Results 14,821-14,840 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: Yes, and they are meaningless.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: What was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act was a whole bundle of meaningless acknowledgements and e-mails.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: Let me say to Deputy Martin in response to Deputy Adams's question-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: When the time comes for releasing the files of this Government, in regard to the agreement reached-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----with the European Central Bank on the promissory notes, for example, which agreement was raised by the Opposition day after day, it will be discovered that the decision was properly recorded. It was read out in respect of every Minister, it was agreed and it will be on the record long after I leave here. I wanted to find out from my Department the location of the files on the bankers...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: I am not interested in weak, secret investigations that produce nothing. What the people want is that justice be seen to be done. An inquiry is one element and a criminal court case is something else. The State structure of the Garda, the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, and the Director of Corporate Enforcement has done the preparatory work. Charges have been levelled against a...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: As I said yesterday we are discussing a situation in which tens of thousands of people in this country are now existing for their families and living for banks because of the pressure that is on them and the way this thing happened. It all happened through a culture in which banks, developers and members of the Deputy's party were heavily involved. We must find out what happened; we need to...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not know the circumstances of the person the Deputy mentioned. The Central Bank has set down conditions for the lending banks and these conditions must be met.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: That means people must be made offers of sustainable solutions for their individual circumstances.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is not just dealing with interest-only repayments but is about finding a sustainable way out of the problem.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: The legislation has been changed and these facilities have been introduced. The conditions of the licensing authority, which is the Financial Regulator and the Central Bank, have changed substantially from what they were when the Deputy was in office.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: That intervention is a pathetic attempt to acquire and involve Deputy Martin in political opportunism. Deputy Martin knows the licensed regulator of the banks is the Central Bank, and the conditions and attitude have changed entirely from his time in government in terms of the operations of the Central Bank, the licensing of banks, the introduction of the personal insolvency agency, and the...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin has argued with them a few times but they made a decision on the referendum and I accept the outcome of it. On a number of occasions, I said we would have a referendum in the autumn on the abolition of the Seanad and on the court of civil appeal, because of the backlog of court cases, and we will give consideration to other referendums. The question has been raised of...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: The European Council will meet in Brussels on Thursday and Friday this week. This summit will be the fourth and final such meeting to take place while we have held the chair of the Council of the European Union. The meeting will take place over our final two working days as holder of the Presidency. It will serve as a most welcome opportunity for me to update my colleagues on the broad...
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: I take the Deputy's point and will discuss the matter with the Seanad authorities to see what their schedule is. The Deputy will be aware that the process of rates being imposed on retail businesses on the basis of valuations has applied for many years. The taxation base is being broadened, for example, through the introduction of the property tax. Last year most local authorities were...
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: Of course; I am well aware of that.
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: I will get back to the Deputy on the matter.
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: No, but the Minister, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, has been dealing with elements of cybersecurity. Clearly, this kind of information is available in banks-----
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: I mean banks have data in lots of places and facilities. In so far as legislation is concerned, I mentioned earlier that we were processing the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013, which will obviously be relevant in this regard. The tapes were secured by the Garda, on foot of warrants, arising from information given to the force. They were transmitted...
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Alan Shatter, has been dealing with this complex and technical issue at European level and at home. It was discussed at the relevant Council of Ministers meetings in the past few weeks.