Results 141-160 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I will advise Deputy Ellis of what is the current situation on this issue. This has not come before Cabinet in the recent past. I will revert to the Deputy.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I believe in ConnectIreland and engaged with it in a very detailed way to get it set up. The theory was that people working abroad for different companies, which were considering investing in Europe, would ask that the companies consider investing in Ireland. If they did decide to invest in Ireland there would be a reward fee for the director to the country here, provided that the jobs were...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: A combination of assistance between the local authority, the Garda, the transport authorities, communities etc. is required here. I will advise the Deputy of the progress this is making.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Yes, it is on the priority list but I will have to advise the Deputy on the progress that is being made internally in the Department.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The council should prepare its programme to justify why the living city initiative should be extended to that region.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Healy-Rae is aware of the statutory responsibility of each local authority to produce its development plan. Councillors, who are the elected representatives of the people, have a direct say in that plan. If Deputy Healy-Rae is telling me that the majority of planning applications in Kerry are being turned down at pre-planning stage-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: ------what is the nature of the buildings that are being proposed?

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Are they on top of hills? Are they between the road and the sea? Are they too extensive? Are they too elaborate? Pre-planning discussions concern those issues. A person may say he or she wants to build a house which is completely out of order in the location they are proposing and it will be found at pre-planning stage that the house is unjustified but something else might be justified...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is not a legislative matter.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Yes, but it is not a legislative matter. It is a management matter. If it is agreed by the HSE, the hospital, the Department and the Minister that the unit should open on 29 May, then the arrangements will have been made for that. I do not have the details of whether everything is in order, but if they all say it will open on 29 May, I expect it to happen.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I will mention it to the Minister, Deputy Harris, with whom I have an engagement after lunch, and I will confirm the position for the Deputy afterwards.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I have been in many kitchens where the Stanley was the centrepiece and raised many families. It is a wonderful product.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Drogheda is a big town and is growing in size and population. The living city initiative is continually reviewed. We have tried different things in the past 30 or 40 years and have offered various incentives to different locations. There was tax relief, which entailed lines being drawn on different streets. That created its own problems as smart accountants were able to get around the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: As I understand it, the Department of Health commenced its policy review of A Vision for Change, beginning with an evidence-based expert review of international evidence of best practice and of existing service development. This was completed in February of this year and will inform the next stage of the policy review process. A review of the Mental Health Act 2001 is also being progressed....

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy referred to the scrutiny of Bills, which is right and proper. He also referred to the process as "stuff". The pre-legislative scrutiny of Bills is very important and enables all Deputies elected to this House to have their say about what might, should or should not be in any particular Bill. The scrutiny to which the Deputy referred is very important. I have had a letter from...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Whatever the number is, they are delayed. The question is how to prioritise these Bills, including Deputy Kenny's Bill, in order that they can move through the process. I do not accept that there is an attempt to stymie the Bill, to delay it or not to have it put through. What happens is that a number of Private Members' Bills are accepted but when they go through to the next Stage, the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: They are entitled to have their say and they should have their say. That is the reason they were elected. Bills must go through the process.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy raised a couple of important points. When the O'Toole commission gets going it will look at security in policing. There is an issue as to whether or not we should have a security and intelligence unit as a separate structure and how it currently operates. We will reflect on that. It is important for the Government of the day to give assurance to people that everything humanly...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: We will do that and we will share the information as far as we can with the House because it is important to get this right.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: While we cannot proceed on the basis that everything is calm and rosy and that nothing could happen here, the levels of security are at moderate which means that it is possible but not likely.