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Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The reason for this legislation is obvious. This country is being fined because nothing was done about EU directives on water quality.

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: We have to rectify the problem that a substantial number of septic tanks are not operating as they should be. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government will introduce a nominal once-off registration charge. Inspections will take place in 2013, based on a risk area assessment of poor topography and areas where septic tanks may not work. This will allow us to...

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: No, there will be no charge for the inspection. There will be a once-off charge for registration which will not be beyond €50.

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: That will come under the industrial relations Bill which is expected to be published in this session.

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: There are two referenda to get through this week and plenty more legislation over the next several weeks.

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, is taking the Construction Contracts Bill 2010 which is already on Second Stage.

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Criminal Justice Act 2011, passed in July, deals with those elements.

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Justice and Equality is dealing with this complex matter. He expects to publish it presently, certainly in this session.

Tributes to Usher of the Houses of the Oireachtas (14 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: Members who have been here for several years will know Mr. Paul Barry started his career as an usher in 1979. He progressed to team leader and retired on 31 August this year after 32 years of service. He was a favourite among Members, organising the Oireachtas golf society and many other sporting teams. We all wish him well in his retirement.

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin was not very full in his contribution. In his remarks about what the Minister for Finance said, the Deputy conveniently forgot to say that in the same sentence the Minister also referred to what is stated very clearly in the programme for Government, namely, that it is the intention of the Government to implement the programme. The Deputy's Government committed via the...

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: Obviously, Deputy Martin was not too clued in when he and his colleagues signed on for a number of things while in power. I refer to the guarantee relating to the banks and the previous Government signing on to commit the Irish taxpayer to a further €250 million in income tax payments every year for the next three years.

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The previous Government also signed on with regard to a matter in respect of which the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform and I, as Head of Government, have been involved in trying to renegotiate. As a result of what we have done, it is clear that there will be a saving of significant proportion to the Irish people of the order of €900 million per year.

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: That for which the previous Government, in its panic and desperation, signed on-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----now forms part of our work in the context of the matters in respect of which we must renegotiate. One aspect of what we are doing is renegotiating the element relating to income tax to which the Deputy's party signed up when in government.

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Fine Gael and Labour parties have a programme for Government and it is our intention to implement it in full.

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The terms of reference for the appointment of and the severance package relating to the person to whom the Deputy refers, namely, the former Secretary General at the Department of the Taoiseach who was also Secretary General to the Government, were set by the previous Administration. My term of office began this year. We have made a number of very significant changes already. The Minister...

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: It appears the Deputy is still being affected by the comfort she enjoyed during her party's recent meetings in the Shelbourne Hotel. She conveniently forgot to state that the Government changed the terms of reference in respect of the minimum wage and that, even with the constraints of the financial conditions imposed upon it-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----it reduced the level of PRSI relating to employers in order that they might retain their employees. She seems to forget that the Government reduced the level of VAT which applies to the hospitality sector and thereby provided a direct stimulus which had a positive effect for so many people on the lower end of the salary scale.

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy and her party colleges conveniently forgot all of those matters when, during their recent meetings, they looked out upon the sublimity of St. Stephen's Green.

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: I can confirm that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will review the structures and conditions-----