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Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I listen to the same repetition from Deputy Ó Caoláin week after week.

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: Let me tell Deputy McDonald something. I have been a public representative for many years. I know exactly the kind of conditions of which she speaks. On each occasion I must visit any constituency in an official capacity or, indeed, when I go to Britain or the United States, I make a point of dealing with those who look after the vulnerable in society, in the case of those who are abroad...

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is beneath Deputy McDonald, coming in here from Cabra-----

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----to lecture us as if she is the only one who understands these difficulties. Every Deputy in this House of all parties and none deals with this on a regular basis.

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy McDonald asked me, in her first question, what the Government will do for the disadvantaged, and I will tell her again. The Government will deal with the challenges of the economic legacy it has inherited. The mandate which has been given is to sort out the public finances and deal with the issues with which those of whom she speaks must suffer as a consequence.

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: In respect of her question on NAMA, the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government with special responsibility for housing and planning, Deputy Penrose, has done a great deal of work in the short time that he has been appointed on an number of issues in so far as housing is concerned with the NAMA stock and he will report to the House on that in the...

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: That was a speech from Deputy Higgins, not for the first time.

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: The fact of the matter is that Osama bin Laden-----

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----was responsible for mass murder in New York, Madrid, Bali and London.

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: Many of his victims in the Twin Towers in New York were of Irish descent or directly Irish. The avalanche of material published yesterday following the announcement of his death has in many cases been altered as new facts emerge. I did not join any sycophantic group, as Deputy Higgins crudely put it. I did make the point that the world is now a better place without Osama bin Laden.

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: From this perspective, as a non-aligned neutral country it is important that vigilance be maintained in respect of the safety of citizens throughout the world. It is a fact of life that atrocious murders have been committed in the name of political and religious beliefs at various times throughout the world. Osama bin Laden is no more, and from this perspective the world will now move on and...

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: I was not aware that Deputy Higgins was a supporter of Osama bin Laden.

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is not your question.

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Higgins is aware, my views on the Iraqi conflict were well known-----

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and if Hans Blix had been let finish his observations and analysis-----

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----the proof would have been there-----

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: You had your chance and you did not ask a question.

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: If Hans Blix had been let finish his analysis weapons of mass destruction would have been proven not to be in Iraq. It seems to me from the confused statement made by Deputy Higgins that he is extremely concerned about what has happened here without showing the due concern and consideration for the thousands of people-----

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----who were murdered by mass activity by Osama bin Laden.

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Enda Kenny: You know, and as former Prime Minister Blair found out, had Mr. Blix been let finish his analysis, weapons of mass destruction would not have been found in Iraq, which might have changed and altered the course of history.