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Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: It means that agreement is required. Obviously there are a number of different parties here; the State, the city council and private property owners. The Government made a decision by the end of 2015 to purchase Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street and to keep the site permanently in the State's hands for people to understand the historic importance of the buildings and their part in Irish history....

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The number of vacant properties since 2011 is 40,000. The action taken by the Minister in respect of the second point raised by Deputy Boyd Barrett was on foot of legal advice received from the Attorney General.

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Let me clarify what I meant when I said that 40,000 properties have come back into use.

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I take the Deputy's point. One thousand properties were purchased by the State at a cost of €203 million.

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The others are through the normal churn of reconstructions, sales, local authority purchases and so on.

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister will soon launch the strategy for the return of vacant dwellings to habitable use. There are approximately 34,000 vacant units in Dublin. There is a list of vacant apartments and dwellings to be returned to use.

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Even Deputy Boyd Barrett understands that these apartments cannot be returned to a habitable state overnight in order to be allocated to people.

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett has pointed out to me in the past number of weeks that people have been sent 10 km or 12 km to hostels or hotels because the local accommodation was unsuitable. The strategy that the Minister, Deputy Coveney is to introduce in the next couple of weeks is to deal with that very issue.

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: No, it is not the truth. The problem here is the supply of houses throughout the country. Anyone can understand that there is real pressure in certain segments of the housing sector. The Deputy can nod his head if he likes. I read a report this morning that said that 49 houses priced between €400,000 and €700,000 were snapped up inside a day by those who could afford them....

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Adams well knows, the Committee of Public Accounts is removed from the influence of the Oireachtas. I am not aware of the papers he to which he refers being given to that committee. They have certainly not come into my possession, nor should they if they were given directly to the Chairman or a member of the Committee of Public Accounts. I have confidence in the Garda...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The answer to the last question is "No".

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: In the negotiations and discussions we had about the formation of a Government, it was agreed, indeed at the Deputy's own suggestion, that the National Treatment Purchase Fund would be restored. The restoration was costing €20 million for 2017, rising to €55 million for 2018. It is not true to say that nothing is happening. The NTPF has now commenced the initiative of...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Government has shown priority in the funding it has allocated to the health area for 2017 which, as the Deputy is aware is, €14.5 billion. The Government allocated €20 million to the National Treatment Purchase Fund for 2017, rising to €55 million in 2018. Last December the Minister, Deputy Harris, granted approval to the National Treatment Purchase Fund to dedicate...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is my final point, a Cheann Comhairle. In 2016 alone there has been a 4% increase in inpatient and day case activity over 2015. Last year, almost 1.69 million patients received inpatient or day case treatment in hospitals, which is an increase of almost 40,000 on the previous year. That demonstrates the urgency and priority attached to the issue, while admitting that the waiting lists...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Service Reform last met on 10th April 2017. The next meeting of the Committee has been scheduled for 15th May.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Security Committee (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Having regard to the confidential nature of the work of the National Security Committee, it would not be appropriate to disclose information about the dates of individual meetings or about its proceedings. The Committee is chaired by the Secretary General to the Government and comprises representatives at the highest level of the Departments of Justice & Equality, Defence and Foreign...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I received the final report of the Fennelly Commission on 31 March 2017 and it was published on my Department's website on 6 April 2017. The commission’s Final Report found that it is “reasonable to conclude, based on the evidence before it, that no widespread or systematic, indeed probably no significant, misuse of information derived from non-999 recordings took...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I met with the President of the Republic of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in Government Buildings on 4th April as part of her three day State Visit to Ireland. During our meeting we discussed the bilateral relationship between our two countries; EU-UK negotiations, following triggering by the UK of Article 50; and the Future of Europe, including EU enlargement. President...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Regional and Rural Affairs last met on the 12th December 2016 and is due to meet again today, Tuesday May 9 2017.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I can confirm that no payments have been made by my Department to Kieran Mulvey over the past 36 months to date. Sanction was obtained from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for work to be carried out during 2016 by Mr Mulvey on the independent report on the North East Inner City based on standard approved rates for the sum of €11,800, but this amount has not been drawn down.