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Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy wants me to give a date-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: I give the Deputy my word that it will happen as speedily and quickly as we can.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: My God, I thought the Deputy was suggesting there should be Garda checkpoints in respect of the possible delivery of penalty points for leaders of the G8 in travelling to the occasion in County Fermanagh.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: This is a global gathering of the leaders of the most powerful economies in the world. It will make Ireland the focus of global attention. Prime Minister Cameron will hosts the G8 summit in County Fermanagh. There is a requirement on us in respect of the reputation of the country and the safety of every individual to see to it that, where appropriate and necessary, the co-operation of the...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: I attended an occasion in London on Saturday morning at which Ireland was commended for its activities in the relief of hunger, in particular under-nutrition and malnutrition. Ireland's activities are recognised the world over by many leaders and representatives from countries where malnutrition and under-nutrition have serious consequences. Ireland was commended for its leadership and...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: In the event of it going through an entirely independent planning process, both the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform set the ceilings on each Department. However, this must go through a completely independent planning process. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is quite correct in that it has been...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy McDonald for her question on this matter. It is only fair to say that after so many years of nothing having been done about this that the Government put in place a structure and process by which a conclusion could be brought to the issue of the Magdalen survivors and the sensitivity, hurt and trauma associated with it. Mr. Justice Quirke has reported to the Minister. The...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: Bethany Home is still being considered by the Minister. I think I answered questions on this before. The situation is different and he is considering it.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: To say we are playing games with the Magdalen women is an outrageous statement. Long before Deputy McDonald and I were born, this situation arose and no Government in the history of the State did anything about it. It was swept aside and under the carpet. Everybody in this House accepted that the appointment of Mr. Justice Quirke to look at the Magdalen situation was the way to go. He...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: Which we now have. Having waited 60, 70 or more years, it is only right and proper that this matter deserves real consideration by the Minister for Justice and Equality.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Martin for his question. It should be noted that, in the first instance, this is a matter for Fingal County Council. The role of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in regard to water services projects is to provide capital funding for the works that are involved. Beyond the inclusion of the project in the investment programme for planning and...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: The next steps are that the council will prepare its detailed plans and complete the EIS, which will be lodged with An Bord Pleanála, and the board will carry out its own statutory public consultation on the project. Open days are being held at Fingal County Council, County Hall, Swords, on 26 June, 29 June and 3 July. As to whether there was any Government funding of the work to...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Martin is aware, I do not speak here for any particular Minister.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: If the Minister, Deputy Hogan, were to sit down with any of the groups representing the 12,000 residents the Deputy mentioned, all he could say to them would be that his statutory function, if this project comes through the planning process, is to find money within his capital programme to make it happen. All the Minister could do in that regard would be to reiterate what are his functions....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Budget Measures (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: In the context of the forthcoming Budget, the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform has asked my Department to identify savings which will feed into the expenditure decisions by Government for the Estimates 2014 and the setting of future Ministerial ceilings. The identification of savings options should ensure that a sufficient range of proposals are made by all Departments to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: There is no Ombudsman under the remit of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Waste Generation Survey (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Waste Generation Survey 2012 is being undertaken by the CSO to meet EU legal requirements on reporting waste statistics. The relevant legal act is Commission Regulation (EC) No.2150/2002 of 25 November 2002 as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 849/2010 of 27 September 2010. The survey will provide comprehensive information on the types and volumes of waste being produced by the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Repatriation of Money (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 and 99 together. Data on money repatriated by migrants are not published at country level. The table shows estimates of total repatriations (i.e. migrants' remittances and income of temporary workers in Ireland) to EU 27 and non-EU27 countries for the years 2007 to 2012. €m Total Repatriations Total Repatriations to EU27 countries Total...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: The breakdown requested by the Deputy is included in Table 1 provided below. The year 2010 is the latest reference year for which final data is available. Data from 2006 – 2010 is included for comparison purposes. The source of the estimates is the Business Demography series as published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Small to medium enterprises (SME’s) are defined as...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: The breakdowns requested by the Deputy are included in Tables 1 and 2 provided below. The year 2010 is the latest reference year for which final data is available. The source of the estimates for Table 1 is the Business in Ireland Report 2010, as published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The enterprise figures quoted in this answer relate to the private business economy, which...