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Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I learned to stand up and defend our mandate. I learned to articulate on behalf of our country, and it was a privilege to do so, that we will stand up for what we believe in and for what we signed up to. I made it clear to our European colleagues that when they came looking for assistance, this country voted for the Lisbon treaty to allow the institutions of Europe to develop and be able to...

Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State (15 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I wish to announce for the information of the Dáil that having informed the President that Dáil Éireann had approved my nomination of Deputies to be members of the Government on 9 March, she appointed them accordingly. On the same day I nominated Deputy Eamon Gilmore to be Tánaiste and assigned the Department of Foreign Affairs to him. On the same date I assigned the Departments of...

Order of Business (15 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 2, motion re programme for Government. It is also proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings on No. 2 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 7.30 p.m and that the following arrangements shall apply: the speech of a Minister or Minister of State and the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and...

Order of Business (15 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes.

Order of Business (15 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Tá a fhios ag an Teachta Adams, cé go bhfuil sé míshásta, go bhfuil sé seo thar a bheith coitianta istigh anseo. Mar sin féin, deireann an Príomh-Aoire liom nár chuir an Teachta ceist ar bith air faoi ceisteanna nó faoi am breise a thabhairt don díospóireacht. Sin an chaoi a bhfuil sé. Beidh neart ama ag an Teachta as seo amach chun ceisteanna a chur faoin Roinn Airgeadais a...

Order of Business (15 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Members will be aware, at least those who have been here before, that normally after a change of government the Dáil does not sit for approximately two weeks. I thought it appropriate to return today for a debate on the programme for Government. Time is short and as Deputy Higgins reminded me, it is six Hibernian days and nights since the change of government, with a few minutes extra...

Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I move: "That Dáil Éireann welcomes and supports the Programme for Government agreed by the Parties in Government of the 31st Dáil." Ireland is facing an economic and social crisis with few parallels in our history. More than 430,000 people are on the live register, more than 160,000 of whom have been unemployed for more than a year. We are again facing the prospect of forced emigration...

Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Tá súil agam go mbeidh Sam ann i Maigh Eo roimh i bhfad.

Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I intend to clean it up.

Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I clarified that.

Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I merely pointed out that the Commission can make whatever proposals it wishes.

Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is in strict compliance with the programme for Government.

Programmes for Government (22 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. Before taking the questions, having conducted ordinary Taoiseach's questions, as they are called, from the far side for so long, I made the point on many occasions that perhaps we should drop one of these on a Tuesday or Wednesday and insert topical issues or whatever else as part of Dáil reform. When Deputies begin to look at this, perhaps...

Programmes for Government (22 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Labhair an Teachta go maith.

Programmes for Government (22 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Tá mé sásta gur tháinig an Teachta ar ais go sábháilte. Bhí áthas orm buaileadh leis thall i Meiriceá. The Deputy asked me to set out the elements of the programme for Government for which my Department and I are directly responsible and I did so. The programme is essentially about reform, change, getting Ireland back to work and providing opportunities for our people. That is why...

Programmes for Government (22 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy will be aware that when we referred to the sale of assets, we referred to the sale of non-strategic State assets and then only at an appropriate time where there would be a reasonable gain for the State. It is not proposed to sell Coillte and while the report to which the Deputy referred makes that recommendation, it is not part of the programme for Government.

Programmes for Government (22 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for his comments on openness. I assure him that I was informed of the pending publication of the Moriarty tribunal report as I walked to the Cabinet meeting this morning. The Secretary to the Government was informed by the tribunal that it was in the process of publishing it on-line with the relevant information. This report has been 14 years in the making. It has cost...

Programmes for Government (22 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes.

Programmes for Government (22 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is very difficult to be precise about the numbers who will be working in six months, 18 months or two years time. The Deputy cannot be precise, nor can I, but I can say that the entire focus of this Government is to rectify the position in so far as public finances are concerned, restore those finances to a state of good health and, where we can, provide a stimulus and initiatives to...

EU Summits (22 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, together. I attended an extraordinary meeting of the European Council and an informal meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the euro area in Brussels on 11 March. There will be a further meeting of the European Council on 24 and 25 March. As I will be making a statement to the House later, I will confine myself to some brief...