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Economic Management Council (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----the fact that the Keane report produced recommendations on how to bring about a resolution for distressed mortgages and those in arrears and in difficulties, is the reason the lending institutions have an incentive to sit down with everyone and work out an individual solution for each case. There are those who have had solutions worked out where the house is not being taken from them,...

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 13, Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 14, Personal Insolvency Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. and shall adjourn not later than 10 p.m., and Private Members' business, which shall be No. 28,...

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I notice that the Deputy said in reference to the hospital he mentioned that "we" built it. That is what has been wrong in this place for so long, this notion that "we" build things.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The taxpayers pay their money and governments put a process in place to oversee the expenditure of those moneys. That does not allow us to claim ownership of the people's facilities.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The heads of the child and family support agency Bill were cleared by the Cabinet this morning and the Minister given approval to proceed. That legislation will be ready in the autumn. The HSE governance Bill was approved by Cabinet today for publication.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: There might be some Government amendments on Committee Stage, but the Bill is expected to be published tomorrow.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am not up to date with the community nursing home in Thurles to which the Deputy referred. The Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill was published last Friday and is on its way into the Seanad.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Drafting of that Bill has commenced, but I do not have a date for its publication. The Minister will keep in touch with the Deputy as matters proceed.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: That legislation is still rumbling in the distance. I can see it but I cannot hear it. I will get back to the Deputy with a more accurate fix on it.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The specialist group established by the Government to consider this matter requested and was granted an extension of time. When it completes its deliberations in due course, that report will go to the Minister.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The request was for an extension until the end of September.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I assume the Deputy is referring to provisions regarding the separation of alcohol for sale in outlets. The Minister has his documentation ready in that regard. That 2,000 hospital beds throughout the State are taken up every night by people fuelled with drink is an appalling statistic. The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Róisín Shortall, has been working on a range...

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I saw many reports that this issue would be on the Cabinet agenda for today. It was never to be on the agenda for today. It will come back to the Cabinet sub-committee on social policy's next meeting, which will be devoted fully to this matter. We will include in that the recommendations of the Minister, Deputy Shatter, in regard to the sections of the 2008 Act. We will, in the most...

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I believe the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, is meeting with representatives of the trainee pilots on Friday.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister has commented on this matter publicly and, as the Deputy will be aware, sections of the single payment have been brought forward. Clearly, the bad weather has exacerbated the position. I note today's reports that farmers could lose up to €250 per head through the drop in the value of cattle caused by this problem. The situation has been exacerbated by the flooding of 100,000...

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The problem is that there has never been any management structure in place to look at that issue to see what could be done. It is not a case of going back to drain the river. Much more sophisticated early warning systems are needed, and a system that operates to the best advantage of everybody. For years, farmers have had to put up with winter flooding but nothing of the scale of the...

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Nobody is undermining anybody. There is a clear process in place for dealing with this matter, which is far too serious to be rushed in any way. As I indicated to Deputy Broughan, it is a case of the Cabinet sub-committee on social policy having a full hearing on the issue, taking into account the recommendations from two Ministers, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, and...

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yes, it has met.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Based on the comments and proposals put forward at the meeting, the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, was mandated to come back to the sub-committee with a focus arising from those comments. The next meeting of the sub-committee will be devoted exclusively to this matter.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Unfortunately, it is true in my experience that drink and drugs are involved in the vast majority of cases resulting in self-harm or suicide. Tragically, such cases are occurring in every parish and townland in the country. I know of a particular location where six cases arose in just a fortnight, which is a terrible burden for people to bear. The issue of minimum pricing and other areas...