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Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin asked whether I put the specific question of Anglo Irish Bank on the agenda. The question is why we have to pay Anglo Irish Bank if Greece gets a write-down. Deputy Martin should know that because the Government of which he was a member-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----provided Anglo Irish Bank with €1 billion that it will have to pay later.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: That is the first point.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The second point is that Deputy Martin came to the House with other Ministers-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: We are dealing with the consequences of the old days.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: The promissory note signed off-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----by the Government of which Deputy Martin was a member has had devastating consequences for every taxpayer and citizen in the country. That is the fact of the matter. What we have to try to do in dealing with that horrendous legacy-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----is to take all opportunities when we see ways of dealing with a reduction in the overall debt burden on citizens.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: We are not Greece. We are not in the same position as Greece.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: We are not facing ten years of austerity whereas Greece will never get back to the bond markets.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: We do not seek a haircut in the way that Greece must have one, and the consequences for their citizens-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----we will continue to negotiate in a variety of areas to reduce the debt burden on citizens. That is our agenda.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am pursuing that on a number of fronts.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Thug mé freagra don Teachta Adams ar an gceist seo go minic le cúpla seachtain anuas. Tá a fhios againn gur thug an Rialtas roimhe an t-airgead seo do Anglo Irish Bank chun na sealbhóirí a íoc. Is é atá ar siúil anois ná díospóireacht idir an Roinn Airgeadais agus an Rialtas ar thaobh amháin agus ár gcomhleacaithe san Eoraip ar an taobh eile faoi chostas na híocaíochta atá...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Sin an fáth go bhfuil ar mhuintir agus ar cheannairí an eurozone cinnidh a dhéanamh faoi seo. Sin an fáth go bhfuil na díospóireachtaí ar siúil faoi láthair. Ní hionann sinn agus an Ghréig agus níl ár muintir cosúil le muintir na Gréige ó thaobh chúrsaí eacnamaíochta de. Is é atá i gceist ag an Rialtas agus ag an Roinn Airgeadais ná déileáil le costas na...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Sin atá in gceist againn go lárnach. Ní féidir le tír ar bith ná le Rialtas ar bith déileáil leis an bpróiseas seo gan postanna a chur ar fáil do mhuintir na hÉireann agus do mhuintir gach uile thír eile. Sin atá i gceist againn.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: Beimid ag déanamh díospóireachta ar na cinnidh sin oíche amárach. Níl a fhios agam an gcríocnóidh an cruinniú sin go luath, ach beidh mé ann ar feadh na hoíche ar fad. Thug an Rialtas roimhe an t-airgead seo do Anglo Irish Bank. Tá sé ann agus tá sé le híoc taobh istigh de chúpla seachtain. Táimid, mar Rialtas, ag déileáil le torthaí an chinnidh sin. Ní éasca atá sé.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I do not deal in the rhetoric of despair.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I prefer to take an optimistic view of how our people and Government together can work through this economic challenge. This country is not Greece. Our citizens, while they are faced with a challenging position, are not in the same league as the Greek people. Prime Minister Papandreou expected to be back in the bond markets by 2012.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is now clear that with a debt to GDP ratio of 186% by the end of 2013-----