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Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: That is my duty; that is my responsibility. The Government that I am proud to lead will act strictly in accordance with our constitutional responsibilities and inside the law. What we are doing here is a requirement to provide certainty and clarity for medical personnel and for women who are involved. As I said before, this is about saving lives, not ending them.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----it is important to bear in mind that the half-rate carer's allowance was maintained. The grant is still considerably higher, even after the reduction, than it was in 2006, before the economic crisis, when the rate was €1,200. The rate has increased from €635 in 2002 to its current level. The number of respite care grant recipients increased from 75,000 in 2010 to over...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: A couple under the age of 66 with a joint annual income of up to €35,400 can qualify for the maximum payment of carer's allowance while such a couple earning €59,000 will qualify for the minimum rate.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: These are high rates.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: Carers will receive additional supports in the form of free travel.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: Carers who live with those for whom they care will receive house benefits.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: An annual respite care grant is also paid in respect of each person who is cared for.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: People who are getting qualifying social welfare payments, and also providing full-time care and attention to another person, can keep their main social welfare payment and get the half-rate carer's allowance as well.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: They can also receive an extra half-rate carer's allowance if they care for more than one person in the same house.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: I have made it perfectly clear that Governments are elected to govern in compliance with their constitutional responsibilities. Equally, I have made it clear that the members of the Government parties will not have a free vote on this matter. I remind Deputy McGrath that the Bill has not been published yet. He is talking about a Bill he has not actually seen. Last year, the Government set...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: I reject Deputy Martin's assertion that the Government is washing its hands of this. This Government set down a limit for the pay of senior bankers. The previous Administration allowed situations whereby wages of up to €3 million were paid in respect of chief executives of banks.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: The pay levels set by the Government have not been breached in any case.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: For Deputy Martin to say that the Government is washing its hands of this is just not real. The Minister commissioned the Mercer report in order that there would be a requirement to have a substantial pay and pensions contribution from bankers in this regard. As I understand it, Deputy Martin is asking me to intervene in a situation that is before the Labour Court.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is asking me to intervene in a case involving Permanent TSB that is the consequence of an internal management decision and that is before the Labour Court.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is asking the Minister for Finance to intervene in that. The Minister is well aware of what is going on. As Deputy Martin well knows, the Labour Court is part of the machinery of the State for dealing with disputes.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: This dispute is not a consequence of the Minister's decision.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is an internal management decision of Permanent TSB. Yesterday Deputy Martin wanted the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to intervene in the planning process. Today, he wants the Minister for Finance to intervene in a Labour Court hearing.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the services for older people, until 2011 in the republic of which Deputy Adams speaks there was no national approach to the procurement of home care providers to supply indirect services through the home care package scheme. Therefore, different standards and approaches were being taken throughout the country in different locations and this left the HSE vulnerable to...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: This is the implementation of last year's budget. The decision was to reduce the annual respite care grant by €325 from €1,700 to €1,375 for new and existing recipients. The savings were to be €26.15 million in 2013 and the implementation date is June of this year. Nobody denies that this has not been an easy budgetary decision to make, but it has been a...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: I do not know the details of the issue the Deputy has raised. Clearly, we had discussions in the House about the extraordinary levels of pay paid to the chief executives of a number of the banks. A few years ago they were as high as €3 million. When the Government came into office, an upper limit of €500,000 was put on the pay of top bankers and that limit has not been...