Results 17,181-17,200 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: We have lots to do with Government time.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Fianna Fáil spokesperson on health will have the opportunity to attend the committee meeting and make his case there.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: It is a matter for the Whips to make arrangements for the discussion on the expert group report. I have already said that ample time will be provided for Members to discuss the report and the Whips will work out the detailed arrangements. The health amendment Bill referred to by the Deputy is being drafted by the Parliamentary Counsel. In response to what Deputy Martin said earlier, I...
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister will set out the schedule as part of the budgetary process next week.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: Deputy O'Mahony is referring to a specific location in Mayo where an investigation is ongoing. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has already set out his views in respect of the changing of responsibilities in that regard. I will follow through on the specific question raised by Deputy O'Mahony regarding the investigation taking place in a LEADER area and will...
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: I confirm again that the Government has not signed off on the full range of details concerning the property tax. The Minister will make his announcement in that regard during his budget presentation and he will set out the schedule for dealing with the property tax as part of the legislative agenda.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: As I understand it, the companies Bill will be published in the next number of weeks.
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The consumer and competition Bill is being drafted at the moment. It is on the A list but I am not sure it will make it through before the end of the year.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The incidence of diabetes is of growing concern and importance. When listening to the proceedings of a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Health and Children I heard the chief medical officer from the Department of Health say that the number of diabetics in this country will increase to 250,000 over the next couple of years and that this could be prevented through education, diet and...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: One of the issues that has arisen from the North-South Ministerial Council programme is the extent of cross-Border co-operation and activity in a range of areas, including transport, education, business and health. I know from the last meeting held in Armagh that the Minister, Deputy Reilly, has had a number of meetings with the Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety in...
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 11a - Membership of Committees; No. 19 - Statements on the European Council, Brussels; No. 20 - Credit Union Bill 2012 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 18 - Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) in the event that a division is...
- Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: I have objected to the use of the guillotine on many occasions. The guillotine has been provided because the Credit Union Bill 2012 must go before the Seanad next week. It may well be that the guillotine will not be necessary because of, as the Deputy said, the Minister's fair engagement on the Bill on Committee Stage. It is provided for in the event that it may be required because the...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin speaks about targeting people individually. He has raised the case of an autistic child who needs a placement. If he wants that problem to be solved or investigated properly, I invite him to send me the details.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy should note that €1 million has been allocated from the disability budget for autism services, specifically those dealing with these cases. He tells us that we should not target people, yet he raises a particular case in the House.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: If the Deputy wants to have that case examined, I invite him to send us the details to we see what can be done.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: Persons with a disability, despite the economic circumstances we face, have been better protected than any other sector. There are always cases.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy seems to assume that he is the only one who has access to the people concerned. I am told their stories every day of the week, as everyone else here knows.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: Unfortunately, these cases are the fallout from the bank guarantee and the legacy with which we have to deal.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: In this case the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, has €1 million from the disability budget to deal with autistic cases alone. The Deputy is well aware that an independent review is being carried out of the service providers dealing with the case he mentioned.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The fact of the matter is that the Deputy claims the overnight allowances to which he is entitled. They are a multiple of what any Minister who does not receive overnight allowances would claim. Most Ministers are in Dublin four or five nights a week, depending on their schedule or duties. The matters mentioned by the Deputy are part of what the Government is considering in respect of the...