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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: As the Deputy rightly points out, under the mid-term review, the Government will confirm the allocation of the additional €5.14 billion committed for capital investment. Following commitments made in the budget for 2017 and the increase in funding for housing, there is approximately €2.65 billion in uncommitted additional capital through to 2021. Submissions from the...

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: It is not a matter of legislation. There has been a substantial increase in the number of planning permissions applied for and granted, and these apply in all cases. Clearly, local authorities and the transport authority have an issue in respect of more exits on national routes. We have had occasions in the past where roads have lost their national secondary or primary status because of...

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is in Brussels today. I am sure he will have no objection to a discussion on the mid-term capital review, in respect of which work is under way.

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I think these are publicly available in any event but I do not expect the Minister will have any objection to that.

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Given that these are matters of public issue in any event, I do not see any reason for secrecy about priorities that are deemed important by Ministers. I will have that matter taken up with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy raises two issues. One is in respect of the Bill, which is on Committee Stage in the Seanad. While it has not yet come to the Dáil, it will do so in due course. Obviously, Members will have an opportunity to voice their opinions on it. The second point the Deputy raises relates to the statistics that are produced. In the context of statistics involving the Garda...

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: That is not a matter for legislation; it is a matter for decision by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I will have him respond to Deputy Collins. He is well aware of the details of the matter.

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I agree that farmers went out of their way to attempt to deal with the consequences of these fires. I deplore the actions of those who started these fires in the first instance. They were obviously unable to contain what happened afterwards and this resulted in massive destruction to property, assets and value, and also in terms of the impact on wildlife and nature in so many ways. For...

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The intention was that the scheme would be operational and effective from September of this year. The heads of the Bill and the general scheme were approved by the Government on 20 January 2017. The joint Oireachtas committee met on 8 February for pre-legislative scrutiny and its report was received on 23 February. On 22 February, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs received...

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Burton is well aware from her time as a Minister of what happens here. These are recommendations from the European Commission. Obviously, the Government takes these things into account but as we speak, the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform are meeting in Brussels with the European Investment Bank about the very issue of infrastructure in order that a proposition...

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----leaving us room to have infrastructure development. Deputy Burton does not want a situation in which we have an oversupply of money going into it, where construction inflation results and where developers reap the rewards. We need to have a balance between what we put in and the output that we get.

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Gabh mo leithscéal.

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I do not want to comment on court announcements made in respect of any particular case.

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The judgment will be given tomorrow, the jury has not been discharged and I do not wish to make any comment, or cannot make any comment, on that. Obviously, in terms of party politics, there are contests that take place at different times for positions of responsibility. The Government has a programme here, and we refer to that programme, which is set out and agreed, for support both...

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: That Bill is currently going through the House and is due for a Second Stage debate here tomorrow. I am sure that Deputies from all over the House and different parties will have their opportunity to have their say in detail about this.

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is being taken on Private Members' tomorrow evening, as Deputy Connolly is aware. Caranua is an independent statutory body that provides a range of approved services in the areas of health and personal social services, education and housing services for applicants. It began accepting applications from former residents in January 2014. It has expended some €60 million in support...

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Yes. The Minister, Deputy Bruton, announced a consultation on-----

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----proposed draft terms of reference for review of eligibility for Caranua.

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Maybe the Minister might like to respond to the particular question that Deputy Connolly raised.

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is an important issue for the patients and the families involved. It is not just a question of general legislation. I will have the Minister respond directly to the Deputy.