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Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: There is enormous relief for distressed mortgage holders and their families when it becomes clear that they are not in danger of losing their houses.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: When a solution is arrived at in these cases, the people in question can contribute fully to the growth and development of the economy. Approximately 100,000 people are being prevented from so doing because of a lack of resolution in their cases. The personal insolvency agency is to be established before the summer. Quite rightly, the focus and concentration of the Central Bank and the...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: This is a most frustrating situation for parents and particularly for the children who require cochlear implants. I hope little Billy will be able to have his problem resolved in due course. Deputy Adams is aware that there are about 700 involved here every year and I think it is about 200 children. The average cost of a single cochlear implant is between €18,000 and €20,000....

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: A positive approach will be taken towards it. Since the programme began 17 years ago, 700 patients have received cochlear implants. Some 90 procedures were carried out in 2012, of which 48 involved adults, while 42 involved children. The Deputy is correct that in 2009 the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in the United Kingdom recommended bilateral cochlear implantation...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Since Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett came to the House, he has never been impressed by anything but the quality of the demonstrations he can have on the streets. That is his weekly fix.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: On the promissory note agreement with the ECB, nobody on the Government side said it was going to be the end of all our difficulties.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Everybody said it was a relief on the debt sustainability of the country which would make Ireland more attractive in terms of investment and provide an opportunity for those in lending institutions to access the markets and greater credit for lending to business to create jobs.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Contrary to what the Deputy said and while it was a major and an historic achievement for the country, we never indicated anything other than we still had a long way to go. The property tax legislation passed through the House before Christmas.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett does realise it has passed into law.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The amendments being produced today by the Minister for Finance will be available to the Deputy at 1.30 p.m. All of the amendments involve concessions in respect of the property tax. The good lady mentioned by the Deputy will be able to defer her property charge based on the income figures mentioned. It is a case of very clear guidelines being laid out. There are changes in respect of...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The legislation introducing the property tax has now passed into law. It is an alternative to increases in income tax which would be a tax on jobs, as the Deputy knows and about which he tends to spout on a regular basis in the House.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: As the Deputy knows, the Bill and the amendments to be published at 1.30 p.m. contain quite a number of concessions.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: There are exemptions for newly constructed but unsold residential properties and they correspond to exemptions from the household charge where ownership is vested in a public body; where a principal private residence is unoccupied by reason of long-term mental or physical infirmity; a mobile home, vehicle or vessels; and property fully subject to commercial rates. The issue of the...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 26, statements on European Council, Brussels; and No. 11a, motion re promissory notes arrangements (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. tonight and shall adjourn not later than 10.30 p.m; the proceedings in relation to No. 26 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I did not realise that Deputy Martin had turned into St. Augustine as the Deputy signed on for this as part of the memorandum of understanding. He wants it but not just yet. Second Stage of the finance Bill will be held next week. The schedule will be available today at 1.30 p.m. when the Bill becomes available to Deputies.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Obviously, that is a matter for the Whips as long as people wish to discuss this issue.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: No, I do not want any restriction on it.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: We will have a full-scale debate next week on the Magdalen laundries, as I committed to when the report was published. I do not have any intention of guillotining the finance Bill. It is an important Bill and everybody should be allowed to have their say. I am sure we can make arrangements for that. In respect of the report referred to by Deputy Martin appearing in an evening newspaper...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: When I replied to Deputy Martin, I referred to the Minister for Finance when it is, of course, the Minister for Health who has not received the report. We set out a very clear process before Christmas with regard to dealing with the A, B and C case and the Supreme Court decision in the X case. The Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children under the chairmanship of Deputy Buttimer held its...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the Deputy's question about the property tax, the big case made was for the people who had paid very high stamp duty on houses bought at the beginning of this boom. The people who have been most affected are middle-income families who bought houses as first-time buyers at the height of the boom. They did not have to pay stamp duty. The Government focused on those people by...