not accept that. I accept there are areas where the health services need to deliver to address waiting lists. Regarding cataracts, one of the ways in which we can ensure that people get the treatment they need quickly while the health service is being improved and reformed is to undertake operations in Northern Ireland in order that people can get the health...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2018)
Simon Coveney: -----that people can travel to Belfast or, in some cases, Derry to ensure they can get the vital operations they need quickly.