Results 17,481-17,500 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: I will revert to Deputy Durkan with the details on that Bill.
- Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: I can confirm there was no gagging order. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae is vocal in carrying messages and he does it regularly. We do not yet have a date for the criminal justice (victims rights) Bill.
- Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Construction Contracts Bill is awaiting Committee Stage in the Dáil and a great amount of work has been done on it. The roads (amendment) Bill will be taken next year.
- Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The heads of the education (admission to school) Bill are being prepared so it will be next year before it is published.
- Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: It will be taken in the new year. It is before the Seanad, awaiting Committee Stage.
- Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 16a, motion re membership of committee; No. 16b, Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 Seanad - financial resolution; and No. 21, Personal Insolvency Bill 2012 - Report and Final Stages (resumed). It is proposed,notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. tonight and adjourn not later than 10 p.m.; Nos. 16a and 16b...
- Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: I agree that the media are critical in how they present the issues of the day. Objectivity, clarity and truth are very important. However, I see many stories being spun in particular ways and I have no control over that. This matter is obviously important for every person in the country. The Consumer and Competition Bill will be published in this session-----
- Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: That is an element of the Bill that the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, will pilot through the House. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources also has a role in respect of the Bill.
- Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has already met with the Adoption Rights Alliance and other associations, and is in active discussions with them. The Adoption (Tracing and Information) Bill will be published early in the new year. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, is working actively on the issue of transparency in the courts, which has been raised by...
- Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: We could have used the €3 billion for the promissory note each year for the next ten years for many things too. The Deputy asked about strong rumours. I have no interest in rumours or speculation. That is a matter for Government decision, and the Government will make that decision in time for the budget in December. Anything else the Deputy hears is merely speculation or rumour, be...
- Order of Business (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister and the Government set up an expert group to deal with the judgment in the A, B and C cases. That report has to be presented to the Minister for Health. When the Minister considers the report he will bring it to the Government and there will be an opportunity for a debate. The remit of the expert group was to present a range of options arising from the judgment in the A, B and...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy represents a party which for a long time did not recognise the Constitution, the State or the laws of this land. One of the laws of the land, which is still in operation, is the law regarding what pension rights actually constitute. This Government did not draw up, or allow to be drawn up, the contractual arrangements and obligations for extraordinarily high pensions for a small...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Government, through the Department of Social Protection, funds approximately 30% of the private rented sector. Currently, it is costing €430 million per annum. Deputy Pringle is well aware that it was necessary to put in some limits in respect of the rents being charged by landlords. The relationship between the Department is with the tenant and not the landlord, so a tenant...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: For somebody who is able to go to the High Court and the European Court of Justice and who still has not paid his household charge-----
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----it is a bit Irish.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: Let me invite Deputy Pringle-----
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: Maybe Deputy Pringle has put his finger on a button because he said many of these tenants are paying under-the-counter payments to landlords. Does he expect the State, through the Department of Social Protection, to continue to fund landlords whose tenants are expected to pay under-the-counter payments? If he has evidence of under-the-counter payments, I would advise him to bring it into...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----because the scheme provides that when the tenant applies for accommodation and rent supplement, he or she does so against these maximum limits which have been set. Where rent comes up for review or reassessment, it is against these limits that it is reassessed. Deputy Pringle has told us he has evidence of people who are being forced to pay under-the-counter payments to landlords. The...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: I invite Deputy Martin to send me the details of the particular case he mentioned in west Cork.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2012)
Enda Kenny: Yes. We know about the Deputy's cases as well. I do not know the details-----