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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: On a point of information, it was in the convention centre and not the Burlington Hotel. It is results that count and not telephone calls. There is a process by which the leaders arrive at decisions that impact on us. The big decision that has to be implemented is that of 29 June, breaking the link between sovereign and bank; that is what will benefit Ireland. I assure the Deputy I will...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked a question and I will answer it. Failure to do so causes frustration and anger and cynicism which we have seen on the streets of other countries. For our part, I will be very happy indeed to make this case very strongly in addition to the constant negotiations by the Minister for Finance and on a daily basis by officials from the Departments of Finance, the Taoiseach and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The statement by the three Ministers for Finance is just that - a statement by three, albeit influential, Ministers. The Irish Government was in touch immediately with the offices in the Netherlands, Finland and Berlin and the situation was that was a statement made by the three Ministers without reference to the Prime Ministers of the three countries involved. Departmental officials from...

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is disgraceful conduct by the Deputy to involve himself with bringing persons with a disability to the House in order to make a politically opportunistic charge against the Tánaiste.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: Second, I advise Deputy Boyd Barrett to table a Topical Issue matter-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----and the Ceann Comhairle might allow it to be discussed. In respect of the tender, it was awarded strictly in accordance with the EU requirements.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: It was designed to provide enhanced services for people who need them.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the third issue the Deputy raised, the Ceann Comhairle has already dealt with him comprehensively in that regard. However, it is not beyond the Deputy to try again.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 26, inclusive, together. I wish to emphasise again for the House that I am in regular and ongoing contact with my European Council colleagues and I avail of every opportunity to engage bilaterally with them. While in Rome on 21 September, I met with Prime Ministers Mario Monti, Mariano Rajoy and Antonis Samaras. At all of these meetings the primary...

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Adams for his comments. When I was speaking to the First Minister of Scotland, Mr. Alex Salmond MSP, at the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly some time ago, he outlined the opportunity that might exist for people in Scotland to cast their votes on independence. That opportunity is to be given. The agreement to do so was signed yesterday. One question will be asked of the...

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: Last Thursday morning, Deputy Boyd Barrett brought a number of people with disabilities to the House and put them up in the Gallery. They were looking for services. Deputy Boyd Barrett e-mailed them and told them not to meet local health service officials, because the Deputy had an opportunity to embarrass the Tánaiste, who serves the same people in his own constituency.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: That was disgraceful treatment.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: That was disgraceful treatment by a public representative of people with a disability. If the Deputy can deny what I say he should do so.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The advisor to the Minister for Health has been an advisor since February of this year. Her job is to give the Minister advice in the best interests of the health service, in which she is an expert. In 2005, this person took on a role as a consultant to Zehnacker, a German company providing a range of services to health services and other areas in a number of European countries. That...

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The situation is as I have outlined. The requirement is to live within the budget to which the Minister for Health signed up. It is a requirement he must meet this year.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I understand the programme for Government.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The work of restructuring, in terms of the Croke Park agreement, its review and its implementation, and squeezing the maximum out of the programme, in order to lessen the impact on front line services, is under way. The decision on the agreement reached in respect of the cost of drugs will yield substantial savings of €400 million over the coming three years. The decisions and...

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The review will be based on individual needs and will be based on medical requirements. Where the medical assessment says the person requires a certain level of home help, the person will have that.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The review also takes into account where hours are allocated to individuals who are not as needy as those who require medical services on a regular basis. They speak for themselves. The Minister must make adjustments within reality and the changes made to structure of the health service will deliver savings that will lessen the impact on front line services. That is why the ongoing work in...