Results 25,641-25,660 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: This House set up a commission of investigation headed by a Supreme Court judge, but the Deputy wants to make it a political conversation all the time. I have been contacted by the sole member and will respond fully and comprehensively to him.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: This House put that process in place. I have already said I was concerned about what I had heard. I needed to tell my Cabinet colleagues the following morning and the Garda Commissioner had a right to be apprised of these concerns and anxieties. That is what I asked the Secretary General to convey.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I was here with former Minister John Bruton and think he made two attempts at introducing a budget, neither of which was passed. I do not agree with his assertion. We are not going to change political direction. We have set targets and objectives which must be achieved. On the scale of the adjustment to be made in the budget for 2015, to be introduced in October, this is one issue we...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----that everything and every service should be free of charge.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: However, nobody in Sinn Féin has ever pointed out, despite the fact that it states its programmes were costed-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----that it has an 82% income tax rate built in. It faces the future with charged emotion, but the next contest will be different in nature.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is going to be about whether the people want a government, in this case a Fine Gael-Labour Party Government, that is competent in keeping the affairs of the country in a state of solidarity and stability, with growth in confidence. The evidence is before our eyes - yields have fallen from 15% to 2.6% and we have had a fall in the unemployment lists for 24 consecutive months. That is...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is not just a case of saying it should be different. If the Government - Fine Gael and the Labour Party - did not make the difficult decisions it had to make, the country would have been consigned to penury for the next generation because of the catastrophic effects of what had been left behind. I will not shirk the responsibility or back away from it. We will achieve the objectives we...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Mary Lou McDonald. In my years here I believe I have never passed a personal comment about any Member of the House in respect of his or her ability, competence or fairness. If she wants to proceed along that line, that is her right.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: The programme for Government agreed between Fine Gael and the Labour Party has been more than 90% completed. Following the country's exit from the programme, we published a medium-term strategy which set out the path to progress for continued stability, confidence, growth and jobs. At the end of the day it is about investment, growth and jobs. Sinn Féin does not want this because it...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: We are going to fix that problem.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: There is a problem. The problem is that the process for dealing with the issue is not what I want it to be. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald should believe me - we will deal with it. I have a set of proposals for a Cabinet sub-committee tomorrow. In respect of cutbacks in the next budget, I have already set out the targets for 2015. Nobody can tell us what the exact state of the national...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy does not like to see 1,000 jobs a week being created and confidence returning to the country because all she wants to do is shout from the outside-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----and say: "I don't have responsibility; therefore, water charges should be reversed, USC should be abolished and property tax should be eliminated."
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: When the Sinn Féin finance spokesperson was asked five times the other day if he would propose to reverse the water charge legislation, the answer was in the negative. Therefore, they are fine on the other side of the House-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----but woe betide taxpayers and the businesspeople of the country the day Sinn Féin is given responsibility when it will not own up to what it is proposing - an 82% income tax rate and God knows what else to follow.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for her comments. It would be unfair to take the figures for one quarter as a guide for the year. In the past 12 months 61,000 new jobs were confirmed as having been created through the private sector. The growth rate for the year is expected to be 1.7% or 1.8%. I admit that the figures for the last quarter were not as strong as for previous quarters. However, we have...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is a valid contribution. Last year there was a big shift from part-time to full-time work. It is true that during the boom years, as they were called, many people involved in farming took second jobs - of whatever kind - in the construction sector. Obviously, 100,000 people who are currently on the live register were, in one way or another, involved in that sector. The Dáil...
- Order of Business (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 6, Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 20 - statements on the Guerin report (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings in respect of No. 20 shall be taken at 4.30 p.m. and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 7.30 p.m....
- Order of Business (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I am not aware of a lack of telephone or Internet connections for the Fennelly commission of investigation. If there is a problem, I will see that it is attended to.