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Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett is fixated by austerity and cuts.

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: He seems to assume the only role and responsibility of government is to involve itself in this. We have made the point on many occasions that the big difference here will be growth and economic development. This is why the Government set out to retain the structure of the business models we have put in place with no increase in income tax and no increased taxes on jobs and work and an...

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----and making jobs and opportunities a real priority. The minority parties in the Netherlands may well decide to form another Government. The Queen has asked the Prime Minister to look at that. If not, and it has to hold an election, that is its decision. Regardless of what the French, German regional or Greek voters do, our people have to make their decision on 31 May. I must ask - it...

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: I live in the same world as Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: But not in the same sphere as him. I saw the Deputy in Galway at the Labour Party conference.

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy did not see or hear anything while his supporters spat at the gardaí and security personnel. They did the same to supporters of the Labour Party.

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy refused to condemn that type of activity.

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy wishes to become a professional organiser for dissent and protest-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----then he will have plenty of places in Europe to do it. The Deputy is not doing very much in this House.

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is perfectly obvious to everyone that 440,000 people on the live register, of which approximately 130,000 may be working part time, is far too many. The Government has set out its programme and plan to deal with that. Last week, we published the firstly quarterly report of the Government's action plan to improve the atmosphere in the environment in which jobs and opportunities can take...

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: At the other end of the scale, Government is stimulating the indigenous economy by having an action plan that is focused on jobs as a priority. The best news the Deputy will ever hear is that someone in his esteemed constituency has been offered employment. That is what we want. It is what we are about. I reject completely-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----the Deputy's view of austerity only beyond 2017, which is not the agenda of the Government.

Official Engagements (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. I advised the House last May of my intention to continue with the process of dialogue between Government and churches, faith communities and non-confessional organisations that was inaugurated in February 2007. Last summer, I had the opportunity to meet with representatives of many of the partners in this dialogue to convey...

Official Engagements (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has asked two specific questions. On the institutions and the extent of the amount paid over by the religious organisations, that matter is being dealt with by the Minister for Education and Skills. I have previously answered questions on Bethany House and see no reason to change the view stated. I am of course open to discussing a full range of issues when the meetings with the...

Official Engagements (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: That matter is under discussion in the Department of Education and Skills. If the Deputy puts a specific question to the Minister for Education and Skills, I am quite sure he will give the Deputy the most up-to-date details on the matter.

Official Engagements (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Education and Skills is responsible for dealing with the schools issue and he will do so. I have received invitations or expressions of interest to meet a number of organisations, including the Islamic community. I was invited during the Eid visit some time ago to contact the community, at a time that would be appropriate and convenient, to arrange to attend a community...

Official Engagements (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: After I met representatives of the churches, the faith communities and the non-confessional bodies, I asked officials in the Department to prepare a structured dialogue process. The aims of the process, which was plenary and bilateral, ministerial and official, and generic and specific, were set out for each of the individual organisations and faith groups. One of the aims is to achieve...

Official Engagements (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: I met representatives of all the churches and bodies together and had that discussion with them. I met the Archbishop of Dublin and representatives of the Church of Ireland. I have had occasion to meet others but not in formal session. I pointed out to the Deputy in my reply that the vast majority of my time, and that of the Government as a whole, is taken up dealing with the economic...

Official Engagements (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 to 14, inclusive, together. The questions pertain to my recent visit to China and the visit to Ireland by Vice President Xi Jinping in February. Ireland and China have a strong bilateral relationship. More than 30 years of diplomatic relations have seen ever-increasing levels of trade, cultural exchanges and growing numbers of students travelling between...

Official Engagements (24 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: I did not discuss the question of human rights with the Chinese leaders when Deputy Boyd Barrett and his apparatchiks decided to waylay ordinary people going about their democratic business in Galway, the city of the tribes. He should be ashamed of himself regarding that kind of conduct. My speech contained a number of sentences on human rights. I stated I raised the issue of human rights...