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Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: While I do not have a date for the defence (amendment) Bill, the mediation Bill will be introduced later this year.

Membership of Committee: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I move:That Deputy Dinny McGinley be appointed to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges.

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept the Deputy's assertion that the Government blamed the borrowers for the situation that has arisen. Nor do I accept his assertion that the Government has kept its head in the sand with regard to these matters.

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I agreed with the Tánaiste when we set out our scheme of priorities for the remainder of the life time of this Government last July. We undertook to review the personal insolvency legislation and a range of other measures to deal with distressed mortgages. We also reiterated that the Government has no policy at all in the sense of wanting to see people put out of their homes----

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The fact is that there has to be engagement and a process by which that can happen. I spoke to the Tánaiste at some length this morning about this and the Government recognises that adjustments to the personal insolvency framework are necessary. Such adjustments would include increasing awareness of what the insolvency service is about and the assistance it can give to those...

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: That means that the Government has looked at the workings and effectiveness of the situation at the moment. We want to see the vast majority of people retain their family homes ---

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: We will bring forward a range of other measures, following that review, in April.

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I think Deputy Martin is getting desperate.

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: As we see the economy begin to improve, all that the Deputy is left with to attack are the remnants of the disastrous policy that his party followed when in government. The Deputy says that the Government has done nothing but there are more options on the table for people in mortgage distress than in most other countries----

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The personal insolvency service has not been dealing with as many cases as we would like to see but contrary to Deputy Martin's view, I think it is very important that when people are in mortgage distress they know the range of options and assistance available to them. It is also fair to look to the situation that has arisen in the context of people who are looking for credit whereby the...

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: That is something that we have to look at. What are the options open to a family where the value of their house is written down to the current market value but they still cannot meet the repayment conditions? These are real-life conditions that were created by a Government that did not care.

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: We are down to 37,000 cases in arrears for more than 720 days and we want to see the vast majority of those sorted out. Far from following Deputy Martin's assertion that nothing is being done, we will bring forward a number of other measures to deal with these kinds of cases in April.

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: They will be designed to help people----

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: ----who are having problems with their family homes. This all goes back to the Deputy's own outfit which did not give a damn about what it did.

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: I certainly agree that this is a serious matter and that, prior to Christmas, the discussion was about whether the institutions would survive. The opportunity for both Governments to become involved as co-guarantors of the Good Friday Agreement together with the dedicated work of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Stormont House Agreement means particular conditions being adhered to. I do not have in front of me the difference between the detailed discussions on welfare reform conducted before Christmas before the agreement was arrived at and the details that apply now for welfare reform since the agreement was put together. There seems to be a discrepancy somewhere in the mathematics if this is...

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: If they were set out before Christmas and signed off, accepted, commented on and welcomed by the Deputy First Minister, more fulsomely than by Deputy Adams, what has happened that the figures are now different than those he accepted and agreed to before Christmas? The political discussion must deal with that. We do not want a situation where the parties walk away when it comes to the first...

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: This is an important matter. Deputy Coppinger appears to be of the view that the Government should acquire Aer Lingus in its entirety. This would cost about €1 billion. The Deputy will be aware that the Government rejected the bid from IAG. In 2012, the Government decided that consideration could be given to the sale of the shares held by the State in Aer Lingus in the context...

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Coppinger mentioned multinationals. First, multinationals employ huge numbers of people in her constituency.

Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy should bear that in mind when commenting on investment from abroad. Second, the Deputy stated that Aer Lingus is a publicly owned company. It is not. The Government holds a minority shareholding in Aer Lingus, the details of which I have pointed out to the Deputy. Third, the Government has announced a specific regional development strategy covering a range of areas. Limerick...