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Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: For clarification for Members, the Government decided to adopt and build on the foundation of work done by the Law Reform Commission in respect of civil debt, that people should not end up in prison for relatively small fines.

Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: The issue here is that this Bill is at Report Stage and the amendments mentioned are outside the scope of the Bill. Standing Order 177 is very clear, that where issues like this arise, as they have arisen in the past, a 60-minute debate takes place on those amendments so that they become part of the Bill.

Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: A 60 minute debate takes place on those amendments so that they can become part of the Bill. Then, when we get to those amendments on Report Stage, any Member can ask for the amendment to be recommitted to Committee Stage and have a full debate. That debate will go on all day on Wednesday and Thursday. Therefore, it is not a case of attempting to ram these amendments through in one...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Diaspora Policy (30 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: Key elements of the Diaspora Strategy which was published in March of this year, include further welfare support for the diaspora; measures to deepen connections with the diaspora and facilitate further diaspora engagement as well as continued recognition of organisations and people who engage with the diaspora and also support for further research on diaspora policy. Some recent actions...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Equipment (30 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: My Department does not use any system of software for the auto-deletion of email messages with the exception of some incoming emails that are blocked by our email filtering product. All email messages received in my Department pass through filtering software and certain messages are automatically blocked e.g. emails classified as spam, emails with viruses and emails with potentially dangerous...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Low Pay Commission Report (30 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Low Pay Commission was officially launched on 26 February 2015.  This independent body is advising the Government on the appropriate rate of the National Minimum Wage. It is expected to submit its first report to Government by the middle of July and the Commission will examine the rate of the minimum wage on an annual basis from now on.  The establishment of this...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (30 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: With regard to the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings, the Government continues to press the British Government to respond positively to the reasonable demand of the All Party motions passed in Dáil Éireann in 2008 and 2011 that an independent international judicial figure be given access to all material held by the British Government on these terrible atrocities. I raised the issue...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Seanad Reform (30 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform was published on 13 April last. The associated draft Bill prepared for the Group, with an explanatory memorandum, was published on my Department's website on 14 May. I issued a statement at the time of publication of the Report in which I welcomed the Report, describing it as innovative and radical, and containing some far-reaching...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Eurozone Crisis (30 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: Following the Euro Summit meeting on 22 June, I met with Prime Minister Tsipras again last week at the meeting of the European Council on 25 and 26 June. Although it was not formally on our agenda, the European Council addressed the situation in Greece in some detail. During that meeting, I joined with other Heads of State and Government in urging Prime Minister Tsipras to make every effort...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: I agree this is a serious matter for a great number of people. That is why the Government made the recent changes. I do not agree that the Minister’s initiative has been a failure. Today is the first day he set for consideration by the banks. The Minister already notified the Central Bank that if it required legislation to intervene, he would do so to give it the authority. It did...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: The same one as Deputy Martin.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: I live on the same planet as the Deputy and work in the same building as he worked in when he was a Minister in a government that allowed the banks to do as they liked and wrecked our economy.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept from the Deputy, or anybody else, that the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, has not taken the problem by the scruff of the neck.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: The changes that have been made in restructuring and recapitalising banks and making arrangements for the taxpayers to get back all their money is markedly different from the situation Fianna Fáil left when its Government ended.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: I accept that 300,000 people paying variable mortgage rates that are above the rate at which banks are borrowing is not a morally justifiable situation.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: This is why the Minister, Deputy Noonan, met each of the six banks and gave them a piece of his mind about what they should do.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: KBC, Bank of Ireland and AIB have introduced measures to reduce variable rates below 4%. The Minister’s officials are monitoring the progress of what the banks said they would do to see the outcome of it. The October budget will be an opportunity for the Minister to deal with the banks if necessary.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin does not seem to understand that the Central Bank is an independent regulator.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: He wants the Government to direct everybody in this democracy.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Minister wrote to the Central Bank some time ago and said if it required the legislative authority to intervene he would provide it by way of legislation.

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