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Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: A sustainable resolution is to arrive at a situation whereby a person currently in mortgage distress or arrears enters an agreement with the lender that the person in that situation can be sustainable, in other words, can meet the requirements over a period in a different set of circumstances. Deputy Martin raised two issues, the arrears and the progress being made by the banks on the...

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: It will be another two weeks before the Central Bank is able to publish the level of adherence by the banks to the targets. I do not have that information to hand and it will not be available for two weeks.

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: Yes I do, unlike what I heard when I was in here for many years previously.

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: We cannot leave 100,000 families locked in limbo. That is why the Government put in place a comprehensive programme of action to assist struggling householders.

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: We had a long discussion about the insolvency arrangements, with bankruptcy being the ultimate mechanism applying. There is no strategy for or policy on forcing householders to have their homes repossessed. It is not within the Deputy's keeping to make such comments. Everybody recognises the value-----

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Publication (9 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Censuses of Population carried out between 1926 and 1991 were undertaken under the 1926 Statistics Act which did not permit access to Census records at any time. The Statistics Act, 1993 repealed the 1926 and 1946 Statistics Acts, and provided for the release of census forms from these censuses 100 years after the date of the relevant Census. A such, data from the 1926 Census will be...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Visitors Book (9 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 and 118 together. The Department does not keep an attendance book for general service staff. A Visitors Book is maintained at the Welcoming Pavilion. This is not an exhaustive record of all visitors who attended at the Department during that period. Visitors who sign the book are in the main attending press events or meetings. Visitors attending the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Projects (9 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: No projects have been approved funding by my Department conditional on a bond being produced from a builder.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: International Bodies Membership (9 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has membership of the following international organisations: International Association of Prosecutors, International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law and the European Criminal Bar Association. A prosecutor employed in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, is seconded to the Department of Justice and Equality, and is based at...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Quarterly National Household Survey (9 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. In line with EU requirements the QNHS collects sector of employment data according to the standard EU classification (NACE Rev.2). The most recent QNHS figures available are for Quarter 1 2013. The results indicated...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Law Reform Commission Reports (9 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: In accordance with section 4 of the Law Reform Commission Act 1975, the Law Reform Commission has been preparing its proposed Fourth Programme of Law Reform. As part of that Programme it proposes to deal with disclosure and discovery in criminal cases generally and this would include, for example, access by the accused to the therapeutic records in sexual offence cases. I am sure the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Records (9 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: All records and data, electronic and paper based, held in the Department are maintained in compliance with the provisions of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 and the National Archives Act 1986 and in compliance with the records management guidelines set out by the Department of Finance. The Department operates a central registry...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Dáil Reform (9 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Programme for Government sets out an ambitious Oireachtas Reform agenda which includes the enhancing of the Oireachtas Committee System and the reform of Dáil procedure. The Government has already introduced a wide range of Dáil reform measures, including: - An increased number of Dáil sitting days - An additional Leaders Questions session on Thursdays; - The...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Numbers (9 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The positions held by the seven staff referred to in the reply to Parliamentary Questions of 2 July are as follows: September 2008 July 2013 Assistant Secretary Northern Ireland and International Division and Corporate Affairs Division Secretary General Assistant Secretary to the Government Assistant Secretary to the Government Assistant Secretary European and International Affairs...

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: Go raibh maith agat.

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Government has made significant progress but the Deputy will not admit it.

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The only truth the Deputy has spoken today is he failed to admit it-----

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: What about reform of the Common Fisheries Policy or CAP reform or Erasmus programme reform or the Europe 2020 targets?

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: Fire that scriptwriter.

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Minister had an historical achievement.