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Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is exactly why the decision to be taken has to be the right one and why the programme for Government set out a very clear strategy in a very clear way that the Government would hold a referendum asking the people this very question in order to deal with issues like this. I respect the decision of the people. They rejected the referendum and it leaves us in a position where we cannot...

Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 10a, motion re Membership of Committee; No. 1 - Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2011 - amendment from the Seanad; No. 2 - Credit Guarantee Bill 2012 - amendment from the Seanad; No. 18 - Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 6 - Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 - Order for...

Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health will make a personal statement at 9.55 p.m. under Standing Orders. Personal statements are personal statements.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy comes in here and says he was never a member of the army council of the IRA and if he wants to make a personal statement, I would be happy to accommodate him.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Standing Orders of the House allow for personal statements. That is what they are - personal statements. The Minister for Health is availing of the approval of the Ceann Comharile to make a personal statement in regard to this matter.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: A great deal of work is ongoing in respect of the HSE governance Bill. I expect it will be published in this session. The education and training boards Bill will be published in the next session.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is a matter for legislation.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Bill is listed for later this year. Given the scale of work to be done with regard to the requirements of the memorandum of understanding, however, it will probably be published early next year.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister will respond directly to the Deputy on this matter which she raised last week. The inquiry has been sent to the Department and the Deputy will be responded to directly.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The proceeds of crime Bill has been in preparation for quite some time. Consultations are going on with the Criminal Assets Bureau on the matter. I do not have date for its publication. Nor do I have a fixed date for the money laundering Bill.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: A gambling control Bill is scheduled for next year. A broad range of discussions is required with regard to it.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Bill is listed for publication early next year. I hope it will be a monument in its own right. The matter has been raised by Deputies on the Opposition side of the House for as long as I have been here.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: It will be published early next year.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I will take no lectures from the Deputy on the health matters in this country.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy sat over here as Minister responsible for health matters and denied any responsibility for anything happening in the Department of Health. He said he had no responsibility.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy's colleague in that Government set up the HSE and said there would be no redundancies after putting 13 health boards together. That Government poured hundreds of millions of euro in taxpayers' money into the black hole of a financial system within the health service that was unable to deliver the services that our patients and people need.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, has been left to clean up the most unholy mess-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is the legacy of a Government that was out of control-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I will not take any lectures from Deputy Micheál Martin on the performance and legacy of what was left of the health system.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Reilly, and the Government have set our targets for spending in the health service and every other Department. There will be no supplementary budget this year as the agreements set out last year must be achieved. With the interim board of the HSE, the Minister is dealing with the matter, and we had some discussions about that last week. It seems to me that Deputy...