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Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I cannot answer the Deputy's specific question but I will have the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation respond with an up-to-date report on the matter.

Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: The heads of the personal insolvency Bill, which is one of the most complex pieces of legislation to have come before the House in many years, were published last week. Proper consultation is needed on the matter, which is also related to the Keane report on mortgages and distressed households. This is a complex and serious matter and the personal insolvency Bill is part of a structure so...

Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I expect it can be dealt with in this session. I cannot provide a specific date but it is a matter that requires considerable focus in a number of areas. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and other Ministers are actively involved in the matter and I hope it can be dealt with fairly soon.

Social Partnership (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: As I said, I intend to continue to meet the social partners as appropriate and I made that clear to them. Together with the Tánaiste, I hope to have full twice yearly meetings with them. Clearly, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is concerned about these matters. I repeat that the well proven mechanisms of the State are available where unfortunately disputes arise, as they...

Social Partnership (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am well aware of the nature of disputes and how sensitive and serious they can become. Far from using the cliché of "well tried mechanisms", the Labour Relations Commission has been an outstanding success over the years. On occasion, it has spent many hours of intensive discussion trying to sort out disputes between employees and employers. A better way has not been found - except...

Social Partnership (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has raised an important point about contact between the social partners and the Government. While I said that I have no intention of returning to the formal process that existed before, in the meetings we have had with the social partners we have made it perfectly clear that the line is always open, either on an individual ministerial basis or directly to the Government. I have...

Social Partnership (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett has raised three cases, the workers being subject to emergency tax because KPMG did not send out wages, the Jane Norman workers who have not been paid, and the workers in the shoe shop who have not been paid. I do not have all the details of these cases. Workers have rights and it is important that these rights are exercised and fulfilled in accordance with the law....

Social Partnership (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: Workers are entitled to receive their legitimate wages and if Deputies Higgins and Boyd Barrett give me the details of these cases after the Order of Business, I will be happy to contact the firm involved. People expect to have their wages paid and I do not have the detail of what is blocking this.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 to 8, inclusive, together. The Cabinet sub-committee on economic recovery and jobs has met five times since it was established. The most recent meeting was on 19 January 2012. I chaired all these meetings except one, on 21 July, which I could not attend due to a special European Council meeting in Brussels. The Cabinet sub-committee on economic...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: This morning, 800 jobs were announced in Dublin. A fortnight ago, there was an investment of €350 million by a multinational in the pharmaceutical sector. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation will bring proposals for a jobs action plan to Government within the next two weeks. The Minister for Social Protection will bring in a range of measures to ensure we have a real focus...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: We had a plan.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: Which one?

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yes.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: We discussed the economic management council, which I chair. In respect of the sub-committee on economic recovery and jobs, nine different sectors are involved and working groups have been involved at an intensive level for the past number of months. That will be reflected in the programme which the Minister will bring before Government in the next two weeks. The Cabinet sub-committee is...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I would have thought that rather than Deputy Higgins wallowing in the rut of despair he seems to live in he would contact the list of young unemployed people in his constituency, ask them whether they are aware that this morning 800 jobs were announced in Dublin with immediate recruitment and if they have any of the qualifications required he would like to accommodate them in making an...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: Maybe the Deputy should also speak to those involved in the hospitality and tourism sector in his constituency and make them aware of the reduction in PRSI for lower paid workers and VAT which has had an impact on the strength of local economies. He should at least talk some reality about where opportunities actually lie. As I said, over 4,000 people have now taken up the opportunity of...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: The answer is "Yes". Deputy Adams left out two important words in the litany of characteristics he mentioned: "creativity" and "imagination". These are inherent to Irish success. In this regard, I refer to cloud computing, data content storage, digital gaming and the agri-food sector. I am sure that the Deputy is well aware of the extent of innovation and research in his constituency. He...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I will tell the Deputy one thing. I am thrilled he actually made his way to Berlin to speak to the Bundestag committee.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: I did not see the airwaves light up with the report that Germany was terrified by the visit of Deputy Boyd Barrett and that-----

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----they had relented and lain down in front of the juggernaut of B-B from Dún Laoghaire to wipe out Ireland's debt. We live in the world of reality and it is a fraud on the Irish people to pretend we did not inherit a situation which requires serious analysis. That is why, within the process in which we operate, the troika, the IMF, the European Commission and the European Central Bank...