Results 27,861-27,880 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Healy-Rae for his comment in regard to the new year. As the Deputy is aware, the situation in so far as post offices are concerned is now the subject of very well-regarded business development group under the chairmanship of Bobby Kerr, who understands the retail business exceptionally well. I would say to the Deputy that the Government has no policy of closing post offices.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: The only people who can protect the future of post offices are the communities who use them. The Government has already outlined the opportunities and options open for consideration as to how post offices can be maintained. Believe me, the Government does not want to close any post office. The only community that can keep them on a sustainable path is the local community. It will not be...
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: It will be in this session.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is not necessary. Our country is in a very different position from Greece. This matter has arisen because there is a general election in Greece at the moment.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: We have exited the bailout programme and our country is able to borrow money at 0.86%, which is very much down from the bond yields of 15% a number of years ago. The situation is that the decision of June 2012 was one that was made by the European Council to clean up the enormous economic mess that was left to this Government as a legacy. What we are trying to do is in the interests of the...
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----by reconstructing those loans and dealing with the promissory notes, and by not having to borrow €3 billion every year in interest for Anglo Irish Bank, in respect of which this Government did not pay one red cent.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: Is that the Bill that Senator Bacik introduced in the Seanad?
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: We have to wait for it to come from the Seanad before we can see how it will be processed further.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for the publication of the Bill. The references made this morning are speculative. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is considering a range of areas and elements in housing, not least of which is to start the actual construction in respect of which the Government has made a substantial amount of money available for the next few years.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I cannot give a date for the publication of the landlord and tenant law reform Bill. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is considering the matters the Deputy refers to, among others. He will bring his conclusions to Government and publish them in due course. I cannot confirm the implementation of the speculation I saw in the newspaper today.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Mattie McGrath is speaking about Goldman Sachs doing an assessment for the Government on following through on the best option for the Irish taxpayers-----
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----to get back €29 billion for them, which we hope to do over some years.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I will respond on the detail of that as soon as possible.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I am not sure that is a matter for legislation, but I will have a response on the matter sent to the Deputy. In respect of Article 41.2, and any other recommendations for referendums to be held or discussed arising from the Constitutional Convention or otherwise, this will be a matter for the Administration that will take up duty next year. We will hold two referendums this year and I have...
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: There is a bit of a miracle here. Deputy Durkan, I think, has raised this on 50 or 60 occasions.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: The heads of the Bill are expected shortly. It has not just been nudged but is actually moving.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: We are in a period of offer officially on that matter, and there are constraints on the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in respect of commenting on it.
- Terrorist Attack in Paris: Statements (14 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: Once more today, on behalf of the Government and the people of Ireland, I extend my deepest sympathy to those grieving the loss of the 17 men and women murdered in Paris in an episode that began a week ago today. To us they are artists and police officers, men and women who lost their lives, but to those who grieve they are the sons, daughters, spouses, parents, siblings and friends who for...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: I do not know what the Deputy is implying by that last remark.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2015)
Enda Kenny: It is only right and proper that there should be quality nursing home services available for people who have to avail of them, underpinned by a proper system of registration and inspection. Deputy Martin is well aware of the age and structure of many of the older public homes around the country, which have evolved from county homes into other structures such as we have today. There is no...