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- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Bill will be taken next year. I remind Deputy Michael Healy-Rae that anybody who needs a home help service will have one.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: It is not listed.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The heads of the Bill have not yet been discussed by the Cabinet. It will more than likely be next year before the probation service Bill is brought before the House.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: In respect of the adoption (tracing and information) Bill, the Minister is considering the matter and has given a timeline for the legislation. The Bill is clearly related to the adoption legislation that will be an important element of the preparations for the referendum on children's rights. In all probability, the Bill will be taken next year, although I cannot confirm this. I will...
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, will respond to the Deputy on the matter he raises. The Construction Contracts Bill is awaiting Committee Stage and we will see to it that the Whips have it taken as quickly as possible.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister has never been afraid to meet farmers.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: He did not walk over them on the footpath, as happened in previous years.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister has arranged, at his request, four public meetings with farmers, one in each province in the next ten days, to discuss CAP reform, the protection of the budget and single farm payment scheme and other matters.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister of State, Deputy Shane McEntee, met representatives of the farming organisations today. The Deputy should not engage in this kind of palaver.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Yes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I do not intend to publish the documentation relating to the abolition of the Seanad until I am satisfied that it is all in place. That process is not yet complete, although a great deal of work has been done in the background. As the Deputy is aware, there are a significant number of references to the Seanad and its constitutional position in the Constitution. It is not a case of drawing...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: As I said, the matter will be considered by the convention and the Government will respond to its recommendation in that regard. Everything is feasible in politics, including this.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I have explained that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Labour Party is the oldest party in the country and a strong and vibrant organisation.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Higgins has said of his own decrepit outfit that it is faoi lán tseoil, or something like that. On the question of the future of the Seanad, the position was made very clear before the general election by both parties. It is a central part of the reform agenda in the programme for Government and will be put to the people, as I said to Deputy Martin, hopefully before the end of...
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 4, Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. tonight and shall adjourn on the adjournment of Private Members' Business, which shall be No. 63, motion re agriculture; and Private Members' business shall take place on the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett seems to imply he should have a list of members of the People Before Profit organisation and that he should select them for the convention.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The electoral register has been out of line for quite a number of years but it is the official register of all those who are entitled and registered to vote. People pass away or others have emigrated. Ordinary people will comprise the 66 citizens who are selected from the electoral register by age, gender, social class and region. If I understand the Deputy correctly, he has condemned in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----that this is about making recommendations by means of a process so that the Government can respond and put questions to the people on changes to our Constitution. The constitutional convention has that remit in a number of areas which I have outlined and in additional areas which are at the discretion of the chairman and members of the convention. Political reform is also a matter for...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (9 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has introduced penalties for parties that do not measure up when selecting women candidates to bring more women into politics. The regime has been changed with regard to corporate donations and all that area. These are matters of political reform and there is more to follow. However, the convention is about making...