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Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: In any event, it has not come true. I share the Deputy's view about dignity and respect. A substantial amount of product has not been sold, which is a clear issue. It is determined in part by the change in the nature of the way fossil fuels are treated and the new methods of energy use for domestic houses and commercial premises.

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I know.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Health last met on 27 April and will be scheduled to meet again in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 and 18 together. The Cabinet Committee on Arts, Irish, the Gaeltacht and the Islands last met on the on Monday 27th February. Its first meeting was on the 13th of October 2016 and the date of the next meeting has not yet been finalised.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government Implementation (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Government published its second progress report on the Programme for a Partnership Government last month and laid it before the Houses of the Oireachtas. Last week, the Government also published its Programme for Government Annual Report 2017 setting out the progress made on a significant number of commitments right across Government over the past 12 months. It reflects the hard work...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, Environment and Climate Action meets regularly. The last meeting of the Committee took place on 15 May 2017. The next meeting of the Committee will be scheduled shortly.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 31 and 32 together. The Cabinet Committee on Brexit has met 3 times in 2017 on 26 January, 8 March and 26 April. It has met a total of 8 times since its first meeting on 8 September 2016. On 2nd May, the Government published a comprehensive document on Ireland and the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union under Article 50 of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The process of appointing a new National Economic and Social Council is almost complete. I expect that the new Council will meet in early June.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government Implementation (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Programme for a Partnership Government, published last May, set out an ambitious programme of work with hundreds of actions to be implemented across all Departments over the lifetime of the Government. The first Annual Report on the Programme, setting out progress made on over 300 commitments over the past 12 months, was published last week. Progress on the commitment mentioned by...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (16 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: On 2nd May, the Government published a comprehensive document on Ireland and the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. Following on from this publication, work will begin shortly to prepare a further paper on economic implications of the Brexit challenge. This will draw on the work to date across Departments, and...

Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann: Sitting in Joint Committee - Exchange of views with Mr. Michel Barnier, Chief Negotiator of the Taskforce for the Preparation and Conduct of Negotiations with the United Kingdom (11 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am pleased to address the Houses today in the presence of Michel Barnier. Thank you for your fine contribution, Michel. I thank him for his statement in which he outlined the complexities of the Brexit negotiations and for his acknowledgement of their importance for Europe and of course for Ireland. Michel Barnier is a longstanding friend of this country, not just as a leading...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The question involved asking me when I received the Fennelly commission report and the actions I took thereafter. That is the question I was asked but we are now in detailed discussion about the meetings that took place and the actions that did or did not happen, as the case may be, in respect of the issues relating to Templemore. I do not have all of that paperwork. I will read the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Tánaiste attends on Thursday mornings to deal with Leader's Questions. There are other facilities, as the Deputy knows, for Deputies to put down questions to individual Ministers. I point out to the Deputy again that the accounting officer for the purposes of the Comptroller and Auditor General Acts 1866 to 1998 is the Garda Commissioner. She has accepted the findings set out in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: On further examination, however, it emerged that it was not a contemporaneous note, but rather a document prepared for a different purpose over a month later.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: There is a very serious difference of opinion here.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I do not speak for Mr. Barrett. I have no remit either for Mr. Barrett, or indeed for the Commissioner, in respect of this committee. They are to answer to the committee.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Let me make the point-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Who sent this report to the PAC? The Garda Commissioner. Why did she do that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Because she is the accounting officer for the purposes of the Comptroller and Auditor General Acts 1866 to 1998. She took action by sending the report to the committee and to the Comptroller and Auditor General. She attends at the committee herself. Obviously the committee continues its work and will be in session again on 13 July.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: It will have this report and Mr. Barrett's report before it and it will have the Commissioner before it. Is that not the location where both can give their view on the minutes of this meeting, on whether they were made contemporaneously or for a different purpose and on the different recollections of both-----