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Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: I am not aware of that. The media have been reporting that St. Michael's House has been forced to introduce cuts in the disability services arising from recent cuts introduced by the HSE. It should be noted that St. Michael's House provides a first-class service to families which includes individualised services, clinical therapies, early intervention services, special national schools,...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the two Garda reports highlighted deficiencies in the system. While the Deputy may sneer, there is no difficulty. Indeed, there is an obligation to renew people's acquaintance with regulations so that they understand them exactly. The Garda Commissioner issued new notices to the entire Garda workforce at the end of August and these...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 7, inclusive,together. The IFSC Clearing House Group has met on three occasions to date in 2013; 17 January, 7 March and most recently on 16 May 16. These meetings were chaired by the Secretary General of my Department and were attended by a number of officials from relevant Departments, including my own Department. The minutes for all three of these...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The important aspect here is to be able to work out a solution for those who have a mortgage problem. The first issue is that there should be engagement between those who have borrowed and those who have lent. There is no point in having a situation where there is no engagement between them, which has been a feature of some of these cases. It will not go away. It is better to be dealt...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: In that sense, I do not see where borrowers would be denied the right to have their particular circumstances explored and followed through, and a deal worked on.

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I do. Everyone who has a family and young children will have gone through the phase of birthday parties and having visitors. The shattering of that summer afternoon at the birthday party for two innocent little girls is simply appalling. It is a case of understanding the sensitivity surrounding programmes and educational matters about these things. Every child should be entitled to a...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: Following analysis of the scale of mortgage distress, the Government has put in place a programme of actions and options for people who find themselves in mortgage distress or mortgage arrears. The rights of borrowers and lenders have been rebalanced, with the biggest shake-up of insolvency law in over 100 years. We have given additional mortgage interest relief to those who bought their...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Martin for raising this most appalling and sensitive issue. There are few people in the House who have not had experience in one way or another of a family member, particularly a child, going missing for a short period. To have this horror inflicted upon the dignity, integrity and sacred space of two young girls is simply appalling. I assure Deputy Martin and his party that...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The breakdown requested by the Deputy is included in the following table. In Q2 2013, the latest quarter for which estimated employment data is available, 24.7% of all employees were in the public sector. The source of the estimate is the Earnings Hours and Employment Costs survey (EHECS) as published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Estimates of Employment by Private and Public...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Emigration Data (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The table below provides the most recent estimates of net migration for the 12 month period ending mid April for the years 2004 to 2013. The table shows that 585,300 persons emigrated from the Republic of Ireland in the past ten years, while there were 792,900 immigrants into the Republic of Ireland over the same period. This resulted in a total estimated net migration of 207,200 persons...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. Information on zero hour contracts is not collected in the survey.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Tourism Data (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The following table shows the number of overseas trips to Ireland from China, India, Brazil, Russia and South East Asia for the years 2009 to 2012. Overseas Trips to Ireland by area of residence, 2009 - 2012 - Brazil Russian Federation India Peoples Republic of China South East Asia 2009 14,500 8,356 13,198 11,703 21,465 2010 17,787 8,215 13,219 10,472 24,335 2011...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Regulatory Impact Assessment Data (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: I have brought forward no legislation for which any Regulatory Impact Statements were required.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Convention Membership (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: To date in 2013 there have been 5 plenary meetings held for the Constitutional Convention. In total, 19 facilitators have been paid €10,260 and 30 note takers have been paid €6,915 for these meetings.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Directives (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The State has been required to pay fines in respect of two Court of Justice decisions. Details are set out in the Table below. These are the only two instances in which Ireland has been levied with fines by the Court. Both relate to environmental issues which are now resolved. It should be noted that the Government has established an Interdepartmental Committee on EU Engagement to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Official Languages Act 2003 provides that all designated public bodies (including my Department) should prepare a statutory scheme detailing the services they will provide in both official languages. This Department’s first such scheme was agreed with the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and came into force in 2005. This Scheme, and its successor, set out the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Process (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: There are no Acts or specific provisions of Acts under my Department that have not yet been commenced.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Directives (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Department of the Taoiseach has no EU Directives awaiting transposition. Responsibility for transposing EU measures into Irish law rests with individual Departments with responsibility for the relevant policy area. I would draw the Deputy’s attention to our much improved record in the transposition of EU Directives. Ireland achieved a zero% transposition deficit score in the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: Details of the number of staff appointments by the Taoiseach are set out below for the periods concerned. January to March 2011 Title Number per post Special Advisers 6 Secretarial Assistant 1 Personal Assistants 7 Personal Secretaries 3 Government Press Secretary 1 Deputy Government Press Secretary 2 total : 20 from 9 March 2011 Chief of Staff 1 Special Advisers...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Government Publications Office (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: My Department's policy is to have an appropriate stock of the popular edition of the Constitution available in the Government Publications Office and at other appropriate outlets at all times. Having regard to economic constraints, there is of course a need to ensure that the document is not over-stocked. On the last occasion on which a re-print was ordered - in May 2013 - the Department was...