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- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: Yes.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: Well, I just want to make the point here that the trend through from the period in government through opposition to the ... to our current position in government, stands as a principle for competitiveness, low interest rates, strong economic performance. In the 2007 election, Fine Gael actually adopted a joint economic and fiscal programme with the Labour Party, and that meant that we'd keep...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: So in respect of the-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: In respect of the-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: Yes.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: Well-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: Yes, as I-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: Yes, as I said to you, we ... the commitments on tax and spending that we set out in that manifesto were consistent with the projections on the figures from the Department of Finance and from the ESRI and we were very clear that the levels of growth that were forecast in there of 4% could only be achieved if you had strong oversight and a really strong competitive element to our economy. And...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: So-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: The point ... I've said to you three times now, is that we were, as an Opposition party, entirely consistent in accepting the projections from the ESRI and from the Department of Finance in respect of their growth figures but that that should be based on the element of competition and the tax position that we set out-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----of a reduction from 20% to 18% and of the corporation tax rate was designed to get our economy back to a competitive export-orientated model that we'd passed on. There were elements of that that we considered important.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: Well, I might just say, for your information, Chairman, we've been very consistent here that we have never supported increases in taxation where they would impact on work and job opportunities and that's been translated from '97 right through our Opposition policies from 2002 to 2007 and now again in government.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: Sorry, Deputy.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: No, I don't.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: Well, you'll recall that in 2002, Fine Gael had a very difficult election. I think I had ... I think it was 30 Deputies I had at the time. Obviously, to rebuild a party nationally takes a great deal of time and effort. So in the presentation and the preparation of programmes or proposals or issues for the Dáil and for the Oireachtas, no more than any other party, Fine Gael would...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: ----and opposed those increases.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: Yes. My ... I wouldn't have had meetings with the governors of banks or directors of banks. My spokesman on finance at the time was Richard Bruton. Obviously, he would have met with different elements of the financial sector in the preparation of Fine Gael documents from our point of view.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: But I wouldn't have been personally, actively seeking out ... our decisions, Deputy, would have been made by the Front Bench of the party and the parliamentary party in its entirety on those issues.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: I know the reference he's making-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (23 Jul 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----but I don't have the paper in front of me that you're talking about.