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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: In the absence of Deputy Adams last week I confirmed to Deputy McDonald that I would be happy to meet the Ballymurphy community there or here, whichever is more appropriate.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I do not have any difficulty with it. I will reflect upon the letter sent by Deputy Adams. It is important to have as comprehensive a background to these meetings as is possible. As Deputy Adams is aware, I met Mr. Black, the survivor of the Kingsmill massacre, and the families of the victims. I also intend to meet a group from west Fermanagh who will soon come down with the Minister, Ms...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: This morning I raised the case of Pat Finucane with the Secretary of State and repeated to the Right Honourable Ms Villiers our position following the decision of Judge Cory, appointed after the Weston Park talks, namely, that whatever recommendations he makes will be followed through by both Governments; that I regard it as an international agreement; and that the British Government did not...
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I accept them.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I again invite the Deputy to put his proposals on the record of the House the week after next. Any constructive suggestions which the Deputy has to make will be listened to. I also invite him, as someone who can well afford to do so, to pay his household charge, which will go in part towards the provision of services for the elderly-----
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----people in Killybegs and the constituency which he serves. The Deputy, as a legislator, should obey the law of the land rather than take a deliberate opposite view for opportunistic purposes. The Deputy is well able to pay the €100 household charge. I invite him to do so.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, together. I travelled to London on Friday, 27 July to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Prior to the ceremony, I had the honour to meet Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace where, along with other world leaders and key figures in the sporting realm I attended a reception. We then travelled on to the Olympic Stadium for...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I was quoting Professor Stiglitz.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Professor Stiglitz, who is a more eminent person than I, said it rarely works.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: They were Professor Stiglitz words, not mine.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I was present when he said it.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----the existing staffing resources. That review will focus on a number of areas, including any home's ability to meet the changed HIQA standards for staffing and availability, clearly in some cases taking into account the structure, the age and the environment of a number of these homes throughout the country.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, advises me that funding is in place for the Cottage Hospital to become a step-down facility with more than 30 beds-----
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----arising from the options that were published on this matter last week. What is required and what will happen not just in the north east but throughout the entire country is a public consultation about where-----
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----we want to be with the health system in the years ahead. Clearly we need an effective and efficient system that delivers the best health care for all patients based on their medical requirement as distinct from what they have in their pockets.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: As the Deputy well knows, we cannot have centres of excellence at every crossroads.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: There will be changes, which people understand, but it must be as a result of consultation between everybody involved so that when a person becomes sick or has an ailment or a requirement in any part of the country-----
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----in the initial case they either have access to a primary care centre or, if it is a requirement for a hospital, they are able to travel there efficiently and effectively in order to get the treatment they need. In respect of the older people, the standards that apply need to apply across the country. The Deputy does not want elderly people in his constituency to be subject to inferior...
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----for the past 30 years, which needs to be changed and will be changed. While the change is always difficult-----
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----it is in the best interests of the country and the people. The main focus needs to be the patient, whether it be a child, young person, middle-aged person or elderly person. That is where the focus of the change and changing structure needs to be and that is where it will be.