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- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: As far as I am concerned this is far too serious a matter to be playing politics with. There is an issue that needs to be addressed and, as agreed today at Cabinet, a formal tribunal of inquiry to determine the truth will be established. We now need to work on the terms of reference for that inquiry.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: The Chief Whip made a valid suggestion to have a meeting at 4 p.m. to decide what to do. Deputies can shout and all the rest of it but that will not solve anything. The important point is that we have agreement from everybody that there should be a tribunal of inquiry. Can we not move ahead now to put in place a structure and terms of reference to allow it to happen?
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: We could agree to that.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: On having short statements and a number of questions, if the Business Committee makes that recommendation, I will be very happy to go along with it.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Corcoran Kennedy, is dealing with the Bill. I believe she intends to reintroduce it in the House quickly. It was in the Seanad and I will have to confirm to the Deputy whether she wants to continue with it from the point it reached there. The Minister of State did a considerable amount of work on it over the Christmas period and I...
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: I note the vote in the House of Commons and that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Flanagan, is meeting the Secretary of State, James Brokenshire. I assure Deputy Adams that I made it perfectly to the British Prime Minister when I spoke to her originally and more recently in Dublin that the Good Friday Agreement is absolutely central and sacrosanct, as are the votes of the...
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: That is a matter to which consideration would certainly be given. If an agreed position is reached among the three Opposition spokespersons, the Minister for Social Protection will need to reflect on that. In the event that they do agree, I suggest they meet the Minister to explain the nature of what it is they wish to have included in the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: I agree with Deputy Shortall. It is clear that there are shortcomings in Tusla. The Minister, Deputy Zappone, has pointed out that there will be a root and branch analysis of the way it does its business-----
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----which will have to be directed by HIQA and the Minister for Health. That is an important point. When a case comes to light, it has to be dealt with expeditiously and with a sense of accountability and responsibility. Issues such as this cannot be left lying around indefinitely without being dealt with in terms of what they mean for people. Deputy Boyd Barrett made the point that this...
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: My understanding is that the McCabe family will not participate in a commission of investigation, which is why Government decided that there should be a tribunal of inquiry. I would like to think that we could get this set up this week. Believe me, it will not be an issue of drafting terms of reference behind closed doors. People will have plenty of opportunity to say what they think...
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: If one does, one runs the distinct danger of-----
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams mentioned the point about the tribunal of inquiry. One cannot show any bias or favouritism towards anyone in setting it up because if one does so, one will scupper the tribunal of inquiry itself.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: One has to be very careful in the drafting of the terms of reference. The meetings, the phone calls and the connections that are made here-----
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: Once this is under way, it must be absolutely without favouritism or bias-----
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----or indeed too much connection with any one party or the other. That is what the tribunal of inquiry legislation means. In the context of drafting terms of reference, the Department of Justice and Equality and the Tánaiste will consult as widely as possible, but we need to get this under way this week. I would like to think that today and tomorrow people will look at what they...
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----but that it would be conducted under the aegis of the Department of Justice and Equality, which will have to set this up, and that Members will have their views-----
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: The spokespeople would probably be best in terms of drafting the terms of reference.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: The justice spokespersons. Deputy Howlin agrees. I would like to think that this could be set up this week, that it would go to the Dáil and Seanad for approval and we could let the tribunal of inquiry commence and do its business.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: I disagree fundamentally with the Deputy's view from Wexford on this case. He said we should look outside but this was the first competition held internationally for a Garda Commissioner. The Commissioner is the first person to come through an independent competition trawled internationally for that purpose. The Deputy said we should change history. He might think he is in a position to...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2017)
Enda Kenny: Its function is to make senior appointments to An Garda Síochána and that is what it will do. It takes time to change perception and culture.