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Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: The 2% increase that the Minister will bring to Government as a proposal, upon which I might add the Government has not signed off on yet, means that the zero rate of VAT which currently applies to a range of goods and services, including most foods, children's clothing and, importantly, footwear-----

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----oral medicines and so on will not be touched. The 9% rate which involves the reduction of VAT across the hospitality sector will remain unchanged, will not be touched-----

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and the 13.5% rate which applies to residential housing, labour intensive services and general repairs and maintenance are unaffected.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: The point I am making to Deputy Martin is that this Government makes a deliberate choice in what it wants to do-----

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and what we want to do is sort out our public finances by a different route to the one his crowd adopted-----

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and therefore we have renegotiated with the troika in respect of income tax.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister will bring his proposal to Government for a 2% increase in VAT with no further increase for the remainder of the programme and no further increase in income tax for the remainder of the programme, and the Government will make its decision on that-----

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----in due course over the next few days.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: What the Deputy stated, therefore, is not true.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: Tá a fhios agam nach bhfuil sé ar chumas an Teachta bheith páirteach sna díospóireachtaí a bhíonn ann idir Baill Rialtais ach tá an Teachta ag labhairt faoi ráflaí ag dul timpeall agus faoi dhíospóireachtaí nach bhfuil cinneadh ar bith déanta futhu. Níl cinneadh ar bith ag an Rialtas i leith na mionrudaí a bhfuil an Teachta ag caint futhu. Tá siad fíor-thábhachtach agus...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: Bhí mé thuas i mBéal Feirste cúpla oíche ó shin and one of the things I was told was that Sinn Féin had refused school transport for children who wished to attend an all-Irish school. So much for the cúram faoi chúrsaí teanga. I will be very clear with Deputy Adams. It is the responsibility of the Government to make decisions about the budget. The Government has set its task in...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: As I stated, it would be lovely to be able to stand up and state it has all been sorted and everybody will be better off. If we are to have our country and economic sovereignty back, we cannot go on in the way we did and we will not do so. Therefore, we must make decisions which, on the one hand, will meet that target and, on the other, do everything possible to return people to work and...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy's question is the same as that put by Deputies Martin and Adams.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: All of these matters must be considered and decided on by the Government. In the past ten days there has been public comment on sickness benefit, child benefit, VAT rates-----

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and indirect taxation measures.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: This is perfectly normal in the run-in to any budget.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: Last year we had the same thing; every year I have been in the House there has been the same speculation during the preparation of a budget. It is part of the normal discourse that takes place. It is the responsibility of the Government to see to it that those who are most vulnerable in society are protected. It is clear that child benefit is of importance to this category. In recent days...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Government is cognisant of the difficulty, on the one hand, in meeting the conditions of the IMF, the ECB and the European Union and, on the other, providing for the protection of the most vulnerable and the provision of front-line services, while offering whatever incentives we can for people to avail of the opportunity to seek gainful employment. Deputy McGrath is no different from...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy McGrath saved his best rant until last. The Labour Party has never turned its back on the people and will not do so now. The Deputy continuously refers back to the decision made by the people. The people made their decision in the general election, prior to which the Deputy had his own programme, like every other party, including the Labour Party and Fine Gael.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: What we are working on is the programme for Government. The mandate given to the Government was to sort out the public finances-----