Results 19,841-19,860 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: Gabh mo leithscéal, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: I would say there are a lot of people who would like to forget about Sinn Féin, but Deputy Adams's mandate in this House is not to allow that to happen.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: The position is that the Government gave very careful consideration to this budget, which is essentially about providing an opportunity to restore our public finances to good health, grow our economy and provide the capacity to create jobs. That is the central thrust of the budget. All of those people who are on social protection, are unemployed or low paid will never have the opportunity...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: The budget has been decided by the Government. We have made the decision not to cut the old age pension, not to take away the travel allowance, not to cut the free fuel allowance or shorten the period for which it applies, not to interfere in any way with the carer's allowance or the home care packages. The Government made the decision to continue to pay a respite care grant of...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: Like the Deputy, I do not know Mr. O'Mahony or his wife Margaret. I am sure that in the letter he has written to the newspaper he expresses his feelings very powerfully and more cogently than any of us could do, because he deals with this 24 hours per day.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: The choice to be made by the Government was do we cut the widow's pensions, the old age pension-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: Do we reduce the half-rate carer's allowance, take away the facilities pensioners are entitled to at the moment, or interfere with the home care package and the carer's allowance? What choices does one make?
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: The choice made here was to continue to pay a respite grant of €1,375.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: At the same time, the Government has set its face here in taking an additional €500 million from those who can afford to pay, which is obviously a very serious decision. I hear more crowing from Deputy Adams's left-hand side. I remind Deputy Micheál Martin that in 2009-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: Here is some ammunition for Deputy Adams. In 2009 the carer's allowance was cut by €16.50 per week, or €850 per year, by the Fianna Fáil Government. The blind person's pension was cut by €16.30 per week, or almost €850 per year, and the widow's pension was cut by the same amount. There is a lot of hypocrisy here. This Government has to make very difficult decisions.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: I feel for Mr. O'Mahony and his wife Margaret, but the carer's package and the home care package are untouched-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----and the grant is still being paid at the rate of €1,375. People should say that to the Deputies on the other side when they tell people to vote against the Government.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: I am not sure how Deputy Boyd Barrett determined there are 180 billion barrels of oil to be found. There is a great deal the Government can do for the country in this regard. In the regime that applied previously, contracts were drawn up between the State and exploration companies to determine whether finds were real and commercial and should be developed. One of the major finds, off...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: First the Deputy asked me to withdraw the licences. Then he asked me to adopt the Norwegian model.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: I assure the Deputy I am as interested in this as is anybody working on behalf of the people of this country. If there are reservoirs of either oil or gas offshore, the first thing that must be done is to determine where they are, whether they are commercial and the value and range of what they contain.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: The level of interest expressed by commercial companies has been higher lately than for the past 30 years. Clearly, finds have been made in other places around the world. In a major drilling operation off the west coast last year, where it had been assumed there was a really big reservoir of gas, this assumption turned out to be entirely negative. The map the Deputy has is not consistent...
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. a16, motion re withdrawal of Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]; No. 30, statements on pre-European Council meeting of 13 and 14 December 2012; and No. 5, Social Welfare Bill 2012 - Second and Remaining Stages (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. tonight and shall...
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: The details of this week's session were set out by the Whip at the Whips' meeting last week. The Social Welfare Bill has to go to the Seanad next week in order for continued payments to be made on 1 January. I point out that when people make their case about speaking slots here that there was a good deal of argument about the requirement-----
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----to speak on the publication of the report of the expert group on the A, B and C case.
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: Last Friday only two Opposition speakers were made available----