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- Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: Committee Stage of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill will be held on Tuesday. The Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill will be next week. The Deputy is well aware from his experience here that it is entirely appropriate and in order for any Minister to introduce amendments on Report Stage, no more than for any other Deputy. That is what will happen here. It will be next week.
- Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: We are not going to have a debate before that, so we will have the debate, as usual, on Report Stage-----
- Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----and the committees will be brought in by the Minister at that stage. The Deputy is entitled, as he knows, to submit amendments between now and tomorrow.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: This is a very important issue that has been raised by the Deputy. As I understand it, the conference in Addis Ababa is really about pledging for funding, which will be an important element. It was raised with me by the chairman of the World Bank when he was here. The Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Sherlock, normally attends these occasions...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: I would be happy to accommodate all Deputies in that regard.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: Pledges were made by countries before, in Copenhagen and other locations, that were not followed through on. The matter has moved on and the vast majority of governments are now acutely aware of their responsibilities. Certainly, at the European Council this issue comes up on a very regular basis, with clear priorities to be followed. That is why we have our own challenges to be faced...
- Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 35, Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015 - Report and Final Stages (resumed); No. 1, National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 [Seanad] - Second Stage; No. 2, Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad] - Second Stage; No. 36, Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed). Private...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: I am not going to interfere in any way with the commission of investigation set up by the Oireachtas in respect of matters pertaining to IBRC.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: As I said to the Deputy already, a dedicated number of staff from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General are in NAMA with unrestricted access to every file, every register and every transaction.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is important that I appreciate the independence, objectivity and transparency of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. I am sure Deputy does as well. They are in there with NAMA as these transactions go through. The Comptroller and Auditor General as part of a special report on NAMA's progress from 2010 to 2012, following a review of NAMA disposals with a gross proceeds...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: Excuse me, where it invites the Deputy or any other Deputy who has an issue with NAMA to contact it through the facility.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy has raised a point here. Test it and see the response he gets.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: I am sure the Deputy accepts the utter independence of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Three reports have been published, broadly very supportive of the activities here and-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----the fourth is under way.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: There are personnel from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General in NAMA-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----who have access to all of the files, registers and transactions. I know the Deputy does not expect me to interfere with the work of the commission of investigation being set up with regard to IBRC.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: The position is the Central Bank regulates the lenders. The Central Bank is now engaged in part of the process in which it delivers on independently of the Government. The code of conduct for mortgages is very clear and very fair in respect of those who are borrowers from any of the institutions. The Deputy asked what will happen next. The process is under way and this report comes from...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: The Central Bank has stated that it has sufficient powers to manage this process effectively. I hope the Central Bank, as the regulator, will deal with this matter publicly, swiftly and effectively. It has carried out examinations through its rigid inspection regime. There will be sanctions for any breaches in the code of conduct that have been identified. The sanctions and the...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: The troika has left.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)
Enda Kenny: Many of the propositions it put forward were not acceptable to this Government.