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Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure what Deputy Boyd Barrett's question is. I thought he was going to tell me-----

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I thought Deputy Boyd Barrett was going to tell me what day he has chosen for his day of national protest.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is the day the Dáil will rise, is it?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I have made it clear before that we share the public's dismay at the cost of honouring the banking debts, considering the role of the banks in the economic crisis. When the Government was appointed we raised this with the ECB and with the various authorities at European level. The fact is the vast majority of Anglo Irish Bank debts were paid off by our predecessors in office. Some €15.7...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett does not seem to understand or appreciate the consequences of default. His whole philosophy in this House has been negative, a case of do nothing, work for nothing, pay for nothing. Part of the discussions-----

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----on Thursday and Friday are specifically about-----

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----increasing the extent of funds available to the European Investment Bank which will, please God, have a direct impact on many of those communities whose schools are in poor shape. What is being negotiated is the opportunity to provide bundles of primary care centres or schools under the PPP, public-private partnership, system, provided the conditions can be applied and that the extra...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----that this country could expect to continue to be funded if we were to default or not measure up to our responsibilities?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: Ireland's reputation is of a country that will do what it says it will do, that it will meet its requirements, provided we get the extra assistance and flexibility. This country has made significant progress in the past 15 months. The Deputy seems to argue that we should get the money, not pay it back and expect to get more at the same level.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is absolute nonsense. The Deputy does not live in the real world if that is his philosophy.

Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. a8, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions, without debate; No. b8, motion re membership of committees, without debate; No. 1, Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed), to adjourn at 5.30 p.m. if not previously concluded; and No. 6, Microenterprise...

Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The personal insolvency Bill will be published and circulated on Friday and a full press conference will be held on Friday to deal with any questions on the details of the Bill. It is expected that Second Stage will be taken probably next week. It is not a fact that the banks must wait for the Bill to be enacted before they start dealing with their customers and their borrowers. The very...

Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I will not give the Deputy a timeline for Committee Stage because I do not expect this will be concluded before the summer recess. There is a great deal of interest in this legislation but if we can have concluded Second Stage before the summer recess we will be doing very well.

Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I would say that is probably a realistic time period, when the Dáil resumes after the summer recess. We can work through the Committee Stage process. October is a good bet, I would think. We are anxious to have it finalised appropriately around that time.

Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is not a case of the personal insolvency Bill not being brought to the House. On Friday, I want Members to have a copy of the Bill, the explanatory memorandum and the questions and answers across a spectrum of areas dealing with this.

Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Government approved it yesterday.

Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: It must be proofread, printed and prepared to be available on Friday.

Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is the reason it will be brought to the House next week. It is not a case of having it physically available for Government Deputies; it has to be done for everybody. It was approved yesterday, will be published on Friday and all the details will be in the House next week for the start of the process. The fiscal stability legislation will be introduced in this session also.

Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: This is not a case of having to go to any bank to seek approval to publish. The banks have no control over any reforms this Government wishes to introduce in legislation.

Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I cannot tell the Deputy when it will be discussed because the heads of the Bill are due for approval later this year. We will try to expedite it but I cannot give the Deputy an answer to his question about a specific date.