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Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: I said the business model would be published before the local elections in order that people could understand the average charge that would apply. That will take into account the subvention and the free allowance. The Deputy seems to want to continue with what we have.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yesterday the Deputy mentioned universal health insurance, and he seemed to want a perpetuation of what he created himself, the cost of which increased by 300% to €15 billion and has resulted in a system that is inequitable, unfair, inaccessible and costly and that discriminates against those with medical needs. What we are trying to do is to put in place a structure to deliver water...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: I reiterate that Deputy Martin will not be disappointed because we will publish the business model before the local elections.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yesterday Deputy Martin said we wanted to put universal health insurance out beyond the next general election. Three weeks ago he said we wanted to put this out beyond the local elections. It is not so on both counts.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: We are not afraid to face into challenges that were left untouched for years with the result that this country was sent into an economic abyss. We will have it published before the local elections, but not before St. Patrick's Day.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: The answer to that question is "No". Deputy Adams is the leader of his party and his party has a different view.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: It seems to me as though Sinn Féin does not want to pay for anything, does not want to have any charge imposed for any service, and wants nothing to do with the European scene. From a Sinn Féin perspective, everything in life is free and wonderful. Unfortunately, that is not reality.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is the old chicken-and-egg problem with young people walking into one's office who say they are qualified and looking for a job: one cannot find a job without experience and one cannot get experience unless one has a job. Deputy Adams's view of the JobBridge scheme is not shared by these young people. Yes, there have been a few cases - I have come across them myself - in which things...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: When one sits down and talks to people who have unfortunately been long-term unemployed, they say it is a rut that is very hard to get out of. Many of these people want to make a contribution. I have seen them on various schemes from Tús right through to Gateway. We have started with the scheme of 3,000 jobs with local authorities whereby a particular sector of those who are long-term...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: I was not aware, until Deputy Gerry Adams made the comment, that €500 million had been paid to consultants by Irish Water.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: It was not the first time the Deputy was out on some of his figures. I am quite sure that even he, despite the fact that he does not want any charge for any service, agrees that there is movement, given that the live register has fallen below 400,000 for the first time since 2009 and that we are now below the European average for unemployment.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: We know about the Deputy. I am quite sure Deputy Gerry Adams is aware that 61,000 new jobs were created in the past 12 months and that two thirds of them were in firms less than five years old. I am quite sure he supports the fact that the education system has one of the highest participation rates among OECD countries and that the young people emerging from it are well able to meet a range...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am quite sure also that when Deputy Gerry Adams goes to his constituency and talks to people who have been long-term unemployed or those who have been short-term unemployed and are now in the world of work, they will tell him about personal dignity and the contribution they can make. I do not accept at all that we should be static and stay with what we were left with when we were elected...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: What I want to do is create situations where more people can find work that will provide an opportunity for them to develop their careers. Deputy Gerry Adams was unemployed for a long number of years -----

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: ----- yet he seems to appear in locations around the world just like that.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: The answer to that question is "No." I was not sure whether the Deputy was going to propose that Anglo Irish should have been made a pillar bank, if one was to follow through on his dissertation. There are two things he should bear in mind. First, the fact that Mr. Ross invested in Bank of Ireland meant there was less of a capitalisation requirement for the taxpayer. Second, there will be...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: As I pointed out, we cannot have a functioning economy without functioning banks. When the Government was elected to office, we had a banking system which was completely dysfunctional, had gone off the rails and required radical restructuring. This happened with the putting in place of the pillar bank system. The Deputy asked if the Minister for Finance would be sacked. The answer to...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----that money paid into banks can be recovered to the greatest extent possible given the catastrophic economic mess left by those who went before us.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: In the case of Bank of Ireland the fact that Mr. Ross invested in the bank meant that the Irish taxpayer had to put less money into the bank than it might have had to do.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: When the State, on the recommendation of the Minister for Finance, decides to dispose of its equity there the taxpayer will make a profit. That is our commitment, our duty and responsibility to the Irish taxpayers not to leave them at a loss, given the scale of what was inherited here.