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- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: I am aware of that. It will be published in this session. Deputies will have plenty of opportunities to have comprehensive discussions on it.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: I think I said it will be published this year. I do not think I said it will be published in the new year. I think I said it will be-----
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: Perhaps my recall is not as sharp as it should be.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: My understanding is that the Bill will be published in this session. Obviously, it will be debated after that.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: I do not want to cause a row. At the Whips' meeting last week all of the Opposition Whips requested that the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill dealing with the issue of risk equalisation be debated all day in the House today and tomorrow. However, because of the level of interest in the Credit Union Bill, it was decided to include the Bill in the agenda for today. Members may sit an hour...
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy's group was anxious that the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill be taken all day today and tomorrow.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Deputies object to everything. That is the nature of what happens here. I am not objecting to extra time being given to debate the Bill, if the time can be found. I suggest to Deputies Micheál Martin and Gerry Adams that the Whips discuss the matter with the Government Whip to try to find an extra hour today or see if it would be possible to fit it in at some other time. I am not...
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Bill will not be published until next year. Tomorrow the Minister for Health and his Ministers of State will publish the health strategy for the next period of years. It will deal with the requirement for transparency and accountability. As the Deputy will be aware from his previous experience in the Department, it is often very difficult to follow the allocated moneys to see where...
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: This process was started by the Department of Finance in June 2011 and the Mercer Group is now reviewing other information. I hope the review will be produced for the Minister for Finance before the end of the year. In fact, I would like to see the review concluded before the budget, but I cannot confirm that will happen. The Government process does not just involve looking at the pay...
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: No, but the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has a number of proposals in this regard. I will arrange for him to contact the Deputy directly.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: No, the heads of that Bill have not yet come before the Government.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: As the Deputy is well aware from his experience, as with any other report, the Minister will read the report, reflect on it and bring it to the Government. It will be published when the Government decides what view it should take on what is contained in it.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy need not worry; he will have plenty of time to consider the report which will be published. There will be plenty of time to discuss it and I am sure there will be plenty to discuss.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. a15, motion re referral of the general scheme of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2012 to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges and the sub-Committee on Privileges; No.19, Credit Union Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 5, Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is...
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The heads of the Bill were approved by the Government on 31 October. In line with a commitment already given to provide for more effective scrutiny of legislation by the Oireachtas, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has referred the heads of the Bill to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform which will conduct pre-legislative scrutiny. The process will...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: This is a tragic case and I am not going to say anything in this House without being in possession of the facts. I read the reports this morning and I listened to commentary about the matter. There are two investigations taking place. It is only right and appropriate that the facts be determined by both of those investigations. When they are presented to the Minister for Health, he will...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The expert group was asked to examine the judgment, to elucidate its implications for the provision of health care services to pregnant women in Ireland and to recommend a series of options on how to implement the judgment, taking into account the constitutional, legal, medical and ethical considerations involved in the formulation of public policy in this area and the overriding need for...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: I know that Deputy Ross is raising this case as a matter of public interest and that he does not impugn the integrity of any person. He has been clear on that. The referendum in respect of pay for members of the Judiciary came about because of the constitutional Article that stipulated that the remuneration of judges could not be reduced and because of the circumstances that applied...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Shatter, as Minister for Justice and Equality, has brought about more far-reaching and fundamental changes to the legal profession than have taken place over the last 200 years.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: He is already committed to bringing in the courts Bill to reform the way the courts are run. It is an opportunity to make the system fit for purpose for the 21st century.