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- Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: That is a Private Members' Bill. I cannot answer the Deputy's question now, but I will advise him later.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: That Bill is currently before the Seanad. I cannot say when it will deal with the Bill but the Bill will come to this House as part of the normal progress of legislation. I will ask the Minister to respond to the Deputy as to when it is expected to come from the Seanad to the Dáil.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: Work on the child and family agency legislation has progressed well and it is expected to be taken this session. The child care Bill, Children First, is also listed for this session but the committee produced a 700-page report which must be taken into consideration by the Minister in the preparation of the legislation. It was a detailed, comprehensive and extensive report. The legislation...
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: Some work has been done on this but I cannot provide an accurate date. Recently, I attended the launch of the ManUp programme, which is to deal with the so-called macho men who beat up women and children. I was happy to be associated with the strategy that has been worked out. I will come back to the Deputy with a more accurate fix on the work that has been done and when it is likely to...
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: I understand the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill passed the Dáil last night and will go to the Seanad tomorrow. With regard to the protection of life during pregnancy Bill, the Government is considering it today. It will then be published and will come before the Dáil.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: We will publish it as soon as we finalise the wording of the Bill. It will probably be today or tomorrow. It will come before the Dáil and it is an issue I do not want to rush so that we give everyone the opportunity to have their say on it. We will deal with it in the normal way as normal business-----
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: This is an issue not to be flippant about.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Bill will receive proper and thorough consideration from Members of the Oireachtas.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: There is no date for the publication of the bail Bill. The Minister for Justice and Equality has done some work on it and I will ask him to communicate directly with the Deputy. With regard to the disestablishment of the HSE, the heads of the Bill have not been cleared by the Government. I expect the Bill will be produced before the end of the year. It is not due to come into the House...
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013 is going through the House and will be followed by another general housing Bill, in which the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, hopes to include a tenant purchase scheme. It will be taken shortly in the Dáil. The Animal Health and Welfare Bill was signed into law in May. That referred to and dealt with puppy farms and the microchipping of pups and...
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 11a, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 19, Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 20, Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 Seanad - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 21, Further Education and Training Bill 2013 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages. It is proposed,...
- Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: P.J. Morley was a lovely man. He was a most genuine personality and I regarded him as a great friend in politics although he came from a different political persuasion. I served with P.J. as a councillor and Deputy over many years. He was a man driven by loyalty to his party, his native county of Mayo and, above all, to his family. I am glad that Mary and members of her family - Patrick,...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: First, the Government takes its legal advice from the Attorney General, who is the legal adviser to the Government in a formal sense. That is where the Government takes its advice from.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: Second, the Government is required to legislate for the X case. The Government does not have a requirement to legislate arising from the A, B and C case but it does have a requirement to provide legal clarity from that.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: That is what Government will do. I want Deputy McGrath to understand that on two occasions in the past the people were consulted. The people are the masters here, and they confirmed-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: They confirmed and re-endorsed the constitutional rights of women in this country to have a termination of a pregnancy in specific circumstances. Those specific circumstances are where there is a threat to the life of the mother. The termination of a pregnancy running to full term, as the Deputy is well aware, can mean the birth of the child. Obviously, once the foetus becomes viable-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----the termination of a pregnancy will mean the birth of that child and the saving of both lives - the mother and the child. I want the Deputy to understand that this is a sensitive issue. I am now being branded by personnel around the country as being a murderer, and that I am going to have on my soul the death of 20 million babies. I am getting medals, scapulars, plastic foetuses,...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and it is not confined to me. I want to say this clearly. Everybody in this country is entitled to have their say. I saw the response from the meeting at the weekend. I do not agree with many of the statements that have been made - I do not agree with them. My job, as Taoiseach, is to lead the Government in governing for the people of our country.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: That is not confined to any sector of the people - it is for all of the people.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: Therefore, I am proud to stand here as a public representative, as a Taoiseach who happens to be a Catholic but not a Catholic Taoiseach. I am a Taoiseach for all of the people - that is my job, while I have it. I am proud to lead the Government in governing for all our people - all our people - irrespective of the sector of society that they come from.