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Order of Business (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is for Private Members' time.

Employment Rights (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: No one likes to see people out on strike. The machinery of the State has been well tried over many years in difficult circumstances, not least of which was the Vita Cortex incident to which Deputy Adams referred. When a dispute arises the facilities of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation are available to assist in the resolution of the dispute. Deputy Adams will be aware that...

Employment Rights (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams will be aware that, in the case of reform of the joint labour committees, JLCs, and registered employment agreements, REAs, the process of making employment regulation orders, EROs, was found by the High Court to be unconstitutional, together with an identified lack of adequate Oireachtas scrutiny of the process. That supports the case for the main features of the...

Employment Rights (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: When I meet the social partners and the public service unions I intend to ask their views on where the machinery of the State falls down. It works in the vast majority of cases and, as Deputy Martin will be aware, at the end of the day in disputes like the one in Cork it is a case of the resolution of the people and an understanding on the other side that the matter has to be ended. State...

Departmental Staff (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: There are five staff working in my constituency office. Three are based in Government Buildings while two are based in Castlebar. The staff comprise three personal assistants, one personal secretary and one executive officer. They are responsible for dealing with my constituency matters and correspondence. The total of their annual salaries is €289,151.

Departmental Staff (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is €289,151 and that is for five of them.

Departmental Staff (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yes. Three are based in Government Buildings and two are based in my own county.

Departmental Staff (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy seems to suggest that these people are all on excessive salaries. The total of their annual salaries is €289,151. That is a gross figure, which is about €450 net on average per week. I note the Deputy's comment about the report by the Irish League of Credit Unions, which is by no means to be discounted. We all know many families who are seriously challenged in these times....

Abolition of Seanad Éireann (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: My Department's role in relation to the referendum on the abolition of the Seanad will be the usual one of a sponsoring Department, including preparing proposals for legislation for the referendum, liaising with the Attorney General's office in the preparation of the legislation and support for Government when the legislation is being debated in the Oireachtas. The proposal to abolish Seanad...

Abolition of Seanad Éireann (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is it. We will wait and see.

Abolition of Seanad Éireann (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Unfortunately for Deputy Martin the Government intends to fulfil its programme for Government, which commits to two issues, which will be outside of the constitutional convention, being decided by referenda. The two issues concerned are children's rights and abolition of the Seanad. The question in regard to the holding of the referendum on the fiscal stability treaty was not envisaged at...

Abolition of Seanad Éireann (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am coming to that matter. The presidential election and two referenda were held last year. We need now to reflect on whether it is good to hold more than one referendum on the same day, taking into account the simplicity or complexity of the issues involved. I can assure Deputy Martin that a great deal of work has been done on the proposal in regard to the abolition of the Seanad. This...

Abolition of Seanad Éireann (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: No, I am not filibustering. Does Deputy Martin suggest the referendum on the abolition of the Seanad should be held in February, March, April, May or June, during which time we may well have to deal with the conclusion of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020, namely, the budget for the European Union? Were I to agree to such proposition from Deputy Martin he would be the first to...

Abolition of Seanad Éireann (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I asked the Deputy to make a suggestion but he did not answer me.

Abolition of Seanad Éireann (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy should answer my question.

Abolition of Seanad Éireann (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yes.

Abolition of Seanad Éireann (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy did not attend any of the briefings on the constitutional convention.

Abolition of Seanad Éireann (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin did not turn up for the briefings on constitutional matters.

Abolition of Seanad Éireann (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is decrying that.

Abolition of Seanad Éireann (10 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Ó Fearghail spoke well. He did a good job.