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Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: No, I do not. I made my point already. Perhaps the Deputy does not move out of Dublin as often as he should because if he did so he would be aware that thousands of people came home from work in the evening to find letters from their banks approving loans of €10,000, €15,000 or €50,000 and asking them to come in and collect the money. Perhaps he is not aware people who bought not one...

Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Where are you launching that?

Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Does the Deputy not know Castlebar?

Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is correct.

Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I certainly do not, and I said clearly in my state of the nation address that the people were not responsible. The people were the victims. I never said that all of the people went mad borrowing. I made the point against the background of explaining matters to an international audience. When I see the letters that were sent to students to offer large overdrafts or the incentives given to...

Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I stand over what I said in my state of the nation address in terms of the people not being responsible. Many people became victims of an incentivised scheme where they were seduced into borrowing easy money on the assumption that it could all be paid back. The difficulties in repaying the money were created when the bottom fell out of the construction industry because the economy was being...

Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: The record is stuck.

Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: That cuts no ice here. Some of these international audiences are not aware of the history of the historic party of Fianna Fáil. It was important to explain the context in which this property collapse took place. If the Deputy reads his English, he will notice I did not say "all of the people" were responsible. In fact in my state of the nation address I said that the people were not...

Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Perhaps he should travel out from his lair in Dún Laoghaire and go to meet the people.

Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: He would find that the pragmatism of the people is very clear.

Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: They know how these problems were caused and know what it takes to sort them out and are prepared to do that. If Deputy Boyd Barrett were speaking to any of those serious businesspeople considering investing in our country, I wonder what he would say to them. Would he say "Take up your bed and walk"? That seems to be what he seems to say here consistently. I cannot recall him making one...

Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: He should be very careful of that.

Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I was not able to attend many of those discussions which took place in break-out rooms. I participated in a panel discussion about the European issue with the Prime Minister of Finland and a representative of the Polish Presidency. I attended a lunch where people were allocated indiscriminate tables where there was a discussion on the issues of the Middle East, including north Africa, Iran...

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: The cost for the communications unit in 2011 was €221,340 with €98,579 being a direct cost to my Department and the balance being paid by three other Departments. The cost for 2011 represents a reduction of 9% on the 2010 cost, a reduction of 16% on the 2009 cost and a reduction of 36% on the 2008 cost. This has been achieved through greater efficiency in the operation of the unit and...

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: The editor of www.MerrionStreet.ie is an assistant principal officer in the Department of the Taoiseach. Two editorial assistants work on the site as well. One is an executive officer recently recruited following an interdepartmental competition. The second is a journalism graduate currently employed on a contract basis. My Department recently advertised this post through the Public...

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I believe I have given that to the Deputy. If that is not it, I will provide an update for the Deputy. The editor is an assistant principal officer. Two editorial assistants work on the site as well. One is an executive officer and the second is a journalism graduate. That position has been advertised on www.publicjobs.ie. It will be filled at executive officer level with a starting...

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I spent a few years at that, I must admit.

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is about quality information, not propaganda.

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 8 to 12, inclusive, together. The economic management council has met eight times so far this year, most recently on Tuesday, 14 February. Since the economic management council has the status of a Cabinet committee, the confidentiality of discussions at the management council are protected by the Constitution. In line with long-standing practice, it is not...

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is important to distinguish between a meeting of the economic management council, EMC, and a meeting between the council and a group or organisation. The EMC is a sub-committee of the Cabinet. Essentially, its purpose is to deal with issues that will, if approved at the EMC, go on to be raised at Cabinet and dealt with in the same way as other issues brought to a Cabinet meeting. The...