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Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: Or doff the hat.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: "Retrieve" was the word used.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: There is a €7 billion investment fund.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: The decisions taken by Government in drafting the budget are all unpalatable. As Deputy Martin is well aware, there were adjustments of €3.8 billion in the budget for 2012, comprising of €2.2 billion current spending and €1.6 billion in taxation. No matter what way one looks at it, in order to comply with conditions this country has signed up to, it is never an easy choice to decide...

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: However, we reversed the situation concerning the minimum wage by changing the universal social charge threshold from €4,004 to €10,036. This brought 330,000 people out of the universal social charge. In the case of carers and others who are vulnerable, individual circumstances vary from family to family. I come across many individual and personal cases. The fact of the matter is that...

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin understands well that the Government had to introduce a budget of this nature because of the circumstances in which the country finds itself.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: The common denominator in every contribution made by the Deputy is that he calls on the Government to reverse the cuts. He said we should reverse the cuts he has just described, those introduced last week, the reduction in the allocation for the A5 to the North and the increase in VAT.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is neither possible nor credible to do as he asks. His party did not put forward an alternative solution.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Government did not cut carer's allowance simply because of the job carers do.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin understands that every one of us meets carers who look after their loved ones in the family context. Everybody knows the pressure they are under, the commitment they give and the value they give to the State through the care, consideration-----

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy McGrath for his intervention. Carers create a saving for the State through their love of kith and kin. This is why carer's allowance was not cut in the budget. I do not know the circumstances of the entire family to whom Deputy Martin refers.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: I ask the Deputy to kindly send me the letter in his possession and I will have the individual circumstances of the family investigated.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: As I do not know all the facts of the case to which the Deputy refers, I ask him to give me the letter. Asking me to reverse this cut because it is unfair or unjust is not the answer. The Government has to make choices, none of which is easy or palatable.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: In so far as one can in the circumstances, one tries to protect those who are vulnerable, isolated and caught in a trap. That is why, for instance, we did not touch carers and the universal social charge was changed to reduce the pressure it placed on 330,000 people.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: The entire focus of the Government will be on creating jobs and opportunities for people. I ask Deputy Martin to give me a copy of the letter in his possession and I will have the case assessed.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am glad Deputy Adams watched it.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams is aware that the country's participation in a programme supersedes the figures mentioned in the political agreement reached in the early hours of last Saturday morning. As he is aware, this political agreement does not yet have legal standing. A great deal of technical work must be done before a text can be presented which will be ratified in various ways by individual...

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: There was a music outfit one time called Mike and the Mechanics. They used to sing a song called "Isn't it Amazing?".

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: This morning, Deputy Adams attended a private briefing for the leaders of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group. What he is now saying is not what he was told. It is not a case of me forgetting, or a case of me not wanting to say something.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is a case of Deputy Adams deliberately misinterpreting what I said this morning. I said I raised it at the Council meeting. I presented our case on the basis of the challenge that now faces the Irish people. Before the bailout, this country borrowed €63 billion at excessive interest rates in order to recapitalise the banks. It was the equivalent of 50% of our GDP. I made the point,...