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Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The first thing that has to happen is that, as I hope, these burglars are apprehended and brought before the court. As the Deputy is aware, the facility exists in law at the moment to provide for tagging but, obviously, the punishment meted out for this particularly savage, aggressive burglary is one for the judge and the court to decide.

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I hope everybody co-operates and that gardaí can apprehend them as quickly as possible and bring them before the court where justice can be meted out.

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: These are a wonderful success but it has been a bit haphazard. Money has been allocated to some schemes that have not been able to be moved because of objections and so on. Yesterday evening, I had a meeting of the Cabinet sub-committee dealing with rural affairs and development. One of the decisions is that we should co-ordinate under the different Ministries a small sub-committee to put...

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Coppinger can make her suggestion but it will not be accepted. I expect that this committee will be formed next week. I remind the Deputy that the Citizen's Assembly completed its deliberations but the report has not been furnished and will not be before the end of June. It is important we have the committee in place to receive that report and it can then start its deliberations....

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: In respect of disability and respite care, referred to on page 70 of the programme for Government, I will have the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, respond directly to Deputy Moynihan. Obviously, there is an extensive budget for disability under his remit. I will ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Flanagan, to deal with the Halawa case, and the Minister for...

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am sorry. I may have misunderstood the first question, Deputy. I will follow that up with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of the vote in the Dáil and the proposition to put together a tillage fund for those who are so affected.

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I agree with the Ceann Comhairle. Obviously, if there is a scheme in place, people should not be expected to have to wait. I am quite sure that the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, is acutely aware of this now and will deal with the matter. Obviously, he did introduce the paternity benefits. This is always a time, by and large in the vast majority of cases, of great excitement in a family home....

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is not about legislation but about terms of reference. The North East Pylon Pressure Group has been around for some time and I have met members of the group over the years. This is a matter Deputy Eamon Ryan spoke about. I will have the Minister look at the request Deputy Cassells makes regarding the terms of reference.

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure whether the Deputy is referring to the quality of diesel or interference with diesel, which is a serious issue that has been under investigation for many years. I will have the Minister reflect on the Deputy's comments. Motorists and consumers have at their disposal instantaneous communications about where cheaper prices apply at filling stations. I will have the Minister...

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I will have a discussion with the Minister for Health on the matter raised by Deputy MacSharry.

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister is well able to answer the Deputy's question so I will ask her to do so.

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: It is not a false promise, but I cannot give Deputy Doherty a date as to when the court will be set up. The legal advice is that there may be some constitutional difficulties with the way it has been proposed. I will advise Deputy Doherty on the progress being made to deal with the matter.

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am not aware of the number of farmers in west Cork who are out of pocket, nor am I aware of what the problem is. Is it on the application side or the delivery side from the Department? If Deputy Murphy O'Mahony would like to give me the details, we could have them followed up for her. In any event, I will have the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine respond to her.

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I ask the Minister, Deputy Bruton, to respond to Deputy Cahill.

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept at all the Deputy's charge of indifference or lack of action. There has never been more action, more focus or more priority attached to the housing problem. The real issue is supply. I read out for Deputy Adams the other day a list of sites in County Louth where construction is under way or about to get under way. The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local...

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----has made an issue specifically of rent and rent increases. The figures published show a decline in the rate of increase in rents in the Dublin area. Yes, in the greater Dublin area there has been an increase. It is all about supply, though, which is why more money than ever before-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----more incentive than ever before, more opportunity for local authorities and private developers, the purchase of sites, the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme and the rent pressure zones-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----were all introduced after discussion here. However, the real problem is the supply of houses. I remind Deputy Munster again that in the so-called boom years we were building 90,000 houses a year, a rate of building that collapsed to fewer than 9,000 per year. That must be rebuilt, which does not happen overnight.

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I explained this before. It is possible to ratify the convention, but then we have to introduce the legislation. We have always taken the view to go the other way, which is to put the legislation in place first and then ratify the convention, as it means something. It was necessary to go through a suite of legislation and quite a number of Bills were dealt with. As the Deputy pointed out,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The answer to the Deputy's question is that we have not ratified the convention because we want to put the legislation through first-----