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- Programme for Government (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: He writes down his own notes, which he is perfectly entitled to do and for which I am not responsible. I said to Deputy Martin that the budget dealt with 26 issues, ranging from NAMA to carbon taxation on diesel for the agricultural sector. In the labour market policy in regard to access to higher education for the unemployed and the 30,000 additional training places across education and...
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 to 41, inclusive, together. I attended the European Council in Brussels on 8 and 9 December. As I will be making a statement to the House tomorrow, I will confine myself to some brief remarks about the meetings. Discussions at the Council were dominated by the overall economic circumstances in Europe with a particular view to overcoming the crisis...
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: I agree.
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: Tomorrow.
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: It is sovereign debt.
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: At the meeting in Marseilles, the person sitting next to me was-----
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: -----the new Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, who is to take up office on 20 December. As I do not speak Spanish and he does not speak English we did not get an opportunity to discuss the fledgling peace process in the Basque country but I will be happy to raise the issue with him. When I next have an opportunity to meet him he will have been duly appointed as Spanish Prime Minister....
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: -----will continue to be central to the European Union and the Single Market, of which the Prime Minister is such an advocate. With regard to the question asked by Deputy Boyd Barrett, there was no discussion about Iceland, which is not in the European Union nor in the eurozone.
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: There was no discussion about it. It was not the treaty that caused the problem here. It was caused by reckless government and reckless banks, and until we achieve a situation in which that can never happen again and order is restored to our public finances, we are not going to have the engine of growth and development that we all want, whereby jobs can be created. It was a number of...
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: I would like to see pension funds and others invest here. We are told there are walls of money for investment, under proper conditions, in infrastructure and job opportunities in Ireland. That is why we have renegotiated with the troika elements of what we can do for investment. For example, in respect of the sale of State assets, the troika wanted all of that money to be used for debt...
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: The central focus is on our people and on the ultimate challenge of this Government, which is to deal effectively with unemployment.
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 1, Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad] - Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. and shall adjourn not later than 10.30 p.m.; and that Private Members' business, which shall be No. 43, motion re policies affecting rural areas, shall be taken at 8 p.m. and shall adjourn...
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: Yes, I would be happy to answer questions after the debate tomorrow. If the Deputy wants extra time to discuss that and have a longer debate, I am quite amenable to that. This is a matter of consideration for every person in the country and I do not want to be constrained by a format that specifies four 15-minute speeches followed by 20 minutes of questions. If the Opposition looks for...
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: Yes; I will extend the debate tomorrow if the Deputy wishes, and move tomorrow's business on to next week, because we are busy people.
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: I am not messing.
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: I am quite serious. If the clamour starts - I am giving the Deputies warning in advance - for a sitting next week, we will be happy to do that. Tomorrow we will extend the debate for as long as Deputies want. The Tánaiste and I will be happy to answer questions and participate fully.
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: With regard to the Deputy's other question, the Minister for Education and Skills set out clearly in his response to the budget with regard to guidance counselling that what is involved is a transfer of responsibility to principals in secondary schools. I do not agree with the numbers the Deputy mentioned. I spoke to a guidance counsellor yesterday who was happy-----
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: -----to be part of the continuous stream of providing guidance. It is a matter for the principal of each school to decide whether to have a guidance counsellor who also teaches something else or one who is solely devoted to guidance counselling. It is the devolution of responsibility to those who have to make the decisions.
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: Leadership in secondary schools is of particular importance for the young generation growing up. It is part of the programme for Government.
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Enda Kenny: The time in which we answer questions runs out; I used to encounter this problem too. Two minutes are left and there is a series of questions to be answered so what does one do?