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Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Three hundred people are staying in a hotel because they were moved out of a firetrap by court order.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Ó Caoláin.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I advise the leader of the Sinn Féin Party that Deputy Ó Caoláin was always accurate in his views about what should be done. I thank him for that comment. He will not stand by people living in a firetrap with that anxiety and concern.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I remind the leader of Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin's party that the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has responsibility for jobs. He has been speaking with Aviva management.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Thank you.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I will say to the Deputy-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams said we are not interested in jobs. That is why the Government renegotiated the minimum wage with the troika.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is why the Government introduced its jobs initiative. It is why the Government reduced the VAT rate across the hospitality sector, with implications for Louth and every other constituency. It is why the Government reduced the rate of PRSI for employers to make it easier to hold on to employees and take on new ones. For the first time ever, we are faced-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----as a Government, even within those constraints-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: We are focusing on jobs, job creation and competitiveness.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is the Deputy who continuously refuses to recognise reality by coming here with his fantasy economic programmes which would wave a wand and sort these things out.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I note from the Deputy's biblical remarks that he has not entirely forgotten about the seminary. I think it was Saul who was on the road to Damascus when he saw the light.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Higgins has asked me to take a leap of imagination. I have no difficulty in taking the odd leap of imagination, but I have no intention of taking a leap of madness as he suggests. This is not a matter to be treated lightly. The Keane report identifies 50,000 people who are in serious difficulties with their mortgages. I understand that 70,000 people have made arrangements with...

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am not aware of the outcome or the detail of those discussions.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Every Deputy has met people who are stressed and have mortgage concerns. Some of the people in question have been left bereft as a result of a death or an accident that took place without arrangements being made for such an eventuality. Other people are in difficulty with their businesses and are really strapped because of the conditions they entered into. We want to try to help people who...

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure if Deputy Higgins understands the reality of this country's loss of economic sovereignty. Does he understand who pays gardaí, nurses, teachers and public servants?

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Does he know who fills the ATM machines? If he does not want to recognise what that actually means, he has really taken a leap beyond madness into complete unreality.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: For the first time in the history of this State, our economic sovereignty is not under our direct control. If we want to make major or minor changes, in most cases we have to renegotiate a memorandum of understanding that was signed off some time ago.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Higgins has completely misinterpreted the attitude of the Government.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: When we commissioned the Keane report, we always said it would not be a repository of all wisdom. It is a reflection on the issues by good people and has produced ten serious proposals. We could have formed all kinds of committees that would have run for months. That would not have helped the people who are under pressure.