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Order of Business (2 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: That is next year.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I have no information on any dealings Rehab Group had with any individual. My only engagements with the man the Deputy mentioned have been purely political in terms of elections and constituencies. That is why we are introducing legislation on freedom of information, whistleblowers and lobbyists. It is only right and proper that there be full accountability and transparency about these...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: What was the third?

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The question is one for Rehab to answer, whether it has paid any individual to carry out lobbying or whatever else. I have already stated that I meet many people, although I do not know if they are paid by organisations.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I agree that is why we need lobbyist legislation, and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will introduce that in order to bring about transparency and accountability. I do not believe charitable organisations should pay personnel to lobby Ministers or anybody else if they operate on such a charitable basis. I do not have any information about that. The Government is very open to...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I do, and I do not underestimate the importance of the significance - symbolically or practically - of the first State visit by an Irish President to Britain since the foundation of the State. President Higgins will fulfil his duties admirably and set out in his own unique fashion the range of historical, academic, educational, social and cultural connections between the people on the...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I agree that it is a journey everybody is on. I also agree that this is an opportunity to take another step forward. It might be a very good idea if everybody could get together and say Dr. Haass made genuine attempts to move the process forward and ask could we not come to agreements on a range of issues about the past, parades and flags. As I have said before to the Deputy, when one...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The responsibility is shared between governments and peoples. I again refer to what former President Clinton said in Derry: “I came here 20 years ago. I am back again. Finish the job.” The job can only be finished by the politicians, the elected leaders of the people across the spectrum, and this requires understanding, tolerance, compromise and a capacity to say, "I might...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: No, I am not happy that people are still in mortgage distress because of the catastrophic economic situation and I will not be happy until everybody has received a workable and practical offer that is not just related to interest-only repayments. The total number of permanent restructures, those that work in a sustainable way, has increased to approximately 54,000 accounts. Term extensions...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: That is one-size-fits-all, and that does not work because everybody's circumstance is different.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is when one sits down with the people involved that one discovers their circumstances differ. In regard to the engagement between the consumers and the lenders which led to the permanent restructuring of 51,188 mortgages, an increase of 6,011 accounts in the last quarter of 2013, does Deputy Donnelly accept they were clear, consistent and flexible because they arrived at a solution?

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is not happy with the fact that almost 51,000 permanent mortgage restructures were arrived at between people who borrowed and lenders who lent.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: He does not believe that is the way things should go. He wants a situation in which one size is assumed to fit everybody, which clearly is not the case. If that is what he suggests, he is very much out of touch. The legislation to which he referred is crystal clear. The targets have been set and they are being achieved.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The sustainable solutions are for the men and women who have borrowed money to live in their houses and are happy to deal with the lender in the first instance.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: There has been a significant rise in split mortgages, from 2,500 in August to 6,200 by the end of December. That means 4,000 people have agreed a split mortgage with their lenders. The number of mortgage accounts in arrears of longer than 90 days has fallen from 81,000 to 79,000. That decrease is not as much as we would like, but it is there.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: These are facts. They are crystal clear and they arise because of the conclusions reached between borrowers and lenders.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: Temporary restructuring arrangements are also continuing to fall. The Central Bank's quarterly mortgage arrears statistics, as opposed to the Department of Finance's monthly figures, show a welcome decline in all arrears, whether for primary dwellings or buy-to-let properties. Deputy Donnelly may not want to accept those facts, but they are facts. The most difficult to accept are those who...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: There is a solution to everybody's individual problems. They are not all the same. Circumstances of geography, family, debt and property with debts are all different. There is a solution to all of them, but working out the solution requires borrowers and lenders to sit down together.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The suite of opportunities that is now laid out can result in many more people arriving at a solution. There are people who do not want to engage with lenders in the first place. That only makes the situation worse because if a solution is to be found, it will take two to work it out. The task before the Government and the facilities available to the Government, the Central Bank and the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment and unemployment in the State and the data also provides information on persons Neither in Employment nor in Education and Training (NEET). The Q4 2013 estimates are the most recent QNHS figures available. Table 1 shows the number of persons aged 16-25 who are classified as being Neither in...