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- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: Sometimes I wonder about-----
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----Deputy Martin coming in and making these Second Stage speeches.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: Does he not remember just over two years ago when he was on this side of the House?
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin comes in here with his rant every week about the property tax.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: In Fianna Fáil's national recovery plan in November 2010 before the troika arrived there, Fianna Fáil planned to introduce a property tax in 2012 and to raise €530 million from it in 2013. That is a fact.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy wants to forget this fact conveniently.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: Later in 2010 during its negotiations with the IMF, about which it did not tell anybody, Fianna Fáil agreed that the introduction of the property tax before the end of 2011 and to increase it again in 2012. The Deputy comes in here and mouths off about all the amendments he wanted to put down to the property tax.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: I recognise that last Friday, two extra hours were offered for debate on this.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: An hour was wasted yesterday with the semantics and game playing that went on. The fact of the matter is that when he had his opportunity, he was not to be trusted on these matters. I will answer his question on the guillotine. I do not like to do this but the Deputy and the House will have to consider this. We are going to have to look at the way we can do business more effectively in...
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: Hold on a second. The Deputy does not want to listen. That was his problem when he was in government. He did not listen.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: We are going to have to make a decision. The people will make their decision later in the year about the abolition of the Seanad but I consider that we need to look at the way legislation is drafted here, the priorities accorded to the legislation in the country's interest and what it is that really is a priority.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: It may well be that the House might have to sit five days a week.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is not all blather because if the Deputy believes that he wants all the time to debate all the legislation-----
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is not possible to do it within the hours we currently operate.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: We are going to have to operate differently. The Deputy rises every morning and he wants further time to debate further issues. He will have to make his mind up and if he continues not to listen, as he has always done, that is his prerogative.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: It has been his trademark to talk everybody down if he can. If the Deputy does not want to listen, that is his prerogative.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: I am quite prepared to discuss with him and the House how he and everyone else can consider how we can get the best effect out of the time we have.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputies want to take a stand and have their say on various issues, none more frequently than Deputy Martin.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy was the arch-architect of a property tax that was to bring in €530 million. He now denies this.
- Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Enda Kenny: Tá sin le teacht, ach táthar ag feitheamh faoi láthair ar Chéim an Choiste. Tabharfaidh an Bille cead don Aire praghasanna a réiteach i dtaobh druganna. Ní hamháin sin, ach tá Billí eile ar an ábhar seo le teacht isteach freisin. Ní theastaíonn uaimse go mbeadh cosc ar bith ar díospóireachtaí anseo agus tabharfaidh...