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Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: That is the answer to the Deputy's question. The Government is actually doing something about it. Sectors within the pensions industry came to the party and said that this was the way to proceed, rather than reducing tax relief.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: No, I cannot give the Deputy the answer to his question of how much the tax will cost families. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has signalled clearly the Government's intention to implement its programme for Government and also to comply with the conditions of the EU-IMF bailout deal, which, in its revised wording, states that the Government will prepare...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: No decision has yet been made by the Government in this regard. It is a signal that we intend to implement the programme for Government and comply with the conditions of the EU-IMF bailout deal. There will be no charge this year. I have already signalled as a general principle that water charges would apply only after a generous free allowance had been used. Of course the Government, in...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputies will be well warned in advance of the charge and will have an opportunity to give their views. With regard to subordinated bondholders, this was part of the deal announced by the Government when the major decision was made about restructuring the banks. We have made that perfectly clear. The figure mentioned is of the order of €5 billion.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: There is nothing free in this world. As I said already, the Deputy seems to have a perception that the Government is focusing only on the lower-income sectors of society. He is aware that the Government has made a decision to reverse the cut in the minimum wage-----

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and he is also aware that serious changes will be implemented in respect of the medical and legal profession. Everybody in this society, from the top to the bottom, is able to make a contribution.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Our job is to see that those contributions are fair and equitable and that those who are asked to contribute can meet that demand.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I thanked Deputy Ross for his contribution a number of weeks ago when he made this suggestion. I can tell him the Minister for Finance is in direct discussions with the pensions industry about the proposition he made. Whatever comes of those discussions will be reported to the House and to him. The suggestion was helpful. In respect of the matter of a debt for equity swap, we need to be...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is not a case of pensioners having money confiscated. This is a tax. It is a levy for a temporary period at a set amount in order to provide an impetus to create employment and job opportunities. I cannot give the Deputy a commitment such as that for which he asked in his last question.

Order of Business (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 7, motion re tribunal of inquiry into the fatal shootings of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Robert Buchanan; and No. 3, Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings on No. 7 shall, if not previously concluded, be...

Order of Business (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin raised an important matter. Yesterday, I referred to the importance of the Smithwick inquiry. It is one of the few inquiries under the aegis and jurisdiction of the State and I want to make it perfectly clear there is no intention whatsoever by the Government of interfering in any way with the Smithwick inquiry and its remit. This inquiry has been running for several years....

Order of Business (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes, of course. It can come back to the Government and the House. The Minister for Justice and Equality will keep the House fully informed of the work and proceedings of the Smithwick inquiry. In respect of what Deputy Adams talked about, I know of no austerity programme or plan.

Order of Business (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I invite the Deputy to send Deputy Ferris, Deputy Doherty, Deputy Ó Snodaigh or Deputy Ó Caoláin to the Whips meeting to raise this matter of whatever they want discussed and time will be granted to them. There are many requests for speaking time on different reports and debates and that one will be considered in the same way as any other. We have no difficulty at all and Deputy Broughan...

Order of Business (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The impact of this legislation will be to create a new Department. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, will continue to oversee the big picture operation, while the Minister with responsibility for public expenditure and reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, will deal with Ministers individually in respect of Voted moneys. A comprehensive spending review is ongoing and will be finished...

Order of Business (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Government authorised the Minister to proceed with his proposal for a special delivery unit, which will deal with the waiting list problem. The evidence of how this can be done is clear. The report of the subsuming of the National Treatment Purchase Fund into the special delivery unit is incorrect. The Minister will make an announcement at 2 p.m. in the Government press office and he...

Order of Business (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The report of the National Treatment Purchase Fund being subsumed into the special delivery unit is incorrect.

Order of Business (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Thug an Rialtas cead don Aire Stáit, an Teachta Mac Fhionnlaoich, déileáil leis an rud seo inné. Beidh cruinniú idir an Aire Stáit agus bord an údaráis Dé hAoine seo chugainn. Luafaidh an Aire Stáit an scéal ar fad don bhord ag an gcruinniú sin.

Order of Business (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I cannot give an exact time for that but I will have the Minister respond to the Deputy directly.

Order of Business (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is correct in saying the Government has prioritised the consequences of the Abbeylara judgment and the whistleblowers' charter. We will give some consideration to the matter raised but there has not been a Government decision on it yet.

Order of Business (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Does this concern the fishing problem?