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Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: We want this sorted out

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I said it was one of the worst examples of the excesses of the so-called Celtic tiger years. Those people were put into what effectively amounted to fire traps. In so far as the Government is concerned, we will see to it that a solution is found that is in the people's interests.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Minister is meeting with the Irish Banking Federation tomorrow.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I thought Deputy Bannon was going to offer me a few tickets for Sunday. The amalgamation Bill to which he referred is due before the House next year. The legislative programme for this session is before the House. We expect to have 28 Bills either implemented or published before the end of this year. They have been assessed very carefully in the interests of what must be done.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is the intention to give the same time period as finance Bills in previous years when discussions and block votes took place.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: We would like to be very clear about this; Ministers should be able to sit down with Opposition spokespersons and work out blocks of time for the individual sections of Bills. That could work very effectively as it did on a number of Bills recently. The triggering of the inquiries Bill is now a matter for the Oireachtas. It is not a case of the Government wanting to dictate or direct to...

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: It will have a very beneficial effect for all Deputies elected to the House. I will sit down with the Deputy if he has time within his busy schedule-----

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----as well as Deputy Gerry Adams and whoever else over there. We will sit down and have a chat about this. I will be very fluirseach with them.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I said yesterday that the situation in so far as the health Vote was concerned had improved dramatically and considerably from what it was last year at this stage. At this point last year more than €250 million had been spent in excess of the Vote, while currently the amount is in or around €60 million. There are difficulties with the demand-led schemes because of the problems...

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: That is the position and the same applies to every other Department.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Minister merely pointed to the reality of the current sitaution. Obviously, in preparing for a difficult budget-----

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I am not talking double Dutch or double Irish.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: The problem is that every Minister is required to do whatever is necessary to bring his or her Vote back into line.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: As far as the health Vote is concerned, it is in a better position than it was last year, but it is not yet in line with what was agreed.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Minister is working hard to see that that happens.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: I do not have the figures the Deputy asked for to hand, but I will have a detailed response sent to him by the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. The Deputy is aware of the Government's decision to ring-fence money for this area and the brilliant work going on in so many areas involving many organisations in dealing with the phenomenon of suicide. I will give him an updated report on...

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch; the Minister for Health and Minister Poots may have had discussions about it. I will check that matter for the Deputy also.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is awaiting Report Stage.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is just a matter of getting room to table it.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: Amendments to the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 are being drafted by the Parliamentary Counsel's office and, therefore, we are awaiting its return on Committee Stage. The Coroners Bill 2007 has not moved any appreciable distance since it was last raised. With regard to the committee report on sponsorship by the alcohol industry, I expect the Minister of State at the Department of...