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Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: There is a proposition to bring in a Bill on this, but it will be the latter part of the year.

Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: There is no date fixed for that fines Bill in respect of fisheries; it will be later in the year. Deputy Broughan can convey my thanks to the people for their prayers. God knows, these days I need them.

Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: On the legislation in respect of Irish Water, that will be its remit in terms of the provision of proper clean and safe water at affordable prices.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Martin for raising this matter. In this case everybody has sympathy for the families who have been caught in this legacy of incompetence and greed. It is a symptom of the mess the Government has inherited. I understand this is not the only such case and that there may well be more. The Deputy did not make a proposition concerning the numbers to which he has referred, but I...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I agree with Deputy Martin that sympathy will not rehouse these people, and neither will condemnation of the developer. However, we have a process in our democracy whereby the courts are entitled to make decisions on questions before them.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Hold on a second. The Deputy knows as well as I do when Priory Hall was built. The Building Control Act of 1990 clearly places responsibility for compliance with building regulations on the owner of the building concerned, and the builder and developer. We know the builder and developer has now been declared bankrupt but the enforcement of building regulations is the responsibility of the...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I would like to think we could have a conclusion by a particular date and that these families will be back in the homes, for which they are paying mortgages. The taxpayer has been already exposed to a liability of more than €350,000 which is continuing to mount. Therefore, we need clarity from the court on the issues before it and we need to know about the local authority's responsibility...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Thanks.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Some times I get a little concerned when I hear Deputy Adams talking about Valentine's Day. I am not sure whether it is romance or massacre he is talking about.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams covered a number of areas in his question on the action plan for jobs announced yesterday by the Government. He covered several areas including imirce agus cúrsaí CLG agus seanfhoirgnimh i nDún na nGall. Tá a fhios aige go bhfuil airgead sa bhreis curtha isteach sa Vóta ó thaobh cúrsaí oideachais de chun foirgnimh nua a thógáil. Má labhraíonn an Teachta leis an...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: The reason it will be implemented — and Deputy Adams can hold me to this — is because I will oversee its implementation from the Department of the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Ó Caoláin can shake his head but he knows I am serious about this. Jobs are every Minister's priority and that of the 36 State agencies involved. It has started already with arrangements made for the first meeting of the implementation group. As I said yesterday at the plan's launch, we will have our Succeed in Ireland campaign launched before St. Patrick's Day. The Minister for...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: When I am told by people across the country that they want to get back into investing in their businesses, taking on extra people and exporting, I understand the problems they face. The problem in the past was we had brilliant launches at great expense to the taxpayer but nothing ever happened afterwards.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: This action plan was launched in a working plant, ICON, which employs more than 8,500 people in 40 countries. All of those young people are dealing with the future.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: It will not be over ten years because we have 270 proposals on job creation. I will publish a quarterly progress report so that-----

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----every Minister and every State agency knows their responsibility and gets on with it. What we are at is opening the doors for business and industry. It is about creating an environment and atmosphere where jobs can be created, where work can follow, where people can indulge themselves in that and contribute to their country and their local economy.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: We do not have extra money to spend or borrow. Considering the circumstances in which we are, this action plan will change the environment and atmosphere for industry and job creation to flourish in this country. I want it to be and prove it to be that Ireland will be best small country in the world in which to do business by 2016.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Tá a fhios ag an Teachta go bhfuil airgead sa bhreis curtha isteach chun scoileanna nua a thógáil. Níl a fhios agam ag an bpointe seo cad é go díreach an scéal faoin scoil a raibh an Teachta ag caint fuithi. Tabharfaidh an tAire Oideachais agus Scileanna freagra iomlán don Teachta má chuireann sé síos ceist faoin scoil. I recognise the announcement made by Northern Ireland's...

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: For now, there are 270 proposals covering 15 Departments and 36 State agencies.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams asking how many people will be off the dole by this time next year is like asking how many seagulls flew over the Phoenix Park in the past three weeks. It is a daft question, which the Deputy knows.