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- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: This is a matter for the garda involved. Contrary to all of the assertions made here, clearly no report was put together by the Garda.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Shatter will be here this evening to deal with the Fianna Fáil motion of confidence and he will answer everything.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams has long experience of dealing with gardaí-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and there is a difference between the cases of Deputy Wallace and Deputy Shatter-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----in that an offence was committed by Deputy Wallace which he understands, and in Deputy Shatter's case no offence was committed-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and the garda was entirely entitled to do as he or she did.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Shatter, has the full confidence of the Government in respect of the reforming strategy he has set for the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Defence, as well as the legal profession. He will answer this evening in that regard. I have absolute confidence in the Minister to do his job. As I stated, he apologised for the comment.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: He has clarified that the original charge that this happened between the election and the appointment of a new Government was not true and he clarified the matter in respect of the mandatory checkpoint. As he released his statement this morning, he verified what has been confirmed by the Garda Commissioner to the Secretary General in the Department of Justice and Equality in that inquiries...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Of course, I have spoken to the Minister for Justice and Equality, who has clarified the exact circumstances surrounding the mandatory checkpoint issue, including the time it occurred. In answer to a question from the Deputy's leader last week, I made the point that the Minister's comment was made in an attempt to undermine the argument being made by Deputy Wallace as opposed to undermining...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----as well as the new visa waiver programmes, the clearing of the backlog of applications for citizenship and new formal ceremonies for people who become naturalised citizens of the country. Instead of having such people attend in the middle of court cases, they can have a formal ceremony and swearing-in with respect to the flag, our national anthem and the Constitution. He streamlined...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----that makes it clear that a person may use reasonable force to defend himself or herself in the home.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Criminal Justice Act 2011 provides improved powers for the Garda in combating white collar crime. The Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Act 2012 provides for the issuing of search warrants by gardaí in exceptional circumstances of urgency. The 2013 criminal justice Bill will provide the power to temporarily close down mobile phone transmissions where there is a serious terrorist...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: He brought forward the Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Judges' Remuneration) Bill, the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2012 and the Courts Bill 2013, which will enhance the role of the District and Circuit Courts-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and provide for the appropriate reporting of family law cases. The Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill facilitates the rehabilitation of once-off offenders.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: He is the Minister who brought forward the opportunity for the people to vote on the setting up of a court of civil appeal and next year, please God, for the people to have the opportunity to set up a whole new system of family courts.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: These innovative and far-reaching proposals and changes by the Minister for Justice and Equality, if adopted by the House and the people, will bring our legal and justice system - with all connected to it - into the 21st century.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Many Ministers over many years failed to act in this area.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Shatter, has apologised for the comment that he made on a national television programme in respect of Deputy Wallace. The Minister has already made a statement to the Dáil on this and he has answered questions about it. He will confirm this evening again, in respect of a motion of no confidence, that, as a person who suffers from an asthmatic condition, he made two...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Disability Act Employment Targets (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Disability Act 2005 obliges all public sector organisations, including my Department and the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), incorporating the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), which is the only statutory body under the aegis of my Department, to employ a minimum of 3% of staff with a disability. Both my Department and NESDO currently meet the...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Costs (28 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The nature of my Department's work is geared towards policy development and co-ordination and it is not ordinarily involved in operational matters that give rise to litigation. Although matters arise from time to time which give rise to legal expenses being incurred, e.g. personal injury claims or employment rights matters, they do so on an infrequent basis only and are dealt with through...