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- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: I expect the education and training boards Bill to receive clearance very shortly.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: That legislation is a distance away. We expect to bring it forward either at the end of this year or early next year.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice and Equality is in continuing contact with the Garda authorities and the Commissioner with a view to ascertaining how the Government can strengthen the legislative hand of the Garda in its operations in this area. The legislation in question is somewhat down the line. We must await the conclusion of the discussions between the Minister and the Commissioner to see...
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: I realise the Deputy must get his fix for organising protest meetings and I am glad, therefore, to offer him clarity on the matter. The decision that was made is that there will be a property tax which will apply from July next year. The Revenue Commissioners were mandated by the Government to put together the mechanics of the scheme and the Minister for Finance will provide all the details...
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 11, motion re membership of committees; and No. 4, Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. tonight and shall adjourn not later than 10 p.m.; (2) No. 11 shall be decided without debate;...
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: I do not propose to allow for a statement by the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, tomorrow. He is answering priority questions on Thursday and he will answer any questions from Members with regard to his sector and the Government stimulus package for development which was approved and announced earlier in the year. I will check this for the Deputy but I understand the ministerial order...
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister will bring his recommendations on the Thornhill report to the Government over the next period. The report will be made public once the Government has reflected on it.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: In the case of crime-----
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: Yes, he has had it for a while.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: It is important legislation. You seem to have taken a position on it before it is published - or your party seems to have taken a position on it.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: I thought I heard some rumblings that you had already taken a decision about it before-----
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----the thing was even published. I can confirm that the DNA database Bill and the mental capacity Bill will be prioritised and published in this session. I refer to the brutal murders in front of children on the streets of this city and in the country, as described. This is brutal treatment by people who have ordered the destruction and the assassination of people, in public, in front of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: Article 28.4.3o of the Constitution precludes me from commenting on the detail of what happens at such meetings. Bank of Ireland made an announcement about the increase to which the Deputy refers last July. It is important to state this is a commercial decision on the bank's part. The State only owns 15% of Bank of Ireland. It is not the case that the Government is in a position to issue...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: Absolutely. The Deputy's supplementary question relates to interest rates, but it refers to a commercial decision on the part of the bank in question. As stated, however, the Government has a 15% share in Bank of Ireland and it is not a case of our ordering it or any other bank to reduce interest rates. I would like to believe an interest rate reduction being passed on by the European...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: Sa fhreagra a thug mé, dúirt mé go raibh cruinniú den coiste i rith an tsamhraidh. Rinneadh cinneadh ag an coiste sin agus tá sin curtha i gcrích tar éis an Bhille a bheith curtha tríd an Dáil. I dtaobh an údarás nua a bheidh ann, séard atá i gceist ná béim a chur agus iniúchadh a dhéanamh ar...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Deputies have raised important points. I understand the first meeting of the North South-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: Is it 5 or 12 October?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: There will be 24 representatives from the Republic and 24 representatives from Northern Ireland. Congratulations to the Ceann Comhairle for his part in that. Deputy McDonald raised the question of the transfer of fiscal powers. This is an issue I look forward to discussing with Secretary of State Villiers and, on the next occasion, with the Prime Minister when I have a chance to talk to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 to 22, inclusive, together. The Economic Management Council has met 28 times so far this year, most recently on 19 September, and the next meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, 26 September. The Government has been working closely with the Irish banks to ensure the banking sector supports economic recovery. The members of the council last met with the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (25 Sep 2012)
Enda Kenny: The points made by Deputy Higgins are all relevant. Nobody wants to see a return to rioting or sectarian violence. I fully agree with him that those communities do not want to be dragged back, as he said, into sectarian violence which ruined so many lives and communities. The very young people who were involved in some of the most recent rioting are too young - some were not born - to...