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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----to make his point here. I actually had a brief conversation with Fr. McVerry recently. It is my intention to call to him when I get an opportunity to discuss some real facts down there. Obviously, he has done an enormous job over so many years. I suppose I could say that, if Mr. Ross had not made his investment in Bank of Ireland, the taxpayer would have had to pay more in terms of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is a punt that he made. Obviously, with Deputy Mathews's particular knowledge-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: ----- if he was in the same resource position, he might have done the same thing. I do not know. It is true to say, Deputy, that quite a lot of people have got letters of legal import from banks recently. Obviously, the situation in so far as-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----mortgages are concerned has improved. As every week goes by, more and more are being brought to a point where there is a sustainable and permanent solution for them.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: Yes. We have figures from the Central Bank, the Department of Finance and the banks themselves.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: The idea is that deals were cut with people on the issue of distressed mortgages. I am glad progress has been made, though it is not happening fast enough. We must keep the pressure on. I note that the personnel from the IMF are leaving Ireland, having been based here for the past three years. They say there is a sense of normalisation. A headline in today's newspaper says we spend...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: I agree with the Deputy that courage and leadership are required. I am taken aback by his comment that those who left Ireland to go to Germany, Brussels and elsewhere have not told the truth about the state of the nation. Their honesty in relating the stark situation is the reason we have succeeded in gaining significant concessions from Brussels and the European Central Bank.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: I do not agree with the Deputy that such people have not given a truthful account of the state of the nation.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Gerry Adams for his comments on homelessness. A few years ago €50 million for homelessness and a further €30 million for facilities for homeless people would have been thought sufficient to deal with the problem. There are issues relating to homelessness that must be addressed by the committee. The city manager will address the committee shortly, as will...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: Yes, I have been.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: I accept responsibility for what I must do. Some €80 million has been allocated to address homelessness this year. This consists of €50 million, supplemented by a further €30 million for facilities and support for the homeless. Of course we must return to the practice of providing sufficient social housing to meet needs, but a process must be followed. No matter what...
- Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 9, Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014 - Financial Resolutions; No. 20, Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 21, Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 - Report Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that in the event a division is in progress at...
- Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: Fairly soon is the answer to the Deputy's last question.
- Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: In regard to the Universal Primary Care Bill, I will give the Deputy an update later on it. I take the Deputy's point about a comprehensive response to the nine or ten issues he raised in relation to the programme for Government. I am glad to be able to inform the Deputy that progress is being made on the technological university legislation. I understand there is now much greater progress...
- Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: I will come back to the Deputy with a date in that regard.
- Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: On the Deputy's final question, I expect that the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan, will be in touch with the House and publicly in respect of the timelines and so on. As we now know there are extraordinary amounts of material to be examined prior to this process getting under way. I will ask the Minister to communicate with members on the progress being made in this regard. I do not...
- Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy has done so.
- Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: I cannot have every file with me.
- Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: I do not have every file in the country on every issue.
- Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy does not himself often have files that one would expect him to know about.