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Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Second, there are 91 further projects with 1,829 answers - homes already on site being worked upon.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Third, there are a further 652 home that are at practical completion. These were started in 2016.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: That is 8,430 answers, 1,829 answers and a further 652. Let me point out to Deputy Martin, as I stated already, that there are 2,687 homes at stage one, 1,279 homes at stage two-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: One has to start somewhere.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Even the Fianna Fáil Party that decimated the economy and the construction sector knows that one must get bulldozers in on those sites to ready the earthworks and start building off planning permission where we have expedited this for local authorities.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: There are 490 at pre-tender and 1,493 at stage four, which is the tender report or final turnkey approval. These are really under way now. If Deputy Martin wants the location of each and every site, they are on the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government's website. They are being worked on now.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: They are not answers for those who say they will not get home until 2021. Deputy Cowen should tell me how it could be done differently.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy wants to know about the European Investment Bank-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----we opened an office of the European Investment Bank here and it will provide long-term credit at low interest for projects in this country of major infrastructural output where there will be a stream of income coming through to pay for those loans, such as toll roads, ports or Luas light rail.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Over the next period, let me assure Deputy Martin, the European Investment Bank, in the words of the chief executive himself, wants to lend much more money to this country from what is the European people's bank.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Yesterday, the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government published his plans for 8,500 social housing units. The figures speak for themselves but they do not show the extent of background work that has gone into preparing to deal with these situations. Some 7,167 people used State emergency accommodation nationally during a week in January, which included 4,760 adults....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Costs (21 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: My Department has not incurred any such expenditure in 2016; neither has the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), which is the only body under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Information and Communications Technology (21 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: The work required to upgrade my Department’s information technology systems and databases to incorporate the use of Eircode was carried out by staff in my Department’s IT unit in the course of routine maintenance and did not incur any additional cost. My Department encourages and promotes the use of Eircode and has, to date, made the following efforts in this regard: - The...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (21 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: As I have stated publicly, the Irish Government will oppose a hard border, argue for free movement on this island, seek EU funding for cross-border projects and protect the rights of EU citizens, whether from North or South. It is a matter of vital national interest for Ireland that we do not return to the days of a hard border, or indeed create a new one in the future. This is a political...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I welcome this opportunity to appear before the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach. The committee has a copy of my statement, which covers Votes 1 - 6, inclusive: President’s Establishment; Department of the Taoiseach; Office of the Attorney General; Central Statistics Office; Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; and Office of the Chief...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Lorcan Fullam was a very fine individual. I attended many meetings with him in Brussels. He had a detailed knowledge of his brief and was a first class public servant. I will call on his wife when I can. The Secretary General is absent from today's meeting for that reason. Vote 1 is the 2017 Revised Estimate for the President’s Establishment is €3.9 million. It includes...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: No.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I will give the context in which this is happening. The Moriarty tribunal into certain payments to politicians and related matters, established in 1997, concluded at a cost of €54.742 million. The Smithwick inquiry was a tribunal of inquiry established in 2006. That was to deal with the fatal shooting of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Robert Buchanan of the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Practically. The Cabinet this morning approved the terms of reference for the tribunal of inquiry into the McCabe case. Mr. Justice Charleton has said that he will deal with that. One amendment was made to the terms of reference as discussed, and that was to allow for the appearance of any individuals that the judge may think appropriate or relevant. That would arise because a number of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: Yes.