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Leaders' Questions (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Office of the Taoiseach, which I am proud and honoured to occupy, has the necessary clout but one requires a structure in which to use it. The structure that I use is to chair relevant Cabinet sub-committees which call in agencies, Ministers and banks as necessary to focus on these issues. Mr. Elderfield was speaking about a mortgage problem causing a bank problem further down the line...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I welcome the comments of the Governor of the Central Bank and how seriously he is taking his position. The decision by Danske Bank, which is a Danish bank, was in respect of a write-down of National Irish Bank, which is clearly the decision of the bank. This is of the most serious concern to the people who face this on a daily basis. Every Deputy comes across cases on a weekly basis where...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure what Deputy Ross is saying we should do. Is he suggesting the Government should suddenly announce a further recapitalisation of the banks? That seems to be what he is suggesting. There is no such evidence of the need for that here. I take the comments of the two top officials very seriously. They are serious individuals and the Government is serious in hearing the message...

Departmental Strategy Statements (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, together. The statement of strategy from my Department, published in March, reflects the considerable process of change and restructuring the Department has undergone since I took office. The Department of the Taoiseach, in its position at the centre of Government, has a very important role to play in supporting me and the rest of...

Departmental Strategy Statements (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: To my knowledge, there is nobody in the Department of the Taoiseach who has been rehired following retirement. I will check this information for the Deputy to ensure its accuracy but I do not believe this to be the case. On the general policy of rehiring people following retirement, the Minister for State, Deputy Brian Hayes dealt with this issue last week in the matter of the rehiring of a...

Departmental Strategy Statements (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I reject the report, that I have heard about, of comments attributed to and alleged to have been made by the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte. He was clear and categoric in his response to that, stating that no such thing was said by him. In the past, there were parallel departments of finance. There was a semblance of a department of finance in the Department of the Taoiseach, keeping a close...

Departmental Strategy Statements (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin said that the jobs strategy is not working. It would be wonderful to be able to report job creation figures like we had back in the 1990s when the then Minister, Deputy Bruton, was announcing 1,000 new jobs a week. Clearly, it is the kind of economic policy position to which we would like to return, where we were competitive, export driven and jobs were being created at...

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 to 12, inclusive, together. The Economic Management Council has met 55 times since its establishment. The members met 18 times so far this year, most recently on 16 May and five times since the Easter recess. The Government intends to work closely with the Irish banks to ensure that the banking sector supports economic recovery. The members of the council...

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept Deputy Higgins's assertion. He knows very well what the fiscal impact will be because the treaty states it quite clearly. A "Yes" vote guarantees access to the ESM. A "No" vote guarantees no access to the ESM. Deputy Higgins does not have to take my word for it; I am quite sure he respects Mr. Justice Feeney and the other members of the independent Referendum Commission...

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am disappointed in Deputy Higgins. He has been here for quite a considerable time and he also has some experience of Europe. He went out there for a little rest before he came back to proclaim his new method of driving our country.

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am disappointed he should decide that Mr. Justice Feeney, the chairman of the independent Referendum Commission, is not in a position to be accurate with his facts.

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: This is very disappointing because the people of the country, if they do nothing else, have absolute respect for the impartiality, independence, accuracy and truth of the statements made by Mr. Justice Feeney as chairman of the independent Referendum Commission. Deputy Higgins should withdraw his assertion that the commission is not being accurate or truthful in its comments.

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: If he reads the stability treaty, and I know from the past that he is a good reader, he will see it states on page 9: STRESSING the importance of the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism as an element of a global strategy to strengthen the Economic and Monetary Union and POINTING OUT that the granting of assistance in the framework of new programmes under the European...

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: Arising from what Deputy Higgins said, Mr. Justice Feeney's remarks were "one of the sources of funding which Ireland which Ireland is currently availing of will not be available" in the event of a "No" vote.

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I know it was not the Deputy's question.

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I remind her of something she said when she mentioned her leader. She has been very categorical in her accurate misquoting of what the treaty states. Specifically she misquotes Article 12, which states that-----

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----"the ESM may provide stability support... subject to strict conditionality". There is a big difference between "may" and "will".

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: Her party leader was very clear in his vocal-----

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----assertions that the EU and IMF should get lost and take their money away from here.

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: Sinn Féin had also stated that the Government should veto the ESM and now it states that we will avail of the ESM - of course it will be all right on the night and we will get it at low interest rates. Sinn Féin has no idea of the scale of what is involved in that.