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Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: The HSE governance Bill will be taken later in this session. I am sorry but I misunderstood Deputy Martin's question on the regulation of lobbying Bill. I thought he was talking about the national lottery. I do not have a date for the regulation of lobbying Bill but I will get him a better fix on it.

Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: Gabh mo leithscéil faoi sin.

Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Government has not made any decision about that. This is part of the consumer and competition Bill. Work is proceeding on that with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and it is due later on in the year.

Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: That Bill is due later in the year and the points made by Deputy Healy-Rae can be articulated when it is published. It is of interest, I know, to a great number of community groups around the country. It is due for later on in the year.

Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I share Deputy Bannon's view about fair play. That is why the jobs action plan is being pursued by the Government for small towns and locations around the country. Decisions made by multinationals are their choices. One cannot direct them. The collective investment Bill that Deputy Bannon referred to is due for later on in the year.

Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: When the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, was appointed, there had been no work at all done in respect of the adoption Bill. A great deal of that has now been completed. The Minister will expect to publish the adoption Bill along with the legislation in regard to the referendum. I was speaking to Deputy Martin about that yesterday. Hopefully, we can do this as a single entity referendum in...

Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I can confirm for Deputy Durkan that the heads of that Bill were cleared by Government at the end of February. Work is proceeding on it and it is due some time later this year.

EU Presidency: Statements (9 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: Across the Union, people are gathering today to mark the 62nd anniversary of Robert Schuman's declaration in Paris. It is an important opportunity to step back from the detail of the day-to-day and to remind ourselves of the big picture, how much Europe has invested in its Union and how much we have achieved and gained together as a result. In setting out his plan for a supranational entity...

EU Presidency: Statements (9 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy never mentioned the extra €10 billion in taxes in one year which he had been talking about.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: This matter concerns every citizen across Europe today. The ECOFIN meeting clearly focused on the question of Greece and the deepening awareness of the potential for a real challenge in Spain. The Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform met representatives of the European Investment Bank today to discuss flexibility issues. There is a blockage in the system...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: The feeling was that Europe had one year or more to get its act together. Clearly, the indications, concerns and anxiety about the Spanish economy have exacerbated. That is all the more reason, as the Deputy rightly points out, it is absolutely imperative that citizens of this country make a strong, clear and confident statement by voting "Yes" in the referendum on 31 May. That will send a...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is aware of the Government capital programme which amounts to €17 billion. It includes major infrastructural projects, hospitals, primary care centres, schools and a range of other projects, including the national children's hospital.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is a €17 billion programme. Deputy Adams is aware the Government has introduced new methods of creating employment for people such as the JobBridge scheme, which has now created in excess of 5,000 places, and the Pathways to Work programme, which allows for people currently on the live register or drawing social welfare to be re-trained, upskilled and to have the opportunity to get into...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: The discussions that are taking place between the Government and the European Investment Bank and the broader discussions that will take place on 23 May with regard to a growth agenda are all focused as a matter of priority on providing opportunities for employment and getting people back to work. I am sure Deputy Adams shares these sentiments although we might not always agree on the...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: It took a long time to drag out of Deputy Adams some semblance of credit to PayPal for putting 1,000 jobs in his town and constituency. That amounts to a lot of young people, one hopes from that area and other areas, who will be gainfully employed in Deputy Adams's constituency, but he does not have it in him to give credit to the company which made that decision and to IDA Ireland.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams does not see the merit of Mylan putting €500 million on the table to employ 500 young people between Dublin and Galway.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: He sees no validity in this and it must be dragged out of him each time because he wants the country to go backwards. He wants this country to follow his proposal.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams said that the EU and the IMF should take their money and leave these shores.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: He said the IMF and the EU should go home, leave our shores and leave us in a catastrophe. Deputy Adams has never supported any treaty of the European Union. He wants nothing to do with it because he only wants to face his own party and get it ahead of Fianna Fáil by hook or by crook.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I put it to Deputy Adams that the treaty on 31 May is about the future of our country. It is about stopping emigration. Article 1 of the treaty refers to employment, competitiveness and social cohesion. Perhaps Deputy Adams did not read it but Article 1 speaks of social cohesion, competitiveness and employment.