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Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----such as fixing the economic mess that we inherited, putting our people back to work, and the situation where the rate of unemployment has gone from 15.2% to 8.9% and is heading downwards.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: We had a situation where this crowd locked us out from all the markets and the interest rates where 15%, and now they are less than 2%.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan's, intention, on behalf of the Government, is to have the deficit wiped out by 2018. The national debt is falling rapidly towards European norms and by the way, for the information of Deputy Adams, 130,000 jobs have been created in the private sector. These are the big issues that Deputy Adams says the Government has failed on.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: However, we are not happy.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: We are not happy because what we want to do is to secure that recovery for all the people and have a strong economy for the benefit of the people.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams mentions golden circles and-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: First, Deputy Adams has responded to the letter that I sent him and I thank him for responding to me.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The common objective of everybody in this House of all parties and none is to have a situation where the intention of what the Government did when it set up the commission of investigation under Mr. Justice Cregan, to have a transparent, comprehensive and fully-accountable report in respect of all of the transactions in regard to which a write-off of over €10 million was involved, is...

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: That is why I sent it to Deputy Adams at an early date.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: That is why I sent it to the Deputy as soon as I could. That is why I sent it to the other leaders of the different groupings.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I asked them for their written response because it is in everybody's interest.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I have got Deputy Adams's. I have not got Fianna Fáil's. Whether they have a view or not, I do not know. Deputy Catherine Murphy's is on the way and I thank her.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Government will receive those responses in writing from the Deputies. We will consider those responses and we will have a report at Government next week as to how best we should proceed to deal with the issues that Mr. Justice Cregan has raised in his interim report.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: Let me repeat that it is the intention of Government to have a fully transparent, accountable and comprehensive report-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----in everybody's interests on the Siteserv issue. The judge has pointed out what he considers are difficulties and problems. We want to deal with those in the most transparent and most accountable way possible. I thank Deputy Adams for his letter. Deputy Catherine Murphy's is on the way. I will await Deputy Martin's response.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: A commission of investigation, once approved by the Oireachtas, becomes the responsibility of the sole member appointed to conduct it.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: They do so in an entirely independent manner. In this case, Mr. Justice Cregan has done considerable work, identified what he considers to be obstacles, difficulties and challenges and written his interim report, which I have forwarded to Members. My letter to Deputy Adams and the other party leaders was to ask their views of the action that should be taken to deal with the issues pointed...

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I do so in the interests of everybody, in that the Government wants a situation in which Siteserv and the others are part of the commission of investigation in a fully accountable, transparent and comprehensive fashion. Mr. Justice Cregan has taken a line individually, objectively and independently in respect of confidentiality, privacy and other issues he has pointed out. We need to...

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am responding. Mr. Justice Cregan pointed out that if he is left to deal with it alone, it could take eight years. Does the Deputy want this or can we have a much more effective and swifter response? The Government will respond next week, taking into account the views of the Deputy and the other party leaders. I would like whatever structure is established to deal with it to be put in...

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2015)

Enda Kenny: No, I will not.