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Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is Government policy to protect home ownership where possible. Repossession should only be applicable as a last resort.

Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: There is no date yet for the publication of the Bill.

Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: The health (private patient charges) Bill will be taken in April. I am not responsible for the allocation of mortgages. By coincidence, the person yesterday received an immediate response and an introduction. I asked her to advise me how discussions went and I hope that in the newfound openness of the lending institution involved, the good lady and her husband will be considered very...

Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: I am not advising that the Deputy hangs outside the doors of the banks.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: Ordinary people, whatever Deputy Boyd Barrett means by that, are appointed to and serve on boards depending on their competence, expertise and experience.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: Everyone will agree that those appointed to a board should have a degree of competence and experience to offer. Long before the Deputy was elected to the House, there was extensive lobbying for multiple appointments to boards. If the Deputy were to examine the record, he would find that circumstances have changed very much.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Constitutional Convention chose 66 citizens at random - ordinary people as Deputy Boyd Barrett says - to deal with and make recommendations on very important constitutional issues. I do not have any complaint about any of those ordinary citizens. I am sure they contribute in important ways to the recommendations. The board of the NESC which operates under the aegis of my Department is...

Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings; and No. 27, Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013 - Committee and Remaining Stages. It is proposed, notwithstanding...

Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: This is a budgetary matter that was referred to in the Budget Statement.

Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: Quite some time has been spent on it. It is due for commencement as a legislative measure on 1 April 2013 and is due in the Seanad tomorrow.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: The only body directly under the aegis of my Department is the NESC, National Economic and Social Council, of which the chairperson is the Secretary General of the Department. The deputy chairperson is also in the Department of the Taoiseach. I do not think the Deputy would object to the trade union members who have been appointed to that body. These individuals are nominated by the trade...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: I do not have the information sought on appointments made by Ministers to State boards under the aegis of their Departments. I do not write to Ministers about their business, except to ensure they fulfil their responsibilities in so far as the programme for Government is concerned. The change in procedure, whereby chairpersons of State boards are called before Oireachtas committees to make...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 4 to 8, inclusive, together. The National Economic and Social Council, NESC, is the only State body under the aegis of my Department. The NESC provides guidance to Government on strategic issues for Ireland's economic and social development. Since coming into office on 9 March 2011, I have made appointments to the NESC, which are set out in the table. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: I was interested in the Deputy's initial comment because she referred to appointments in the context of what she described as cronyism and corruption. If she has evidence of corruption with regard to any appointment made by the Government, I would certainly like to hear it. If she has that evidence, she should send it to the appropriate authorities forthwith. I know she does not mean it in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the point raised by Deputy McDonald, I will give some information regarding employment. From 1999 to 2012, the employment levels grew from 8,500 to 33,000. The IDA produced a significant number of investments and more than 3,000 jobs have been approved in the international financial services sector since January 2011. I do not know that the IFSC Clearing House Group receives...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: I assure Deputy Boyd Barrett that there is no privileged access in this regard. I made the point to Deputy Higgins that the Clearing House Group dealing with the IFSC has played an important role over the last 20 years or more. It is not a question of privileged access. It is able to discuss the expansion of the industry, which has grown from employing very small numbers to employing more...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: The answer to that question is "No."

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: It was to the point.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: I do not have the details to hand of the number of pre-budget submissions made, but I will have it determined and come back to the Deputy on the issue. The question has been asked many times whether the special assignee relief programme, SARP, was introduced at the request of the IFSC Clearing House Group. It was introduced in the Finance Bill 2012 and no changes were proposed in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (26 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has raised an interesting point about the IFSC Clearing House Group which is chaired by the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach but which does not include Ministers in its attendance. Ministers, therefore, must read who was in attendance and what was discussed. He has also raised an interesting point about those who are in mortgage distress, those who are...