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European Council: Statements (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: He should tell us how he would restructure them.

European Council: Statements (28 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: The cheapest bailout in history. That is what Fianna Fáil said.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is not so long ago since there used be 12-hour meetings of the parliamentary party of the party in which Deputy Martin is involved. I notice that Deputy Martin has moved from a point of accepting everything he reads in the newspapers to be the truth. Let me inform him that I have spoken to both Ministers, Deputy Quinn and Deputy Reilly. They are absolutely at one concerning the job we...

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: This Cabinet is focused entirely on the mandate given to us by the people to sort out the mess that Deputy Martin left behind him. We will do that irrespective of the claims or allegations that he makes.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: If Deputy Martin was not the leader of his party I would say something else to him about the nature of his questions. I do not have to speak for the Minister, Deputy Quinn, or anybody else. I can assure Deputy Martin that the Minister, Deputy Quinn, has full confidence in the Minister for Health. Far from Deputy Martin saying that he made no claim, he is just after saying that what he read...

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin has not made a claim, yet he claims that something written in a newspaper is the truth, as if he was there. Let me repeat for him that the Government has a challenging position ahead. We never said that this was going to be an easy remit, but we are not lacking the courage to sort out the mess Deputy Martin left behind him.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: In that sense, let me assure Deputy Martin that the Ministers, Deputies Reilly and Quinn, are part of a Government that is focused on dealing with our problems - that is, to improve the state of our public finances and to continue to provide opportunities for investment, growth and employment. That is the Government's remit and all members of the Government are focused on it.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: First of all, I am glad Deputy Adams has been able to remove the dark shades.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: I hope the little interaction he had with the medical service has proven to be a really good success. I wish Deputy Adams well in his recovery.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: Some of the speculation that I have been reading and hearing about in the past couple of weeks has certainly been fuelled by Deputy Adams and members of his party making outrageous claims and spinning rumours of this, that and the other.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: Let me assure Deputy Adams that as regards tomorrow's budget, we have made no secret of the fact that our country faces a challenging time. We have never been talking about green shoots or having turned corners. Everybody knows that economically our country faces a challenging period and we are going to deal with that. Tomorrow's budget will be a further step in the direction of recovering...

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams has again asked me for confirmation regarding issues in the budget that will be delivered tomorrow by the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform. Let me confirm a number of matters for him. Interest rates have fallen from 14.4% to 4.3%. A total of 20,000 jobs have been created in the private sector whereas when we took office, 300,000 jobs had been lost in the...

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: The ratings agency, Fitch, has improved the ratings status of the country.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: Bank of Ireland raised €1 billion without a State guarantee.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: Moreover, Allied Irish Banks raised serious money without the State's guarantee. The ESB and Bord Gáis also did the same-----

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----in exercises that have been oversubscribed many times.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: The sale of the analogue spectrum-----

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----brought in both a significant amount of money and confirmation of signals from three international communications companies of their interest in investing in Ireland.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: These are facts I can confirm for the Deputy. As for the details of the budget, everyone will have all the details tomorrow. As I stated, these are challenging times but this budget will build on the platform already made and moving in the right direction of dealing with our public financial problems, of creating opportunities for jobs and employment and of continuing to make Ireland...

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Government has tried and has worked hard to make it as fair, equitable and affordable as is possible. These things are never easy. This is a major challenge for Ireland and the budget tomorrow will be a step further in this country's exiting of the programme we are in, in retrieving our economic sovereignty and restoring the opportunity to grow our economy and to create jobs, which is...