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- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin will not because he cannot.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a problem with answering questions from anyone on the European Council meeting.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I do not know whether I have meetings scheduled but I will try to facilitate the House by being present.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: We do not like debates to be disjointed. As Deputy Ó Snodaigh is aware, the Chief Whip made it perfectly clear last week that given the schedule of events in Ministers' diaries that if Opposition spokespersons contact the Chief Whip's office they will receive the best estimate of when each Minister will make a contribution on the economic debate. That will give Sinn Féin and the...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I can confirm to the Deputy that the number of children on waiting lists has been reduced by 800, even with the exceptional numbers who have left the health service through voluntary redundancy, retirement and so on. There is no alternative report. Everybody who will be party to making the decision, following the recommendation of the Minister, is entitled to understand the implications,...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: In the meantime, clearly, the HSE and the Department of Health are conscious of the priority that has to be attached to the treatment of children and, indeed, every other patient. While times are tough and challenging economically, that is a matter the Minister and his two Ministers of State want to treat with sensitivity. Again, Dolphin will be published as soon as the Government makes...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: As I said, this is a major flagship project for the country. I expect Government to make its decision and announcement in the next two weeks to clear this up.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Education and Skills, given the constraints on the budget and the budgetary preparation he has to go through, brought in a new system where teachers starting the profession are at a lower salary or wage than those who had been in the system before. I listened to the secretary of one of the unions this morning say that the protest today was not about wages but about the...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----and the anxieties and concerns about the education process. A discretionary allocation for supervision is now available to new teachers which was not available in February of this year because allowances were all suspended. That leaves teachers starting off in the profession on a salary of €32,000 per year. This is part of a very difficult situation for the country. Protests,...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett should bear in mind that one of his group up there at the back is actually taking a case in the European Court to prevent the mechanism for funding this country from being put in place. It will be an interesting decision which the court makes and I understand all 27 judges are there.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: As I said, the starting salary is €32,294 for teachers, which is a starting salary of €30,702 with an optional pensionable allowance of €1,592. I am advised by the Minister for Education and Skills that there are nine applicants for every teacher place. At least the decision gives clarity to new teachers and is an improvement on the pay situation of teachers who began...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The answers are "No" and "No."
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Does the Deputy understand that?
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin asked me two questions. He asked me whether the Government had commissioned an independent report-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----and the answer to that question is "No."
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked me whether any Minister had commissioned another independent report and I said "No."
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked whether the Government had commissioned an independent report on this matter. The answer is "No."
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin also asked whether any Minister had commissioned an independent report on this matter. The answer is "No."
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Dolphin report-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: When Deputies keep interrupting, they sometimes prevent the truth from being heard. The Dolphin group combined planning, managerial and clinical expertise in the preparation of its report.