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Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: I agree with some of the sentiments expressed. Why is the motion on the Order Paper today? Is this because the Government has taken a decision that this should be so? We made a request that this matter would be debated and voted on in the House three weeks ago but it was turned down by the Government. Why are we having a two-hour debate on it today?

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: I would like-----

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: I am glad the Taoiseach referred to sending out a clear signal, which is important. A few weeks ago we requested that this matter would be debated and voted on in the Dáil and that was turned down. Now it appears on the Order Paper today. However, at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting on 9 December-----

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: This is important. I want to get clarity and I will prove my point.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: We are not. This is important and I want to tell the Ceann Comhairle why. The following motion was passed unanimously at the Fianna Fáil meeting: "To add political legitimacy to the agreement and to force the Opposition to take a definitive position on the matter, that the Memorandum of Understanding between the Irish Government and the EU-IMF be put to Dáil Éireann for approval." That...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: I will prove my point. The statement continued, "However, Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Sinn Féin continue to try to make the public believe that there is an easy way out of the country's funding crisis. Given the seriousness of the situation-----

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: I want to make a point to the Ceann Comhairle. Will he give me two minutes?

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Ceann Comhairle has not.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: I want to make my point. I will sit down when I make my point.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: Yes, and I will not cause any more obstruction. I want to make this point.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: I only have ten minutes.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach said the he challenged the other parties to come clean and outline their alternative. He stated, "Given the seriousness of the situation, I do not believe this myth can be allowed to continue unchallenged. I was delighted to support this motion and look forward to the debate in Dáil Éireann next Wednesday". Last Thursday when I returned from Shannon, when I made the point...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: Hold on. The Minister, who is determined to be the worst Minister for Finance in the EU two years running, told the House there was no decision of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party and the reason we are having the debate is the Government wanted to have it, even though it was refused three weeks ago.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: It is not agreed. I find it absolutely extraordinary that the Government would actually have the audacity to come in here and expect that the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010, containing 77 sections, would go through by 10 p.m. tonight. This Bill will allocate to the Minister for Finance the most powerful positions in finance ever given to any Minister in any government in the...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: All he has to is to consult with the Governor of the Central Bank.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: If Deputy Ó Caoláin had his way, he would be talking about Mr. Adams being in the Department of Finance. This is quite extraordinary.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: This allocates extraordinary powers to the Minister for Finance. It is not possible from any common sense perspective to deal with a Bill of this complexity on this day. It is just not possible to do it. We have had examples before of rushed legislation not standing up. We have had a situation where the Government did not fully provide the facts in respect of the bank guarantee. It was...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: -----that a Bill of this complexity and this range could be dealt with adequately by this Parliament, when our people are expected to fork out over €10 billion in interest every year, due to the carry on and the reckless lending practices of some bankers and some institutions. It is not possible to do it today. I suggest that we come back here next Tuesday and let us deal with this Bill...

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after Dail Eireann and replace with: -- Condemns the economic policies of the Government and, in particular its policy on banking, which has attached bank debt to sovereign debt and places an almost unsustainable burden on the taxpayer; -- Recognises that, because of these policies, intervention by the IMF and the EU was inevitable; -- Agrees with...

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: We have had further down-rating by Fitch and an increase of spread in the bond yields, even though we are not in the markets. There is nothing in this agreement of the scale or ambition of Fine Gael's commercially financed new economic recovery authority investment stimulus in water, broadband and energy. There are no cuts in VAT on job-intensive services, no cut in the jobs tax for small...