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Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: That was disgraceful treatment by a public representative of people with a disability. If the Deputy can deny what I say he should do so.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The advisor to the Minister for Health has been an advisor since February of this year. Her job is to give the Minister advice in the best interests of the health service, in which she is an expert. In 2005, this person took on a role as a consultant to Zehnacker, a German company providing a range of services to health services and other areas in a number of European countries. That...

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is disgraceful conduct by the Deputy to involve himself with bringing persons with a disability to the House in order to make a politically opportunistic charge against the Tánaiste.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: Second, I advise Deputy Boyd Barrett to table a Topical Issue matter-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----and the Ceann Comhairle might allow it to be discussed. In respect of the tender, it was awarded strictly in accordance with the EU requirements.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: It was designed to provide enhanced services for people who need them.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the third issue the Deputy raised, the Ceann Comhairle has already dealt with him comprehensively in that regard. However, it is not beyond the Deputy to try again.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 26, inclusive, together. I wish to emphasise again for the House that I am in regular and ongoing contact with my European Council colleagues and I avail of every opportunity to engage bilaterally with them. While in Rome on 21 September, I met with Prime Ministers Mario Monti, Mariano Rajoy and Antonis Samaras. At all of these meetings the primary...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The statement by the three Ministers for Finance is just that - a statement by three, albeit influential, Ministers. The Irish Government was in touch immediately with the offices in the Netherlands, Finland and Berlin and the situation was that was a statement made by the three Ministers without reference to the Prime Ministers of the three countries involved. Departmental officials from...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Government of which the Deputy was a member has much to answer for in that regard. The Deputy seems to think that I should spend my time telephoning other leaders or travelling around because he says so. I am interested in results. A process has continued for quite some time, which I have outlined previously. The day after I was elected as Taoiseach and went to my first Council...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy could easily have asked why I did not telephone them and mention this issue. The point is there was not going to be an interest rate reduction, a temporary bail-out mechanism, a permanent bail-out mechanism, a second bail-out for Greece, or the realisation of direct recapitalisation of banks by breaking the link between sovereign and bank debt. As the Deputy is aware those things...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is the legacy. As I said previously in respect of the FOI request about the guarantees, the Deputy when in Government had all the information - faxes, e-mails and everything else, all of which were meaningless. There is no evidence in my Department of what was said when the biggest decision ever was made. As the Deputy is aware, person after person of great influence has said this was...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I have answered the Deputy's question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: Ms Lagarde from the IMF, Mr. Draghi, the commissioners, President van Rompuy, President Barroso, President Schulz, leader after leader-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am not speaking here to a local audience. It was in the convention centre and not the Burlington Hotel.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: On a point of information, it was in the convention centre and not the Burlington Hotel. It is results that count and not telephone calls. There is a process by which the leaders arrive at decisions that impact on us. The big decision that has to be implemented is that of 29 June, breaking the link between sovereign and bank; that is what will benefit Ireland. I assure the Deputy I will...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked a question and I will answer it. Failure to do so causes frustration and anger and cynicism which we have seen on the streets of other countries. For our part, I will be very happy indeed to make this case very strongly in addition to the constant negotiations by the Minister for Finance and on a daily basis by officials from the Departments of Finance, the Taoiseach and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: We take every opportunity to engage with our European colleagues about the improving conditions - albeit challenging - for us in Ireland. The IMF report the Deputy mentioned specifically mentioned Ireland as one of the few countries with an improving growth rate of 1.4%. The fiscal advisory council recommended that more challenging decisions be made to reach our deficit target at an earlier...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am sure Deputy Boyd Barrett has taken into account that if we issue such threats gardaí, teachers, nurses and workers in his constituency will not be paid in the meantime.