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- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is a very far cry from the way Deputy McDonald's people looked after whistleblowers over the past 35 years.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: No, I do not agree.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: However, I agree that the situation the Government inherited three and a half years ago was unprecedented in terms of the scale of the economic challenge. A total of 250,000 jobs were lost. Virtually every house in the country was in negative equity. There was disillusionment and disappointment and no hope. Emigration and poverty stared many in the face. We have come a long way since...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----but the figures that are now emerging show an improvement in the situation for children and families all over the country.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: With interest rates having fallen to less than 2% for the country, the creation of 75,000 new jobs, with the highest rise in consumer confidence in seven years and the first budget in seven years where there were no tax increases and no reductions in services, the improvement speaks for itself.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Joan Collins mentioned housing. In the recent budget the Government allocated €2.2 billion for social housing and is bringing forward changes in flexibility in the planning legislation, with two Bills on the way. In addition, there has been an instruction to NAMA to assist in terms of the provision of both unfinished units and land for construction to take place. Money has...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: As she pointed out, this is something that has befallen tens of thousands of families. I say to Deputy Collins that it is the reason in the budget that for the first time in quite a long time, the Government was able to reverse the trend by reducing income tax.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: Following the income tax reduction, a couple with two incomes stand to have €1,200 returned to them. As the Deputy is also aware, child benefit increased by €5 per child per month. That will apply again next year and the following year. It is a recognition of the sacrifices made by people but it is also a reflection of the Government wanting to give back to those who have been...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: Admittedly, it has been a challenge of finances. It is one we are addressing and of which the Minister is very aware.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: The same world as Deputy Martin.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: Everything with Deputy Martin has become extraordinary these days. It is remarkable. When he was throwing money at it, left, right and centre, the situation was worse.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: At the end of September this year-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: At the end of September this year-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: At the end of September this year-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----there were 22,380 persons in receipt of financial support from the State, including subvention and contract beds. A further 426 persons had been allocated funding but had not yet taken up a bed. Some 2,135 persons were on the national placement list awaiting funding.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: Some 1,450 of those were in progress. Some of those applications come in---------
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----without the necessary supporting documentation. To date this year, 4,324 new clients were funded under the scheme in public and private nursing home. The average approval rate for 2014-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----is 515 persons per month and for the ten months to October 2014, the average approval rate was 463 per month.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: On the profile for November-December this year, an average of 783 per month will be released in November and December.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is a challenge, but it is a challenge that the Minister accepts and that the Government will deal with.