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Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Ar chuir an Teachta fáilte roimh rud éigin? Seo an chéad uair ariamh.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Wonders will never cease. I did not think Deputy Adams would ever come in here and welcome something. Well done. I hope that all the young men and women in Dundalk who go to Deputy Fitzpatrick's office and every other office and make their claim for acceptance on merit to PayPal-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----will be part of the new economic resurgence in that part of the country. Tá a fhios agam go maith cé atá i gceist agat. I was talking to somebody from London the other night who has two houses. The person pays £172 per month for one house and £280 per month for another. The average household in Northern Ireland pays £1,259 for household charges. I accept that a flat tax is not...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I agree with the Deputy's second last comment. I would like to think that the process of law will take its course. My understanding is that very significant amounts of documentation have been forwarded to the DPP. This is clearly an independent office and information has been forwarded both by the Director of Corporate Enforcement and by the fraud squad, and it is a matter for that to be...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister is waiting for a set of proposals on the best thing to do.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Go raibh maith agat, Mattie.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: There are waivers for those in receipt of mortgage interest supplement, social housing supports or rent supplement, and for those in categories 3 and 4 of unfinished housing estates. There are exemptions for those who do not need to declare properties that are part of the trading stock of a business and that are not sold and that have not generated an income. There are exemptions for local...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----the question I asked him. How can he instruct his members in Derry and across Northern Ireland to agree to a charge of approximately £1,400 per year? He comes down here from County Louth, where we had the privilege of making an announcement about 1,000 jobs in Dundalk today, and tells us that people cannot pay the charge in this jurisdiction. When we add in the waivers and the...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Higgins prepared well for this one. I was responding to a Member of a party opposite in respect of comments made when I said what I said. The speech, to which Deputy Higgins referred where he counted all the words very carefully, was made in the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham. It was to a group of representatives of over 350 Irish companies together with Chinese company counterparts...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: We could be doing something to be able to point out that CRH, Glen Dimplex and 140 more Irish companies now employ 10,000 Chinese persons in China and they do so on the basis of giving them an opportunity to have a job and to contribute to the economy there which is also of benefit to Ireland's economy. I also referred in my discussions with the Chinese Vice-President on the situation in...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----the numbers who have now emerged from poverty, the new consumer movement in China, the number of those who have free access to the Internet and the number of bloggers on the Internet from China who have the freedom to express what they wish.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: In respect of visiting the noble person that Deputy Higgins mentioned, I do not think that I will have that opportunity.

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 30, inclusive, together. I attended the informal European Council in Brussels on 30 January. As I have already made a statement to the House on the outcome of this meeting, I will confine myself to some brief remarks on its proceedings. The discussion of growth was a lengthy and important one. With the March European Council meeting already the agreed...

Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: This is a matter between the company which won the tender and Dublin City Council. It is not a matter for the Government to award a tender in respect of waste collection. I understand the Minister, Deputy Hogan, will be in the House later today to deal with this matter in a Topical Issue debate and there will be an opportunity for further questions. This matter has arisen from a decision...

Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I may have misled the Deputy. It was yesterday that the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government replied to the Topical Issue matter. Senator Ross made two important points. He claims the tender was flawed and that there was wrongdoing, mentioning the company involved. I suggest that if he has information of that nature he should notify the manager of the city council,...

Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy in the past has had information no one else had; he said Mr. FitzPatrick gave a stellar performance and that the Bank of Ireland never considered him for duty.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 5, Finance Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed), and Private Members' business shall be No. 39, motion re stroke costs in Ireland (resumed) to conclude after 90 minutes if not previously concluded.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I expect the partial loan credit guarantee scheme legislation to be introduced during this session. I said yesterday it would take two to two and a half months. A lot of work has been done on it to get the structure right. In respect of legislation to address county enterprise boards, I have written to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to get his responses on...

Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: The action plan has 270 proposals.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: The first meeting about that takes place this morning.