Results 16,401-16,420 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for it. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will report on his preparations for the banking inquiry and I will update Deputy Adams in respect of that.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: Last year, the Minister wrote to all the relevant parties initiating a review inviting submissions on how the Industrial Relations Acts 2001 and 2004 have functioned to date in respect of the programme commitment and the relevant findings of the International Labour Organization. Such submissions have been requested by the end of February. The Minister hopes to be in a position to come...
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: I met some thalidomide survivors when I was in opposition. The Minister has invited them to talk to him with a view to seeing what else can be done for them. The Deputy is aware that a payment is made to thalidomide survivors without accepting legal liability. I am also aware of recent decisions in Germany in this regard. There seems to be a division of opinion among the groups but the...
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is not in today's or tomorrow's Order of Business. If more time is required, we will be happy to have it.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: Most people I met seem very relieved that this burden has been taken off the Irish taxpayers' shoulders for a very long time.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for the criminal procedure Bill. The local government reform Bill is a major piece of legislation that must be enacted this year because of the local elections next year and the transfer of responsibility to local authorities. Deputy Healy-Rae should not be concerned about local issues because they will be well looked after and there will be a clear line of...
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: There is no date for that Bill yet.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is a serious matter. We have gone way beyond the heads of the Bill. The Bill is agreed and will be published in conjunction with the NESC report in two weeks time.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy is talking about the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for that but I thought the Deputy was asking about the merger of the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency, which will be published this session. I will come back to the Deputy in respect of the issue he raised.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: The greyhounds have gone around this track a number of times over the past number of years. They are out of sight at the moment and I must come back to Deputy Butler when I hear their bark in the distance.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: There are a couple of Departments involved in the investment company (SICAV) Bill. The heads are being prepared and it will come before the House later this year, as will the NTMA legislation. The heads of the latter Bill have not come to Government.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: I actually said it was the Vice President, not the President. The President would be too busy. It might well be that the Vice President, on his first visit, would wish to have a walk around some of the more challenging golf courses. I think the Deputy would agree with that. The question of tax is one that has been raised by the Deputy and others. Let us be quite clear about this. This...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: While we were deemed by some reports in the United States some years ago as being some sort of tax haven, that matter was raised and dealt with by President Obama himself. That is not the case.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: Our system is crystal clear, accountable and competent. If facilities exist in other countries and other tax systems for moving around elements of tax, that is not for us to deal with. We are very clear, very straight and across the board for everybody.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 10, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 11, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Council decision relating to readmission agreements; and No. 11a, motion re promissory note arrangement (on Supplementary Order Paper). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the...
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy has three questions. With regard to the Seanad, the Bill will be published in the next session. Work on the heads of the regulation of lobbying Bill is well advanced and that will come to Government in due course, although I cannot give the Deputy a date for it. I do not have a date for the human tissue Bill but I will update Deputy Ó Cuív as to the position of the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, has reminded me that the visit of the G8 leaders will be the most powerful element of The Gathering to come to Ireland in 2013. We hope it will act as a catalyst for further investment in and recognition of the country's beauty, culture, traditions and modernity. I expect to meet Prime Minister Cameron in early March in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: He has always been sharp like that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)
Enda Kenny: I can confirm that there is a great deal of security co-operation between the Garda and the PSNI. Unfortunately, we have a great deal of experience of dealing with security issues. The Lough Erne venue is ideal in the sense that it will be possible to secure it very safely. I am quite sure the PSNI and the Garda are working together in that regard. I have not yet seen the agenda for the...