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Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Smith chose to raise her question in the course of which she said that Deputy Gino Kenny was outside the gate with Mrs Twomey.

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I replied to that by saying the Minister is meeting her for the fifth time today in an effort to deal with this and has called the committee together under Deputy Harty's chairmanship. The question of bringing forward the legislation for compassionate distribution of medicinal cannabis is being brought forward. It will still require a prescription to be signed off by a paediatric neurologist.

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Bon Secours hospitals in this country have given thousands of instances of exceptional care to people and patients who needed them.

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The case of Tuam is the subject of a commission of investigation. Serious numbers of babies' and young children's remains have been uncovered. It is important to allow the independent commission set up by this Oireachtas to do its work. As I pointed out to Deputes Martin and Doherty, there are independent responsibilities in respect of the coroner and the Garda, and the local authority has...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

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Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I do want to go through all of the terms of reference that the Minister will outline-----

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: ----and that will obviously be published. They are set out in 11 different sections and are quite detailed. They take into account the circumstances, the actions, the purpose and the questions that so many people have asked about this matter. My understanding is that the Minister, in making his announcement, will be able to confirm that the sole person in charge of this investigation will...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is another horrendous case. It is an appalling case of a young life with the challenges which Grace faced. I listened to the voice of her mother this morning, as many others did. The Deputy and I, and everybody else, have a duty to sort this. Are we continuously to stand here to deal with the consequences of the sins of those who went before us? I thought we had come to within sight...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Ní leithscéal atá i gceist anseo ar chur ar bith. Luaigh an Teachta an dara thuairisc agus go léireodh an tAire Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige an cheist sin. Is cóir go mbeadh na hacmhainní ag an nGarda agus ag na húdaráis eile. Caithfimid fanacht go mbeidh breithiúnas déanta ag an gcróinéir agus ag an Garda ar na...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Is é an chéad rud atá le rá ná gur cheart go mbeadh cuimhneachán ceart do na leanaí agus na gasúir óga a fuair bás san áit seo i dTuaim i gContae na Gaillimhe. Tá dualgas neamhspleách ag an gcróinéir agus ag an nGarda faoi céard atá is ceart agus is cóir a dhéanamh as seo amach. Tá sé...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Sure, I would like to think we could reflect seriously on this as the preparations for the economic statement of the Government and the preparation for budget 2018 begin. Of course, we spent many years trying to get agreement in respect of the National Maternity Hospital. It is now done and agreed. We have been 50 years talking about children's facilities. I am glad the decisions have...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Tuam is not just a burial ground, it is a social and cultural sepulchre. That is what it is. As a society in the so-called "good old days", we did not just hide away the dead bodies of tiny human beings, we dug deep and deeper still to bury our compassion, our mercy and our humanity itself. No nuns broke into our homes to kidnap our children. We gave them up to what we convinced ourselves...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Since the UK referendum last June, I have had an intensive series of bilateral meetings with my counterparts in EU Member States, and with the heads of the EU institutions. I have also attended all meetings of the European Council, both formal and informal. At all my meetings I have highlighted and explained Ireland’s particular concerns arising from Brexit, including in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Regulatory Impact Assessment Data (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 79 together. My Department has published one Bill since the start of 2011, the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013. As the Bill concerned involved amending the Constitution for the purpose of abolishing the Seanad rather than significantly impacting on the regulatory environment, a RIA was not...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: There was no expenditure on public relations consultants in 2016 by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Construction Industry (7 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: My Department has no capital expenditure.

Traveller Ethnicity: Statements (1 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for making time in the House today for this historic and symbolic recognition of Travellers as an ethnic group within the Irish nation. Robbie is a 17 year old young man, the apple of his mother's eye, his future is ahead of him and the world is at his feet, yet he walks with his head down. No more. His mother, his family and his Traveller community want...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: That is most unsatisfactory, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. It is impossible to answer all the questions in three minutes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I accept it is not your doing, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett inquired about pensions. That is not dealt with directly by the sub-committee, but the Minister is working on a range of issues in so far as social welfare payments, rights and conditions are concerned. They are all part of the work that must be done in respect of the preparation for the 2018 budget. Let me say in response to Deputy Micheál Martin that last...