Results 15,921-15,940 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not agree. This year 65% of property tax revenue will be retained by the local authorities. The Government's intention is to bring that figure to 80% for use in the provision of services in the local authority areas where people pay their property tax. This is a fair tax, whereby those who have the most will pay the most. It has been set out to provide services in local areas. I...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: I am sure the Deputy will not object to being a multiple property taxpayer in compliance with the law of the land and for the provision of services in his own area. In respect of mortgages, the Minister for Finance will outline the details this afternoon. I wish to inform the Deputy that the banks do not have a veto over the insolvency legislation, nor do they have a veto over the...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: That provides an incentive for banks to sit down with clients to deal with their particular problems by means of the wide variety of opportunities such as those outlined in the Keane report and elsewhere to restructure and re-engineer their mortgages which are in distress. The Deputy's rant about evictions and house repossessions is nonsensical. I note that even his own spokesman on...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: I listened to LMFM this morning and heard the spokesperson on finance making the comment that the reason the Minister for Finance was introducing initiatives today to deal with mortgage arrears was the by-election in County Meath. Has the Ceann Comhairle ever heard anything as strange as that? I noticed that the leader of Fianna Fáil drew that by-election into his comments here. The...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: This strategy has nothing to do with the by-election. Deputy Martin has pursued a misery agenda for long enough. I am not sure whether he is afraid he would actually sort this out, because when one looks back at what the previous Government did not do, one can see appalling behaviour and lack of competence on its part. Deputy Martin ignores the fact that the Government of which he was a...
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: I did not catch the third question, after the questions on the Houses of the Oireachtas Bill and the whistleblower legislation.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: That Bill will be taken this year. The Houses of the Oireachtas (inquiries, privilege and procedures) Bill and the whistleblower legislation are on track and on target for this session. The question of better regulation is something we must have a general discussion about. I would like to see further improvement in our capacity to do business competently and to give everyone an opportunity...
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: The criminal law (human trafficking) (amendment) Bill will be taken this session as it is in section A of the Government legislation programme. The criminal justice (legal aid) Bill will be taken later this year.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: I cannot give the exact dates but I expect it will be taken early. The Government dealt with elements of it this morning. I will update Deputies Lawlor and Catherine Murphy.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: The High Court issue was dealt with this morning and approved by Government under the Land and Conveyancing Bill. The forestry Bill referred to by Deputy Boyd Barrett will be published during the current session.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: What was originally referred to as the mental capacity Bill is now known as the assisted decision-making (capacity) Bill. I confirm that work on the Bill is very advanced and we will let the Deputy know exactly when the Bill is to be published.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: There is a whole range of Bills on health. Legislation on persons aged over 70 years was approved this morning.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: I am not sure the Deputy's question relates to the health (amendment) Bill.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is on Report Stage in the Seanad. The Whips will have to make arrangements to bring it in here. I am quite sure the Minister of State, Deputy Alan Kelly, will be able to meet with the representatives before that happens.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Crowe raises a very serious matter which affects families to their detriment. The heads of the gambling control Bill have not come before Government yet. I understand that quite extensive work has been done and will update the House on the current stage of it.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: Work is proceeding in the Department of Health following the information meetings and as part of the process we outlined before. The Minister for Health has not brought the heads referring to the regulations to Government yet. Clearly, we want to deal with this in a proper, comprehensive fashion given the sensitivities involved. We do not want it unduly delayed. When the heads of the Bill...
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Order of Business is No. 21, Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 1, Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Second Stage. Private Members' Business shall be No. 91, motion re job creation and economic growth.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: I cannot recall the Deputy asking me the number of sections that have commenced-----
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----but we referred here previously to the extent and complexity of the Personal Insolvency Act. As I have told the House, the personal insolvency agency will be open for business in early summer. The director has been appointed. Recruitment is taking place. Arrangements are being made to open this. The Deputy will get the details he seeks tomorrow when the Minister for Finance...
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: No. The Deputy asked me the number of sections that had commenced.