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Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Sometimes I wonder about the Deputy.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: This morning he had the view that the Constitution could be changed just like that.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: On issues where he has a clear policy, he wants them put to the convention. On issues where he has no policy, he wants them dealt with just like that. With regard to the health issue, agreements were made by the Government last year covering all Departments. These were very tough and challenging, and they included the health area. The health area has overrun, as it has done for many...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: We must work to achieve the aims of the agreements signed off last year and more. There is an interim board of the HSE chaired by the Secretary General of the Department-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----so the Deputy is wrong on that.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept the recommendations that were coming from the HSE-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----in respect of achieving these cutbacks, which would essentially destroy the fabric of the health sector as we know it. This is a very challenging time and I commend the clinical and medical teams, nurses and doctors who work on the front line. They have made serious changes within the context of the Croke Park agreement to rosters, travel and giving commitments so that the patients...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: There is a realism here that, irrespective of the negotiations and the outcome the Minister, Deputy Noonan, achieves in Europe. we have a problem in this country in respect of our public finances. We must sort it out ourselves and every Department is involved. What we want is that those people who need medical attention can get it as close to them as possible as quickly as possible-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----irrespective of what they have in their pockets.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The changes being made by the Minister for Health involving the structure of this-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----are already making progress in terms of trolleys, waiting lists, admissions to accident and emergency departments. The structure being changed-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----not only through the Croke Park agreement, but through other issues, is making a difference to patients on trolleys, waiting lists, accident and emergency departments, coverage of medical cards and-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----changing from branded drugs to generic drugs and dealing with the pharmaceutical companies. All of this is the complete focus of the Government in so far as the Department of Health is concerned.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yes, there is an over-run which must be addressed without a supplementary budget. It is challenging, achievable and ambitious in the interests of the patient.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Unlike Deputy Martin's crowd who abdicated all responsibility, and Deputy Martin said himself that he had no responsibility for it, this Government will accept responsibility for the mandate we were given by the people to sort out our country's problems.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams started his contribution by saying he would wait and listen to the Minister, but then he attempted to pre-judge what the Minister might say.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Adams is well aware, the Minister sought permission from the Ceann Comhairle under Standing Order 44 to make a personal statement to the Dáil this evening and this he will do. I point out to Deputy Adams that before he ever became a Minister, Deputy Reilly declared his interest in the nursing home in Greenhills, Carrick on Suir, dealing with the care of the elderly. The public...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: To clarify what I said, the Minister on the advice of SIPO transferred through power of attorney the issue of his interest in the nursing home in Greenhills.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The declaration made by all Members to SIPO includes a declaration from the Minister, Deputy Reilly. Before his appointment to Cabinet, the Minister declared interest in a number of businesses in which he was involved, including a nursing home in which he is a part shareholder, as an investor, in Carrick-on-Suir. A High Court judgment was made in respect of the payment of €1.9 million and...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Under the relevant Standing Orders, the Minister is entitled to make a personal statement to the Dáil. That statement is not a motion or a debate. The Minister will make his personal statement on this matter. He has declared his interest in this business publicly and that declaration is there for all to see, the Deputy included.