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Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Gerry Adams is a great man to come here and talk about openness, transparency and accountability. There were many occasions when he was not so open in his comments. I do not have a list of the bondholders.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: Because I do not have one. Many of the names would have changed during the years.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Gerry Adams is the person who said that when he was elected to the Oireachtas, he would tell the troika to take its money with it. However, he has refused to tell the public how he would propose to deal with the consequences of that action. The ECB has advanced €110 billion to keep services in this country going. The Deputy has failed to point out how he would pay teachers,...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----the pressure points will then be determined and the plan will be put in place to deal with them. For now, you continue with the same old rant about not paying and opposing. Is there not some place in the life of Deputy Gerry Adams where he can say here is the way forward with confidence.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: This is being expressed by the international community with yields on the secondary markets at 6%.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: This is where they were before the bailout. If this country can keep heading in the right direction when we get to the end of our programme we will have an engine on which we can fly with our own economic independence.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yesterday or the day before I described Deputy Ross as a respected economist but now I am not so sure.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: It seems as if the Ross theory of economics means at the stroke of a pen a member of the single currency area, in this case the Irish Central Bank, should be able to create new money to pay off the debts of Anglo Irish Bank and make those debts disappear like magic. This type of airgead draíochta is not around. It is the formula which caused the monetary chaos and economic collapse of the...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: What is at stake here is what provides the greater benefit in the interest of Ireland and its people. Given the extent of what has already been paid in respect of Anglo Irish Bank - Deputy Ross made recommendations about people associated with it and their stellar performance - what is left means the greater benefit is in following the route of explaining to our European colleagues the very...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I expect to do much better than 0.5%.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I expect we can achieve the 1.3% we have set out. It is a medium-term figure. Some said higher and some said lower. I am quite prepared to stand by the figure we have set out.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: As a respected economist, Deputy Ross-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----will understand growth figures depend on a range of issues. Even Deputy Ross with his long-range spectrum is unable to determine what the growth figures for any individual country might be in the future. The Government has not looked for any write-off and is not looking for a write-off. We have paid our way and will pay our way. The Minister has been very careful and clear to point...

Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 15, Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 - Order for Report Stage and Report Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings on No.15 shall be taken today and, if not previously concluded, shall be brought to a conclusion at 1.30 p.m. tomorrow by one question which shall be put from the Chair and which shall, in relation to...

Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I understand the debate on Committee Stage of the Bill concluded last Wednesday three hours ahead of schedule. This is a matter on which the debate should continue in the way proposed by the Chief Whip. I do not see any reason it should not proceed in that way. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has listened to a great range of arguments and will shortly be in...

Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Bill is due this session. I cannot give the Deputy an exact date for it. Clearly, the Government wants to deal with this as a matter of some priority. I will send the Deputy an update from the Minister for Finance as to when that is likely to happen but it is due this session.

Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is speculating again, and not for the first time. I explained yesterday how this will work. When the Heads of Government agree, disagree or whatever in respect of the final text of the intergovernmental treaty on Monday, that will then be sent for signature and it is at that stage that the Attorney General here will give formal legal advice. While it is correct to say that...

Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I have read the report of this. The Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, is dealing with the matter. In the High Court judgment of 11 October 2010, in the case of EMI & Others v UPC, Mr. Justice Charleton decided he was constrained by the wording of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 and thus could not grant an injunction to prevent infringement of copyright against UPC, which is an...

Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: It will be before the Cabinet shortly and there will be an opportunity to discuss that.

Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Bill is being drafted and will be published later this year.