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- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Sector Staff Data (15 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: No targeted redundancies are planned in my Department in 2013 and 2014. No applications for early retirement have been received in my Department for 2013 and 2014.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Remuneration (15 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: No public servants in my Department are paid in excess of my salary or the Government's pay cap.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for the publication of the credit guarantee Bill. The Credit Reporting Bill is on Committee Stage. There is no date for publication of the Bill in respect of the hospital. I understand some really good people have been appointed to these boards, so we can expect coherence, a strategy and timelines very shortly.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: The gambling control Bill will be introduced next year. A great deal of work has been done on the preparation of the heads of the bail Bill in the Department of Justice and Equality. It has not reached a point where it will be brought to Cabinet.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: That Bill is due for publication next year.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is before the courts in the United States. The rest of it is a matter for regulators. I have read the report on what was presented to the court. Obviously, it will make its decision very soon.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, has responded on behalf of the Government on this matter. The residents of Priory Hall are considering the proposals that have been put to them and I hope these will be accepted. We await the residents' response. Perhaps Deputy Ellis might request a Topical Issue debate or table a parliamentary question on the...
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy seems to be suggesting that the evidence provided by GPs is either not trusted-----
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----or that they are just writing medical reports on a whim. If he is stating that applications are automatically refused because the evidence accompanying them is supplied by GPs, then there is certainly something wrong. Either the GPs are not trusted or there is a belief that they are writing certificates which are not accurate. The health (information) Bill is due for publication early...
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Naughten has raised this matter on a number of previous occasions. These parents are not the only ones concerned about their children. I empathise with the families of the 100 individuals who were severely disabled. I recall the discussions which took place on this matter in the past and the tragic consequences to which the administration of a particular vaccine gave rise. The...
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Walsh for his question. I was glad to note that the European Parliament voted in favour of an issue which the Minister, Deputy Reilly, raised with it and on which I supported him very strongly. A great deal of work has been done on the relevant legislation, which I expect to come before the Cabinet in the next couple of weeks. There are complications regarding minimum...
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: There is no date for the publication of the retention of certain records Bill. I cannot inform him with regard to the amount of work that has been done on the preparation of the heads of that Bill. A date has not yet been fixed for the legislation.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: When I informed Deputy Troy of the position yesterday, my understanding was that the ambassador in Moscow was in direct contact with the Russian authorities. If the discussions have broken down, then the Deputy has told me something of which I was not aware. This is a complex and sensitive matter and I will bring it to the attention of the Minister this morning. I was not aware that the...
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: I will discuss the matter with the Minister when I leave the Chamber following the Order of Business.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: The programme of legislation to be dealt with between now and the end of the year has been set out. I do not believe that programme will be changed, particularly in light of the pressure that exists in the context of getting so much material through. I will communicate further with the Deputy on the current position regarding the licensing of healthcare facilities Bill.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: There are 30 heads in the adoption (information and tracing) Bill, to which the Deputy referred, and it is expected to be published in early 2014. The Deputy says there are 25,000 files, and it has been confirmed here by the Minister that they have been sent to Glanmire in Cork and I assume they are stored and categorised. If people are entitled and eligible to access those files, where...
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Order of Business is No. 15, Gas Regulation Bill 2013 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 3, Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. Private Members' business shall be No. 111, motion re discretionary medical cards, resumed, to conclude at 9 p.m. tonight, if not previously concluded.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: What was the last one?
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: I will have to come back to the Deputy on those.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not have the details of the work that has been done on them. On the community-based services, to which the Deputy referred, €392 million was allocated to the HSE for 2013 to provide 10.3 million hours of home help service for approximately 50,000 clients, and 10,870 people are in receipt of home care packages, day care and respite services and meals on wheels. Clearly, all these...