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State Visits (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I apologise. The Deputy is the leader of the esteemed Socialist Party. I stand corrected. I expect the final cost of both State visits will be somewhat in excess of €20 million. The estimated generated separate print and media broadcast pieces were more than 38,000. The estimated cost of that is about €300 million, not to mention the impact in terms of Ireland's status and reputation...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I received a routine letter from the Minister, setting out her views on the impact on her Department. The Deputy's allegation that information was kept secret is without foundation. As Deputy Martin will be aware, we live in a democracy. The Government is entitled to make decisions about how it might progress matters that are of interest to the people. Clearly, the mess the Government...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: If they had not cut back on the Freedom of Information Act in the beginning, Deputy Martin probably would have received a much more exhaustive response.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I recall that the then Minister, Deputy Martin, time and again on this side of the House, and particularly at the Joint Committee on Health and Children where he denied any responsibility for not reading his brief-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----about geriatric care for elderly people in nursing homes-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----stated to the entire world that he had no responsibility and he was blameless for the extraction of what was almost €1 billion at the time.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin came in here on the first day and stated he had no interest in Punch and Judy shows in here.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am sure he is interested in a jobs initiative that will result in at least some employment in his constituency. There are people in Cork South-Central to whom one can validly state that if Deputy Martin had his way, this jobs initiative would not take place at all. We make no apology for having made a Government decision to impose a temporary levy on the pensions industry.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: No less a personality than Deputy Ross at the back pointed out constructively that there is a great deal of fat in this system and as a consequence, the Minister for Finance has written to the industry.(Interruptions).

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: If Deputy Martin came up with some constructive suggestions, they might well be listened to. His allegation that there was a cover-up here is absolute and utter balderdash.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I hope Deputy Adams did not slip into a former mode there by stating, "listen to what I am going to say to you".

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: First, this problem in the shortage of non-consultant hospital doctors or, as they are called, "junior doctors", is not related to funding and is not related to a recruitment embargo or a moratorium. It is related to an inability to attract enough of doctors to our hospitals. It is an issue that has affected not only this country, but other countries as well. Second, the Minister for Health...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----when the changeover date occurs. Third, I want Deputy Adams to understand, in fairness, that the HSE mounted a serious recruitment campaign in India and Pakistan and several senior consultants and a number from the HSE travelled to India and Pakistan. That recruitment drive identified 400 suitable and qualified doctors who could work in Irish hospitals and who are interested in coming...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Reilly, has identified this problem and the delivery of a solution to the problem is his number one priority. He is receiving every assistance from those involved. However, when speaking on RTE last night the Minister made it clear that it is unlikely he will be able to fill all the posts by 11 July given the scale and the nature of the problem he faces and he outlined...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams strayed from his original question into the consultants contract issue. I assure the Deputy as I answer today I cannot give him the information on what hospitals will be disrupted by virtue of the non-consultant hospital doctor problem.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: When the Minister stated there will be no compromise on safety, standard or quality, he was right.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: We cannot have a situation where doctors are employed in an unsupervised capacity in hospitals. It will be a couple of weeks before the Minister will be in a position to inform the House of that. He has identified the problem and he has identified the solution. The Government made a decision on it this morning. As this moves through the system and when the Minister becomes aware of which...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Of course.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I held some brief discussion with Deputy Ross about the Committee of Public Accounts. He is an experienced Deputy and I am sure he will do very well on that committee in the investigations they carry out.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am sure he will do well out of that. There has been no change, rather a consistency from the Government in respect of Anglo Irish Bank, Irish Nationwide Building Society, INBS, and the bondholders. The Minister for Finance clarified that he will raise the matter of the different circumstances of senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank with the ECB in autumn. Those in the ECB were not...