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European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes, it is a serious issue.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: No leader before me had ever been in a situation in which an offer of support was conditional upon this country's raising its corporate tax rate. I refused to do that, I still refuse to it, and I will not move on it.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is about time the Deputy began to support this country-----

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and stopped trying to score points with meandering statements about publishing the text. I am quite sure he has the text.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am quite sure he has the text.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked about our objectives. Our objective is to get back to a situation in which this country is in charge of its own economic destiny. That means we must pay our way, meet our conditions and get out of the IMF-EU bailout deal as quickly as we can. That is why the Government has taken decisions on the banks and to give some element of stimulation to our indigenous economy within...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: As I am trying to get my head around the Deputy's logic.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The answer to the Deputy's question is no, we are not. Ireland is meeting its requirements and conditions, challenging though they are, and when the interest rate reduction is applied that will be of extra help. This debate is about the report of the European Council meeting, but the Deputy wants to raise the question of special needs assistants. This is an important, sensitive and...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy bothered to read the value for money report in respect of special needs assistants-----

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----he would have noted that in many instances it became the norm for a special needs assistant to be allocated not because of disability or the particular challenges a child faced. This could not continue. I know from visiting many schools the value of special needs assistants to children who need them. There will in fact be more special needs assistants in the system this year than ever...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Regarding the Deputy's comments on accident and emergency wards, at the beginning of each year, hospital budgets are signed off. Some hospitals are already €100 million over budget. This cannot continue. Somebody must pay for this. We are in this situation not by virtue of choice but by virtue of circumstance. To make our way out of this, we are going to have to make adjustments. In...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Finance has pointed out how this has become the reality.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Finance is in the courts to see the subordinated bondholders take their share of responsibility. He will also take up the matter of the senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank in the autumn with the European Central Bank. Deputy Boyd Barrett, along with some other Members, believes we can continue on as if nothing happened without any charges against us. Unfortunately, as...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Peaceful protest is perfectly legitimate. Deputy Boyd Barrett has not made one single constructive suggestion so far, other than having protests about this, that and the other. Can the Deputy give me one constructive suggestion about job creation, how we can save on waste and cut out inefficiencies, or provide better standards by doing more with less in the public sector?

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett started the arguments about accident and emergency units and special needs assistants when this is about the recent European Council meeting.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Finance is in the courts concerning the unsubordinated bondholders sharing responsibility. He wants to begin discussions with the European Central Bank regarding a large payment due for senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank. Formally, he has pointed out the pricing of these loans is too high, which has been generally accepted by the European Council. Some assume we are...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: One condition being mooted is that of a rise in Ireland's corporate tax rate. That is a move I will never contemplate. We are trying to get the interest rate reduction without affecting our corporate tax rate which I believe is possible.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I share Deputy Wallace's view. Work is under way in the context of introducing a partial loan guarantee scheme that will make it easier for banks to be more flexible in advancing credit to businesses which should be in a position to access such credit under appropriate conditions. As the Deputy is aware, the demand for credit has in many instances been restricted because of the poor...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: These things are not published. I am sure, however, the Deputy has a copy of that to which he is referring in front of him.

Written Answers — Public Sector Remuneration: Public Sector Remuneration (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the only agency under the aegis of my Department and is outside the Civil Service. No positions in NESDO are affected by the new salary caps.