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Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin has not sat around the table in respect of the drafting of the agenda.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: He has not done so as a leader and that is what is missing. In December, President Van Rompuy will provide a report, a paper, setting out a basis of what he considers to be possible in the context of treaty change. This will be followed by a roadmap which will probably be delivered in March 2012. It may well be that other leaders will want to expedite the matter. I can state, from other...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: My views are on record. I do not believe radical treaty change is needed. The vast majority of what one needs to do in terms of governance and fiscal discipline is already in the agreements and flexibilities that have been approved. While I intend to make this point clearly, I also have very strong views about the Single Market and the potential for further exports and business within the...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: Unlike the Deputy's views over the years, when he was asked whether he condemned this or that, my answers are very straight. I said in here last week that if the regulator sought extra regulatory powers from the Government, the Government would respond to him. The regulator has written to me and has said at this time, he does not seek powers to regulate interest rates. The Deputy asks me...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: The former Labour Party leader, Dick Spring, is a public interest director on the board of AIB and that bank has passed on the interest rate reduction.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: The former leader of the Fine Gael Party, Alan Dukes, is involved with the former Anglo Irish Bank, which is no longer a bank. The former Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Joe Walsh, a former member of the Fianna Fáil Party and an esteemed man in his own right, is a public interest director on the board of the Bank of Ireland, which did not pass on the interest rate reduction.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is not Joe's fault. The fact is that the Government owns 15% of the Bank of Ireland. I am very disappointed that the Bank of Ireland has not passed on this interest rate reduction in accordance with ECB policy. The regulator's job is to look at every bank to see that there is fair play across the field. I respect that effort from the regulator. His letter states that "the power to...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams is aware that the Government has a number of measures in place already. The Keane report is being analysed. The House is still debating-----

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: There are some measures in place already.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Keane report has brought forward ten measures. The House is debating that report this week. An implementation group of the Department of Finance is looking at other proposals that are coming before the House. I expect the Minister for Finance to bring back a report on the best proposition some time before Christmas.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: I heard the Deputy supporting the euro today.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputies are entitled to speak about the Bill mentioned by Deputy Adams. We have 15 speakers in this party yet to speak.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: I can confirm to the Deputy that the Government has made a decision arising from a report prepared by the Chief of Staff for the Minister for Defence in respect of the closure of the four barracks he mentioned. This is to do with the consolidation of the Defence Forces into fewer locations arising from the evacuation of these four barracks.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: In addition to the 515 military personnel, a total of 25 civilian personnel will be transferred to the new locations. I must point out to the Deputy that this is not the same as the job losses at Aviva or TalkTalk-----

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----where there is a resultant move to support from the Department of Social Protection. No job is being lost here-----

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and there is a transfer of Defence Forces personnel. We are proud of the job they do for this country both nationally and internationally. The fact is that the location of personnel in a large number of places has been a major difficulty in the provision of essential training and in terms of safeguarding the barracks concerned and the additional costs that are imposed thereby. If the...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: I disagree fundamentally with the Deputy. As I said, Óglaigh na hÉireann, the Irish Army, has been a proud defender of our country both at home and abroad. The savings involved will be of the order of €5 million, with efficiencies of about €1.3 million per year.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: It also means that personnel will be released for operational duties-----

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----which are of fundamental importance to the Army. I know Deputy Higgins is speaking for Deputy Healy because he does not allow him to speak as part of that group at all. The proceeds of the sale of the barracks-----

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is like the captain and the private over there. The Deputy does not even allow him to speak in his party, or whatever they call it. The proceeds of the sale of the barracks will be used to fund the upgrading of Defence Forces equipment and infrastructure. For the information of the Deputy, since 1998, ten barracks were closed under two barrack consolidation programmes.