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Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin might not agree but at least he did that and I commend him.

Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I will deal with another matter Deputy Adams raised.

Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: The officials will conclude their work tomorrow on whatever text emerges. That then goes to the Heads of State and Government. We will have a discussion on the text at the pre-European Council debate next Tuesday and Deputy Adams can have his say then. Deputy Adams raised another matter of importance. Anything I say cannot bring back the deceased and I tender my sympathies to her family...

Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy raises the matter about a debate on the health service plan at the Whips' meeting, I am sure the Minister will be happy to accommodate that at an early date.

Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: We will bring forward a package to deal with the mortgage issue. I referred yesterday to the personal insolvency Bill, which I expect to come before Government next week. When I wrote to the Financial Regulator I pointed out to him that he is the regulator, but that if he requested powers from the Oireachtas the Government would respond to his claim. He wrote back to say that, on...

Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is not a case of the Government saying that we will supersede the regulator. If a claim is made by the regulator for increased authority or a changed responsibility in that regard, the Government will respond to it.

Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is a very extensive Bill because of all the legal implications involved. I do not want to give any indication of the Bill's range until the Government has made its decision next Tuesday.

Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am well aware of what the Deputy is saying.

Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I cannot answer that but it is expected that the Bill will be processed through the House by Easter. There will be a great deal of consultation, debate and discussion about it. I will raise the question of the regulatory impact assessment with the Minister for Justice and Equality and he will respond directly to the Deputy.

Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: Níl a fhios agam céard a dúirt an t-Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna. Ní raibh mé ag éisteacht leis. Ní raibh mé sa Teach nuair a bhí sé ag caint. Tá a fhios ag an Teachta go bhfuil freagraí cruinn soiléir leagtha amach ag an Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil faoin rud seo. Bhí mé ag léamh ar maidin faoi ráiteas an Teachta Ó Cuív i gContae Chill Mantáin...

Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Coroners Bill is before the Seanad. I cannot give the Deputy any date when it will conclude there. I did not raise the question of builders fleeing to Britain with Prime Minister Cameron. We had a range of other issues that we did discuss. I have spoken to the Minister, Deputy Hogan. Deputy Broughan will be aware that the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, has met with some of...

Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: We discussed this at the North-South Ministerial Council on the last occasion in Armagh. I met with the First Minister and Deputy First Minister in Belfast and Armagh and indicated the decision of the Government that €25 million would be made available in 2015 and 2016 for the A5. That road is to be developed in three sections and officials met subsequent to our decision to reconfigure...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: Before I respond to Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív, I would like to recognise the loss to Deputy Michéal Martin and his family of his father. I express my condolences to him; his good wife, Mary; their family; and the extended Martin family. I happen to know how the death of a parent feels, as it happened to me recently. I am sure the House will join me in expressing our condolences and sincere...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, has just been answering questions on the matter raised by Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív. Deputy Ó Cuív will be aware that the programme for Government states that the Government intends to realise €2 billion in respect of the sale of State assets at an appropriate time, and not as a fire sale but based on the Government's...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I remind Deputy Ó Cuív that when his own Government considered this matter in the first instance, there was no inclusion for the possibility of investment for job creation out of the potential or possible sale of any State assets. The Government has no intention of selling the Irish taxpayer short. In fact, the troika in its discussions with both Ministers last week was not insisting that...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: Bí cinnte faoi seo, a Theachta: seasfaidh mé suas ar son mhuintir na hÉireann, ar son an Rialtais agus ar son na tíre sna cainteanna a bheidh agam leis na cinnirí eile. Ná bíodh aon fhaitíos ar an Teachta faoi sin. The Deputy is a great man to take the words and use them for his own benefit. What we said before the election was that we would not commit one cent more than what was...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams also speaks about telling Mr. Dukes, Mr. Aynsley, Mr. Draghi and everybody else to get lost. I recall the Deputy saying that when he would get into the Dáil, he would tell the troika to go home and to take their money with them. I would like to hear from Deputy Adams and his party how they propose to deal with the situation whereby the European Central Bank has given €110...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: This is fantasy politics and the Deputy cannot have it both ways all the time. There is €2.6 billion left in unsecured private debts of the €97 billion in liabilities that were guaranteed by the previous Government in September 2008. The Deputy can sound off in here but we have a country that finds itself in difficult circumstances. Believe me, I have no intention of defaulting on...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I want Deputy Adams to understand that it is not to my liking to have to stand up here and say there is no alternative but to pay what a solemn Irish Government committed itself to, with the consequent impact on reputation and status. The Deputy seems to have a very different view of the kind of catastrophic consequences if a default occurs. I have pointed out what has happened in Greece...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----he does not want to see that happen to the citizens of this country.