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Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is an interim report. Obviously, it has major implications. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs set out the views of the Cabinet and Government on the report yesterday. The Government is conscious that the commission has made no findings to date regarding abuse or neglect and believes it would not be appropriate to deal with the questions of redress in advance of any...

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I do not agree that it is an unacceptable position to adopt. It is right and proper for Government to assess carefully every interim report that comes before it, this one included. The question arising from the mother and baby homes, as one of a whole series in this general area, is one that needs to be considered very carefully. I expect that the Minister, Deputy Zappone, will bring a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (28 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: He has been dealing with the poor and deprived in Buenos Aires in Argentina for many years. He is showing evidence of that in Rome. I am quite sure that Pope Francis is very well aware of the issues surrounding the church, the difficulties created over the years in Ireland and the situation of the Catholic Church in particular involving not only the residential institutions, but also mother...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (28 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...following the issues he raised last week. I will be happy to engage with the religious communities about those who are affected now. Deputy Burton raised the issue of the Pope's visit here and whether he will visit one of the mother and baby homes. I do not have any control over the schedule of the Pope when he comes here. It is the Pope's choice to come to Ireland and to Dublin-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (28 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: He is invited here by the bishops and the church. Obviously, the State will make its facilities available for the Head of State of the Vatican. To be honest, I do not know of correspondence being received by the Department from the religious orders but there may well be. I will check that for the Deputy and I will advise her in respect of the mother and baby homes. Deputy Coppinger...

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: This happens here in mother and baby homes. We had State involvement in residential institutions.

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Tá fhios agam go maith céard atá ag teastáil ag baint leis seo and that was the reason the commission of investigation was established. That has its independence with wide-ranging terms of reference. It has not actually reported its official findings yet, nor has the coroner declared what he considers the next step to be and the Garda has independent responsibility. ...

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy McDonald. Today is International Women's Day, and as I have said on many occasions, if Ireland was declared by W.B. Yeats to be "no country for old men", then the legacy and more recent issues mentioned by the Deputy would suggest that it was positively dangerous for girls and women. We have had the experience of the ignoring of the Magdalene women for many years. We have...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I know the Deputy has raised this out of a sense of seriousness because it is ultimately the most personally invasive and sensitive issue which could arise. I remember meeting Louise O'Keeffe with the then Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. There was a huge file on the case, leaving aside her courage in pursuing her case in the European court. I do not know how...

Donegal Tragedy and Brussels Attacks: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Mar 2016)

Enda Kenny: On behalf of the Government, I would like to express my sincere and deepest sympathies and condolences to the McGrotty family on their tragic loss in Buncrana on Sunday evening. Our hearts go out to them on what is a devastating impact on the lives of the extended family. We all know in our own lives the numbing grief that comes from the loss of a loved one. In these circumstances,...

Establishment of a Statutory Commission of Investigation into a Foster Home in the South East: Statements (2 Feb 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...a few words on the Government decision to appoint a statutory commission of investigation into a foster home in the south east. When this Government came to office, we set out to undo the damage and heal some of the hurt inflicted on the most vulnerable in our society. One of those groups was the Magdalene women, the unseen launderers of our country's stains and secrets. We issued a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...is different from what applied in the past. The issue can be carried forward by way of agreement. Whatever Government the people select in the future can decide to follow through on that decision and hold a referendum on the issue. There is a structure to the dialogue and, as I said in my opening remarks, the agenda can be determined by either side. Issues that might be of importance...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...of Investigation (Certain Matters relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of the Garda Síochána) Order 2014; No. 50, Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Bill 2014 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; No. 8, Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 51, motion re proposed approval by Dáil...

Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No.a17, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the draft Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters) Order, 2015 (resumed); and No. 47, Workplace Relations Bill 2014 - Report and Final Stages (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that in the event a division is in progress at the...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 46, statements on Northern Ireland and the Stormont House Agreement. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. tonight and shall adjourn on the adjournment of Private Members' business which shall be No. 187, motion re junior certificate exam structures, shall take place on the conclusion of Topical...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputies Adams and Boyd Barrett raised the question of Westbank Orphanage and Bethany Home. I note that there is a letter in today's edition of The Irish Times regarding the terms of reference of the commission of investigation into the mother and baby homes that was signed by survivors of the Westbank Orphanage and Bethany Home. The Westbank Orphanage is not included in the investigation...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...of the budget for 2015, in any country, the answer to poverty is to have an economy that can deliver jobs. Social protection is an important element in bolstering the economy of this country and the Tánaiste has made an extraordinary effort towards this through changing the nature of social protection and the way it is perceived. What used to be the dole or social welfare office,...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy O'Sullivan for her comments. In many cases, this information was already in the public domain but I hope I have clarified it for the Deputy and the women who were concerned now. In respect of the last portion of the Deputy's question concerning other women in Magdalen homes, elements of that are being addressed under the mother and baby homes commission of investigation...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: In respect of statements on Northern Ireland, I do not know whether Deputy Micheál Martin is talking about after the Christmas break, but I do not have an objection to this. I will also see whether we can do something about having a common condemnation of the Taliban's wanton murder of children. The climate change Bill will be taken in the first week following the resumption of the...

Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is due next year. The Deputy is right in saying that it is very complicated. It is very complicated. In respect of the mother and baby homes and the Westbank orphanage, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has almost completed work on the terms of reference. As they will have to be approved by this House, everybody will have an opportunity for debate. I know he is conscious of...