Results 16,661-16,680 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Mac Lochlainn may think that is acceptable. However, I am sure he was very happy to see the scale of investment in the accident and emergency unit at Letterkenny General Hospital, which the people up there were perfectly entitled to.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: Instead of persisting in the witch hunt of the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, and other Ministers - I understand the politics of that-----
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I am much more interested in the outcome, in terms of bricks and mortar, facilities, equipment and professional staff to give patients in Kilkenny and Wexford the very best level of attention.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: A number of major hospital projects in the south were delivered under budget in 2011, and efficiencies were achieved. That enabled the Kilkenny project to be accelerated, while additional funding of €12 million was made available for the facilities in Wexford.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I supported that in Opposition and I support it now.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: No other projects have been delayed, omitted or withheld from the capital programme to accommodate these projects. Let us have a discussion about Roscommon some day if Deputies wish. I will tell the House about the increased activities that have taken place at that hospital.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The changes delivered have made Roscommon County Hospital a much busier place than it has been for very many years. What we need is to get on with these projects to provide facilities not only in Wexford and Kilkenny but in many other locations around the country.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I have been very clear and consistent about this since the negotiations and discussions with the European Central Bank began. The Government and the Governor of the Central Bank, who attends the meetings as a member from Ireland, have made it perfectly clear that this is not an easy situation to unravel. Clearly, the untangling of the deal done, which will cost €3.1 billion per year...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin said it in his comment just now. I wrote it down. He referred to significant challenges. Clearly, there are significant challenges.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: In any event, I put it to Deputy Martin that the general focus of these discussions has been about the range of options with regard to the promissory notes, the sources of funding, the duration of the notes, the interest rates applicable and all of that area. I have been clear in saying that we want to effectively restructure and re-engineer this situation to move from a high interest rate...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The discussions taking place at the ECB are about the source of the funding, the duration of the notes, the interest rates applicable, the implications for a wider bank debt deal and the implications and options arising from it in respect of the financial system. In respect of the deal done by the previous Administration on the promissory notes, the unified message which we have been sending...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: With regard to the decision of 29 June to break the link between sovereign debt and bank debt, following that on the single supervisory mechanism, the ECOFIN group started its discussions on this matter. When the matter of an extension of the mortgage situation for Portugal and Ireland in the same way as that applied to Greece was raised, the principle was accepted and it went to the working...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Meetings (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: Neither I nor any of my officials have met any representatives of the tobacco industry in the last six months.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Jobs met 8 times in 2012.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Service Reform Plan Update (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: My Department has no responsibility for any of the Bodies listed in Appendix IIa of the public service reform document published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 17 November 2011.
- Order of Business (23 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: At present, there are 1.8 million medical cards issued, which is more than ever before.
- Order of Business (23 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: As for people who lose their medical cards, the vast majority of those who do so will have a doctor-only card. The Minister of State, Deputy White, is working on this area and it is the intention of the Government, obviously over its lifetime, to introduce universal health insurance.
- Order of Business (23 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister of State, Deputy White, is proceeding with the legislation in respect of primary care.
- Order of Business (23 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I can confirm for Deputy Kirk that it was raised at the North-South Ministerial Council meeting. There is INTERREG funding available, as well as some funding from the office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. However, I raised the issue with the Executive directly at the last North-South Ministerial Council meeting and I will follow up on that.
- Order of Business (23 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is due later this year. The Government has no intention of abandoning people in rural Ireland.