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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Syrian Conflict (13 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: I reported comprehensively to the House on my 10-minute conversation with Mr. Trump in my answers to Parliamentary Questions on Tuesday 22 November 2016. The Dáil transcripts of my response to those questions and my responses to the supplementary questions that followed, may be of interest to the Deputy. Aleppo was not discussed.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (13 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: No Bills from my Department have been published or enacted since May 2016. The only Bill for my Department at present is the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) Bill. When drafted, the Bill will provide for the dissolution of the NESDO (National Economic and Social Development Office) and the placing of the NESC on a statutory footing.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Redeployment (13 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: My Department is based in Dublin and has always been based in Dublin. No Sections of my Department were moved outside of Dublin under the decentralisation programme (2003-2011).

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (13 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: The total costs for photography paid by the Department in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date is set out in the following table: Date Company Cost 25/3/2011 Maxwell Photography €393.25 (Including VAT) 9/11/2011 Maxwell Photography €849.42 (Including VAT) 21/11/2012 Fennell Photography €116.85 (including VAT) 10/07/2013 Maxwell Photography...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Relations Contracts Data (13 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: My Department has not incurred any expenditure on external public relations since March 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Training (13 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 687 and 690 together. The primary function of training and education in the Defence Forces is to develop and maintain the capabilities necessary to enable it to fulfil the roles laid down by Government. The Defence Forces conducts training and education under four broad categories namely; leadership, skills, career and collective training. Leadership...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Martin for his question. This situation is unprecedented. It has been around for a very long time. Particular aims are set out in the Minister's comprehensive, targeted and focused rental strategy programme, which is the first intervention in the housing market here to be made by any Government. A great deal of discussion is going on with Deputy Martin's spokesman, whom I...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: -----New York, where increases of 7.5% per annum are allowed until maximum rent is reached; Sweden, where rents can go beyond an agreed price ceiling up a maximum of 5%; and Switzerland, where rents can be increased to ensure there is a return, with nominal rates of return of approximately 6%.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: This is a really important issue.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: I hope that through consultation, we can manage to get it through.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: I stress that the 4% limit has been set by the Government for very specific reasons.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: I point out to Deputy Micheál Martin that this came into the Seanad approximately six weeks ago. It was made perfectly clear - and every spokesperson and all the parties understood - that it would be in the final week session that the matter would come before the Dáil, so it is not a case of it being very late for consultation. Consultations are ongoing with Fianna Fáil and...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: It clearly does not interfere with new houses or the elements to provide supply.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: First, Deputy Adams has not read this document. It is not ill-thought-out at all. It is the result of intensive discussions, negotiations and presentations in recent months. Some 500 submissions were sent to the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and they have been very carefully scrutinised. Of course, the starting point is the rental pressures in Cork and...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: The housing allocation will increase from €800 million to €1.2 billion next year, which is a very substantial increase in funding for housing.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: Government has intervened and intends to intervene in the market. It intends to intervene for the very specific reason that the rental structure is not working------

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: -----and people are being forced by huge increases in rent in some areas to vacate their homes. The conditions for rental pressure zones are set out in the document presented by the Minister and approved by the Government yesterday. Those conditions are very clear. They are assessed by the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB. The essential condition is a sustained increase in rent of over...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: The report published by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, yesterday showed that those on lowest incomes benefited most from the budget. We have tried over recent years to improve the lot of those on lower incomes, principally by reducing the level of unemployment and providing a pathway and a road into jobs which is the route out of poverty but also by assistances such as...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: We do not meet any of the international standards for being considered a tax haven. We are fully compliant with all the best practices in the areas of transparency and exchange of information. We have and want real substantive foreign direct investment, the kind that brings real jobs and investment into the country and the wider community. The Oxfam report includes Ireland's 12.5% rate as...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Enda Kenny: We have nothing to hide. We have been very clear and upfront about all these matters. I will find an opportunity where that can happen, where the Oxfam report can be debated in public and where we can stand over what we say about the changes we have made in the tax position, the actions we have taken both nationally and internationally and disprove any claims or allegations that this...