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Order of Business (11 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Tánaiste should answer the Deputy's question.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: In support of Deputy Shortall, if there is such a document available, it would help the Members in the discussion on the various sections of the Bill in order that they can have confirmation of what the Department and Government were talking about in terms of poverty proofing in respect of each of these sections.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: After all, as the Minister is aware, she has the unenviable task of being the first Minister to cut social welfare payments.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee and Remaining Stages (Resumed) (11 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: As a former múinteoir, the Minister will know that many young people, particularly those between 18 and 23, who participate in a FÁS course have a very high drop out rate, and many of them have serious literacy and numeracy problems. Putting up a barrage of so-called courses will be of no benefit to many of these young males. The Minister should consider putting forward aggressive,...

European Council Meetings. (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the special European Council meeting on 19 November 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42727/09]

European Council Meetings. (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: What targets in respect of emission reductions have been agreed by Government? Will the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, outline while in Copenhagen or in this House when he returns the structure in terms of how such targets are to be achieved? The Taoiseach announced a €100 million contribution from Ireland over three years to the fast-start...

European Council Meetings. (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: I do not doubt that at all. There is a great deal of talk about this. All of those who come here from the Nordic countries, Denmark, Sweden or Norway, speak of our potential, for example, regarding mean wind speeds, which are the best in the world in many cases. We have not measured up to the talk we are generating. Even when one looks at the places where approval for wind farms has been...

European Council Meetings. (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: My point was a general one in that irrespective of the mechanics of how it is achieved, we must display a far greater urgency about the actual grid and the potential to plug into new areas where new wind turbine investments will take place. There should not be a long delay of seven, ten or 15 years in between. The all-party Oireachtas Commitee on Climate Change and Energy Security made a...

European Council Meetings. (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: This is a very important matter.

European Council Meetings. (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: I am sure the Taoiseach raised the matter, if not at the last meeting, at the one before. All material replacements are now being brought in at enormous cost through tunnels from Egypt. Taking into account the tinderbox that is the Gaza Strip and the plight of the Palestinian people, have European leaders discussed commissioning an up to date report on the seriousness of the situation? Has...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: I would like to raise with the Taoiseach the consequences of last Wednesday's budget. Bearing in mind that the hype and big discussion are over, the consequences are becoming evident for a great many people. Politicians stated in the House that, in accepting the fact that there was a requirement to secure a reduction in current spending of approximately €4 billion, there should be a sense...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: -----in our so-called Christian country that is as unfair as what I saw last Wednesday for the carers, the disabled and the blind. Every Minister with any gumption should be ashamed to walk up those steps to vote against the motion against these measures. I ask the Taoiseach not to divide the House tomorrow on an issue that is as sensitive as this, where there are defined numbers and cases....

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: I am disappointed to hear such a response from the Taoiseach. This is not the Deputy Cowen I knew.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy Cowen I knew had a genuine feeling for the voiceless, for those with no trade union, for those with nobody to represent them except their associations and public representatives. The Taoiseach spoke about the social welfare system going forward, the €22 billion in social welfare expenditure, the pre-budget outlook and the Government's understanding that a contribution had to be...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: In my contribution, I was careful to point out the categories of carers, the disabled and the blind. I did not mention pensioners or children.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: In the Fine Gael alternative proposals, it would have been possible to exclude all categories. Regarding the point of going forward, as the Taoiseach said, and it causes people trouble, budgets are always about choices. My contention is the Taoiseach has made a very bad choice. For example, had the Government chosen to accept more of the McCarthy report's recommendations on the elimination...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: There was an easier way to find these moneys when the Taoiseach claims there was not. As Fine Gael has pointed out for the past two and a half years, it could have easily been done with the elimination of quango after quango. The Taoiseach was informed in writing this would save €175 million. If the Taoiseach proceeds down this line against this motion this evening and tomorrow, he will...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: Every Government Member who walks up those steps tomorrow during the division on the motion should be ashamed of what they have taken from those who have no voice, no trade union and no one to come to this House to argue for their case every day.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: There is an easier and better way. Several opinions are open to the Taoiseach to allow him not reduce allowances to carers, the disabled and the blind. What about the amount carers save for the State because of love of kith and kin? The message sent out to them is that they do not count and neither does their work. It is not good enough to say we gave them more in times of plenty.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2009)

Enda Kenny: Of course the Government gave them, rightly, more and it was appreciated. However, he cannot take it from them now, in such a short time before Christmas.