Results 16,741-16,760 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I reject the Deputy's charge of threatening public service workers. We have set out a very clear position of mandating the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and his officials to negotiate with the unions in respect of savings that need to be made in the public sector, amounting to an additional cumulative amount of €1 billion between now and 2015. Those discussions are under...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----to work in Irish hospitals on a salary of €22,000 to €25,000, which is equivalent to what young accountants or teachers would get, in order to acquire experience and opportunities to build on their training in Irish hospitals and not to have the prospect of going abroad. I would have thought that somebody such as Deputy McDonald would welcome that 1,000 extra jobs are...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: As for Deputy McDonald's running down of the of the quality of graduate nurses in Ireland,-----
- Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----I say to her that is not the way to look at the training of young Irish men and women who graduate to become nurses. She is saying to them that they should not take up these jobs in Irish hospitals. These 1,000 jobs are outside the employment framework and I hope that many of those young trained nurses who have worked abroad and those from the three years' graduate classes involved...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health announced on 15 October last that intensive negotiations involving the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, IPHA, the HSE and the Department of Health had reached a successful conclusion on a major deal on the cost of drugs in the State and that the deal is an important step in reducing the cost base of the health system here. That deal, with a value in excess...
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: We are playing our part and will continue to do so.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The matter is in two phases. The first element is in respect of the low carbon Bill, which I expect to be cleared by the Government in the next couple of weeks. That is part of the larger climate change Bill, which will be produced later on in the year. I have noted yesterday's comments by the President of the United States. Ireland will, of course, do its bit. We have set out our own...
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I have bad news for Deputy Durkan to start with. I do not have a date for the publication of this legislation. I will give him an up-to-date report on the status of the Bill's preparation, but the heads have not come through yet.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Bill deals with three matters: the amalgamation of the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority; providing a statutory code of conduct for the retail goods sector; and effecting the recommendations of the advisory council on media mergers. That legislation will be produced in this session.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: As Deputy Calleary is aware, the Government requested Senator Martin McAleese to deal with this report. I understand that it is in the final stages of completion. Following the Senator's long discussions with various groups and the women involved, I am not sure whether he intends to give it to them in advance. They are pretty well acquainted with what the conclusions of the report will be....
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: This issue is of concern to a great number of people. I have been in a number of the houses affected. The good news is that a decision has been made to introduce a pyrite remediation scheme. It was hoped that this would be part of the Finance Bill, but the imposition of levies to deal with the scheme will require primary legislation. I know that the Minister, Deputy Hogan, has written to...
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: That is an important Bill. It is largely completed and I expect it to be published in this session.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: This legislation was to be concluded before, but they are still drafting some amendments to it. I expect it will not be long before it is completed. I will give the Deputy an update in two weeks' time to see what stage the drafting of amendments is at.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is a change here to have more involvement in drafting legislation. That is why the change was brought about in order that back bench Members would be entitled to initiate Private Members' Bills for discussion in the House.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I will have to come back to the Deputy on that matter. I do not have the detail on when we can expect it. The decision has been made, however, and I will let the Deputy know in due course.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I take it the Deputy is referring to the workplace relations Bill which will be published in this session. I know the difficulties the workers in Irish stores have with HMV. I am glad the moneys for the charitable cause for the little girl will be made available; at least I understand they will. I hope the same facility will be extended to Irish stores as is being extended to people in...
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is not for any great love of the Seanad it is going before that House.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I expect to publish the legislation dealing with the abolition of the Seanad in the next session and I expect to have the people answer the question in the autumn. The Bill going before the Seanad will come before the Dáil, and there will be a second water Bill later in the year when the details referred to by Deputy Cowen will be decided upon by the Government.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: That case was the subject of questions today. The heads of the Bill have not been cleared yet so it will be some time later this year.
- Order of Business (22 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The judicial Council Bill will be later this year.