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- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: I cannot indicate on what date the service plan was due to be submitted before an extension of ten days was granted. The date for submission is, I believe, 25 November, but I will confirm the date later. The Minister will then have three weeks to consider the service plan presented to him, at which point we can debate it in the Chamber.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: I did not see much sign of the sun when I was travelling from the west in driving sleet the other morning at 2 a.m. Sunbeds would not have been of any use. The Bill will be published during this session.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: The pyrite levy Bill which is still on the Order Paper relates to a proposed mechanism to fund dealing with the pyrite problem. It is not being proceeded with and work is under way on legislation to establish the pyrite board. That Bill will be published shortly. The heads of the housing Bill are due by the end of the year and will be published early next year with a view to implementing...
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: Maybe those concerned should have waited until 5 p.m. instead of 4.59 p.m. for the Deputy to receive the motion.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is a matter for the House as to what Deputies do with amendments. The Deputy has been around long enough to know the requirements pertaining to the submission of amendments when a motion has been produced.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: Did the Deputy inquire?
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: Seeing as the Deputy was so exact about receiving the motion at 4.59 p.m., at what time did he inquire?
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy was buried.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: When did the Deputy inquire?
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy received the motion yesterday and inquired this morning.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: He needs to react faster.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: Now the Deputy wants to make noise about the issue.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy picks a particular line and that is what he wants to do. In the budget for 2013, the Minister for Finance reduced the rate of VAT which applies to the hospitality sector from 13.5% to 9%.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: Not only did that stabilise the industry, it also allowed for the creation of 15,000 new jobs.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: Those jobs were not all created in large urban centres. The Minister has continued the policy in this regard in budget 2014. Not only that, travel tax will be zero-rated from 21 April next and this will lead to 1 million additional passengers entering the country as a consequence of Ryanair's plan to establish new routes. Does the Deputy believe that all of those passengers coming here...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and obtain employment in and contribute to their own communities? I do not deny the value of the RAPID or CLÁR programmes, nor do I deny the value of community employment schemes, the Tús programme-----
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----the MOMENTUM programme, JobBridge or JobsPlus. These all involve giving people the opportunity to obtain employment, to upskill and better themselves and to make a contribution. Of course Deputy Healy will pick an area which it suits him to discuss. He does not want to understand - perhaps he does not wish to appreciate - the fact that when the Government makes a decision, it can have...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: The decision in question led to the creation of 15,000 extra jobs. As a result of The Gathering, family groups from abroad have returned to visit every county in the country. In total, some 500,000 additional tourists have come here in 2013 and this has contributed to the development of local economies. The Deputy asked if I am going to restore the funding previous available for...
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 11a, motion re exit from the EU-IMF programme of financial support to Ireland (resumed); and No. 22, the Child and Family Agency Bill 2013 - Order for Report and Report and Final Stages. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. tonight and shall adjourn on the conclusion of Private Members'...
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: I respect the statutory authority of the Attorney General of Northern Ireland. The opinion he has given is personal in nature.