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Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: I should remind the House that there will be a court case about this matter in January. The Government is carefully studying the Supreme Court judgment which clarifies how it can make information available to the electorate during a referendum. The judgment in the McKenna cases stated the Government had a duty to provide information for the electorate and clarify issues that might arise...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: I had no intention of making defamatory remarks about anyone. My comments were made in the context of the raw emotion that Deputy Adams referred to.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: Of course Deputy Adams has a legitimate mandate to be here but I made my comments in respect of what he was saying.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 14, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2012; No. 15, motion re referral to select sub-committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the National Pensions Reserve Fund Act 2000 (Suspension of Exchequer Contributions) Order 2012 and Taxation Agreements;...

Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Dáil sits until 11.15 p.m. tomorrow night and until 2 p.m. on Thursday to deal with the Social Welfare Bill. It has to go to the Seanad next week in order that the changed rates of unemployment assistance and social welfare protection can take effect on 1 January.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: I will be a little quicker if Deputy Martin wants. The Economic Management Council is a very effective method of streamlining positions in this case. We do not want to have endless meetings taking place about different issues.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Social Protection has had detailed meetings and discussions with the organisations and groups who deal with those in receipt of special protection. She can also give detailed accounts of when and where these meetings took place, as well as the issues which arose. Following that, each Minister had a bilateral engagement with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: While some of this is warranted, there are also trends which should be identified. This is an impact upon the charges and the cap that applies thereof. I hope that for 2013 the presentation of the budget will be much earlier. In accordance with the European progress being made here-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----we will have a much earlier discussion in the House about overall figures.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy comes in here all the time claiming he, of course, could change this.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: This goes back to the Deputy's business of how he signed on for a property tax, he designed it but he does not want it yet as it is not the right time to introduce it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: This is what the Deputy has been at.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin signed on for the property tax, he put it into the memorandum of understanding with the troika and suddenly he does not want it. He is now telling me these measures are easy to redesign and restructure. That is not the way. The edifice begins to crumble when one does that, a point Deputy Martin knows well.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: There are difficult decisions to be made. I recognise that, as does everyone else, but they have to be done in the interests of the country.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----change direction, employ more people and provide jobs for those people to whom the Deputy referred.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: As I said to the Deputy, the voluntary sector contributes an enormous unpaid value to the State. This is evident, as the Deputy is well aware, across every town and parish in the country every weekend and every night, when many people voluntarily give of their time and commit to working with young people and various groups throughout the country, receiving nothing in return. Many of them do...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am not blaming the Deputy.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: The decisions were taken by the previous Government. It is a case of determining how best to avail of the opportunity to engage with and listen to people. The responsibility of the Government is not just to engage and listen but also to bring forward propositions to act upon. I have tried to achieve the best impact from the Cabinet sub-committees I chair in order that their members will...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: I noted the Deputy's comment on engagement with outside bodies. He is incorrect to state the Clearing House Group includes speculators. Perhaps he would like to expand on this when he asks me his next question. I am not sure what speculators he is talking about.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership (11 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Clearing House Group is not chaired by the Department of Finance but by the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach for very good reason.