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Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----because we want as many people off the live register as possible and in gainful employment. The figures for the live register for April this year stand at 430,000, which is much too high. It represents a decrease of over 4,000 in a month and a decrease of 9,500 in the year.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: The figure is much too high but, as I said to the Deputy, every job that is created in this country reduces our deficit by €20,000. The continued stream of investment is very important. Since Deputy Adams began his career in politics-----

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----he and his party have opposed every single European treaty.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: They do not believe in the eurozone, they do not believe in the euro, they do not believe in the European Union-----

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: If they follow their own logic, they do not believe that companies abroad should invest in this country and should put 1,000 jobs up in Deputy Adam's own town. What kind of political philosophy have they got?

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: However, you have to balance your books and, treaty or no treaty, we have to balance our own public finances.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I want Deputy Adams to understand this. The European Central Bank, as he knows, has put €150 billion in liquidity into the Irish system. The Government has set out its projections for growth and our views on no further taxes on employment and work. This treaty is not a panacea for all of Europe's problems-----

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is one of the tools that are needed to restore stability, to bring back competitiveness and to bring about employment and social cohesion. That is why we have always been up-front with the people in saying that, in parallel with this, we do need the agenda of growth, investment and opportunity.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is where this Government is focused and that is where we have convinced our European colleagues at leadership level that this should apply for every meeting of the European Council in future.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: As I said yesterday, I support every other leader who is now saying we need a parallel growth and investment strategy so jobs can be created.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I recognise, as the Deputy does, that when other economies in Europe are thriving, it is good for Ireland as an exporting nation because they can buy our products and goods, and that means jobs, job creation, investment and opportunities here at home.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I want Deputy Boyd Barrett to understand that when my party was in opposition, in respect of all the referendums that have been held in regard to Europe, we supported each of these consistently.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the Lisbon treaty, which was voted on twice by the people of this country, the Fine Gael Party supported that very strongly and took the position of the Government of the day, just as the Fianna Fáil Party, in its political philosophy, supports the eurozone, the euro and the European Union. I welcome that support and the support from so many other groups and sectoral...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I answered questions on this yesterday. We in this country have set up a very well tried and tested mechanism for dealing with industrial disputes and their resolution. While I do not have the details of the Labour Court recommendation in regard to the CRH dispute the Deputy mentions, I would expect that the recommendations made in these cases should be respected. I am quite sure the...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----was in regard to its continued investment in China, where it is doing exceptional work in the north-eastern region. I undertake to find out the detail of what is involved here. I would expect that everybody involved would respect the outcome of the industrial relations mechanisms that we have in this country, which were set up for very good reason and which have been tried and tested...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy did not display much backbone himself down in Galway when he neither saw nor heard anything.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I did not hear Deputy Boyd Barrett condemn those who spat at security personnel or gardaí or his colleagues who taunted ordinary people going about their democratic business while attending the Ard-Fheis of the Labour Party. I did not hear Deputy Boyd Barrett condemn them.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I enjoin the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the employers' organisations. They have issued a joint statement on this matter calling for the appointment of an independent chairperson to bring about a resolution. I am sure the recommendations of the Labour Court can be taken into account when that happens. I would like to see an end to this dispute and for people to be able to go back to...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: Obviously there are two sides to this story. The congress and the employers' organisations have issued a joint statement which I support and I hope it can be used to bring about a resolution.

Order of Business (2 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 11, motion re Further Revised Estimates [Vote 37]; No. 18, Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 1, Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 11 shall be decided without debate and...