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Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Pearse Doherty has made a statement. Ministers are entitled to an allowance of €6,000 which they can claim at the 41% tax rate, which works out at approximately €3,500. As a rural Member, the Deputy is in a position to claim approximately €30,000 or more, depending on what his overnight allowance figures are.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not know what Deputy Martin Ferris is claiming, but Deputy Pearse Doherty is referring to two very different things.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: No, I do not accept that. The Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, has pointed out that €1.4 billion is provided in this area. I make the point to Deputy Martin that we should be very grateful to the service providers who do an extraordinary job with limited circumstances. There has never been a guarantee like he speaks of for children in this area. I do not know the case of...

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: One can always find cases like this that are individual, sensitive and important. The Deputy should let me have the details of this case.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: I must point out to Deputy Martin, however, that there was never a guarantee for placements in these cases. Up to €1.4 billion is provided in this health area. The service providers in this area do an extraordinary job and are proving they can do so much more with less. If Deputy Martin so wishes, he can send the details of this particular case of an autistic young person to the...

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Do you want me to solve it?

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Do you want it solved or not?

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: I did not know the Deputy would be terrorised by a suggestion. The heads of the Bill were cleared on 16 October, but it will be next year before the Bill is published.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is due the middle of next year.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: The forestry Bill is on the A list and will be introduced this session. The Deputy can swing away.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: As far as I know, this will be brought to the Cabinet sub-committee by the Minister of State, Deputy White, but I cannot give the date at this time. Significant work has been done on this and I will let the Deputy know when exactly we expect to receive it.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: That legislation is planned for the middle of next year. However, if we introduce the other legislation into it, that would compound the issues and make the Bill take even longer.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: Does the question refer to the county enterprise boards?

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Government approved a memo on this recently and I will verify that and give the Deputy a more accurate update on when the Minister will produce his Bill. There are discussions taking place.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: The heads of that Bill were approved in September and quite a deal of work has been done on it. However, I do not have a date for its publication as it has not come back to Government since.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: I will revert to Deputy Nulty on that.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: This issue is a cause for great concern. I read about the incident in Kilfinane and I am aware of the difficulties subcontractors face, about which there is no doubt. They are coming to me also. Owing to the interest in the Bill, the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brian Hayes, is working with the Attorney General on a number of amendments which...

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: We have not yet decided on an option. We will make that decision before the House rises for the recess at the end of the year.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: In fairness, the view of the Tánaiste and his party on this issue has been known for a long time. The report sets out a number of options.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: This is not just a party issue. I would like to think we can have a calm and rational discussion on the issue to achieve as much consensus as we can.