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- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: Under these three methods I want to see primary care centres-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----being built, opened and used by people, thereby offering proper provision of primary care facilities throughout the country.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: We have many more than 20 to build.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy is perfectly entitled to join her colleagues on that side of the House in tabling a motion four months in advance of being able to move it - if she wants to follow the shallow road of popularity. In any Department there are difficulties and they will continue. The Minister for Health has taken on the task of cleaning up the most unholy departmental mess left behind by an outfit...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----were very welcome and have every right to make a legitimate protest. I met the bogcutters in Loughrea the other night and they are also entitled to protest-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----as are other people who want to walk on the streets in regard to any concern they may have. However, as I told the people in Loughrea, they are not entitled to block the public road when people are going about their legitimate business. The Minister, Deputy Reilly, has set out his strategy for dealing with the health system, namely, by changing the structures to bring about a...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: In this country people usually decry lay people for their failures in finance or any other departmental area but when there finally is somebody who understands medical politics and has a clear strategy for where we should aim and be, he too is decried. I do not claim we are all perfect. We all make mistakes. However, the responsibilities of the Minister, Deputy Reilly, and the Ministers of...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for that clarification. I thought Deputy McDonald would welcome that Government is in a position to make announcements about the provision of primary care centres. I gave Deputy Martin the three headings that apply: direct funding, leasing arrangements and public private partnerships. The decision in respect of public private partnerships is very clear. If there...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Semi-State Sector Remuneration (27 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), incorporating the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), is the only agency under the aegis of my Department. Three employees had salaries in excess of €100,000 per annum for each of the past three years. Of these, one is in receipt of an allowance of 16.66% of salary in lieu of superannuation. No other additional...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Convention (27 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: There are no plans for a referendum on the entire Constitution. I would of course point out that the Programme for Government commits the Government to bringing forward proposals for Constitutional reform in a number of areas. Four matters have already been put to the people in referendums since the Government came into office, three of them in fulfilment of commitments in the Programme. The...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Remuneration (27 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: No member of staff in my Department is paid more than €200,000 per annum. The pay for the Secretary General of my Department has been reduced to €200,000 per annum compared to €285,000 per annum which was payable previously for this position. The pay for the Second Secretary General post in my Department is €188,000 per annum. The two most senior Special...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Remuneration (27 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: There are no staff whose annual salary is in excess of €200,000 in my Department or in the National Economic and Social Development Office, the only body under the aegis of my Department.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Agencies (27 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: No new State agencies, forums or task forces were established under the aegis of my Department in 2012.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: I spoke with him yesterday. He has no intention of leaving the European Union.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: No, but he said that he wanted to be quite reasonable in the discussions-----
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----and that he had no intention of Britain leaving the Union.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: Yes.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy should give me his suggestions.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: No.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: That account is wrong.