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Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: The trades unions will reflect on what is in the Haddington Road agreement and whether it can be accepted across the board, but that is a matter for unions in some cases to consider themselves. The protected disclosure in the public interest Bill to which the Deputy referred will be brought to Cabinet shortly by the Minister and will be published in this session.

Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: To what Bill does Deputy McGrath refer?

Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: What number is it?

Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: We will be able to live up to the requirement later this year when the criminal records information system Bill is published.

Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: The criminal law (sexual offences) Bill is due later this year. I do not have a date for the public health (alcohol) Bill.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams raised a number of interesting points. Of course, youth unemployment is a scourge. Clearly, that is why the European Council, for the first time ever, put €6 billion into the multi-annual financial framework, MFF. That is spread out from 2014 to 2020, which is of no value to somebody who is 16 or 17 years of age and facing unemployment in any country, be it our own,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----means difficulties in terms of extra costs, feedstuffs and all the rest of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Healy-Rae. I have been-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----down in his native county and I have seen them lying in some places contentedly in the fields. We want to see more of that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is wrong. First of all, Ireland's corporate tax rate was not put to me in the European Council. As I told Deputy Higgins, before I went into the meeting I said that I would be very happy to explain anything to do with Ireland's corporate tax rate were the matter to be raised. It was not raised in the context of the discussion that took place on tax, on tax evasion and on VAT....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: The discussion which took place at the European Council was constructive and positive in the sense of reflecting an understanding that the world has changed utterly in the way multinational companies do business in different jurisdictions. From our perspective, I stated before I entered the meeting that if the matter arose, I would deal with any issues of transparency or accountability in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: Our treatment of residence of companies for tax purposes, as determined by the location of management and control, was settled long before it could have any relevance to current international structures. The structures described have been arranged by US-owned groups of companies in order to take advantage of specific aspects of US tax law and also the differences between the Irish and US...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is proof of the level of footballing skills in Ruislip.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Ó Fearghaíl asked some good questions. It is completely unacceptable that 28 million people are unemployed in the European Union. No leader can be happy with that situation. Depending on competitiveness and whether budgets are under control, the position as regards unemployment and employment will vary between countries. I visited Spain and Portugal recently. The rate of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 3 to 16, inclusive, together. On 29 April, in the course of a visit to Spain, I had a bilateral meeting with the German Minister of Finance, Wolfgang Schäuble. We discussed a range of major EU and Presidency agenda items including the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework, MFF; progress on banking union; the growth and jobs agenda,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is aware that annual reports are produced by the boards in respect of the work programmes they follow. I engage with Ministers on a regular basis and in preparation for the Estimates for every budget. I talk to each individual Minister about his or her departmental responsibilities and also about the boards that are related to each Department and under each Minister's aegis. At...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Adams who, along with Deputy Ó Fearghaíl, has been generous enough to acknowledge that would-be chairpersons come before Oireachtas committees. That is important. The only board under the direct responsibility of the Department of the Taoiseach is NESC, which has 14 members on the board, four of whom are women. Most members are nominated by the individual...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Staff Numbers (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: As I said to Deputy Ó Fearghaíl, when somebody seeks one of these arrangements, every effort is made to accommodate that person irrespective of the sector in which they work or their level, in accordance with what I have said here. While Haddington Road sets out the collective agreement for the Civil Service and the non-commercial State sponsored bodies, NCSSBs, some of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Staff Numbers (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: I will have to give Deputy Adams that figure. I am not sure of the breakdown between male and female but I will send it on to him.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Council, NESC, is the only State agency under the aegis of my Department. The NESC provides guidance to Government on strategic issues for Ireland's economic and social development. Since coming into office on 9 March 2011, I have made appointments to the NESC. The appointments were made in accordance with the National Economic and Social Development Office...