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Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Government has already agreed to burden sharing to a figure of €5 billion with subordinated bondholders. The Deputy mentioned interest rate repayments; that is with what the people concerned landed the country. That is what we have been saying.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is a bad deal for Ireland and Europe. After a number of months of changing the agenda, the issue will come to a head in part at least tomorrow when the matter will be discussed by the eurozone leaders.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is important to say the Deputy seems to believe he can turn his back on this issue, walk away from it and leave it behind. The next time he comments I will invite him to tell us how he would deal with an €18 billion deficit when he would not be closing beds in hospitals but entire hospitals. There would be nothing with which to pay gardaí, teachers, nurses or other public servants....

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: For example, Sinn Féin stated about the Fianna Fáil manifesto of 2011------

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----that the Government had no plan to reduce the deficit-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----that it had a plan to reduce spending-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and that its plan would damage the economy, rather than facilitate recovery, yet in Northern Ireland it proposed a reduction of £4 billion in public expenditure, revenue-raising proposals amounting to £1 billion and an increase in household rates.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: There cannot be two approaches across the line.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy cannot always ride two horses at the one time.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The focus of the Government is on a lifestyle choice for people to have jobs and be engaged in productive work in this economy and we will go to the European Union tomorrow to contribute to the debate and keep the focus where it should be placed in changing the nature of the deal to ensure flexibility in terms of the rates applying from the fund to a country such as Ireland. The country is...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: He left on an enforced holiday, as he did not like Brussels, and was lucky enough to return.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Speculation causes confusion, as the Deputy knows.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The memorandum of understanding-----

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----was an agreement signed off on by an Irish Government and voted on by the Irish Parliament and is now binding on us. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government will bring his memorandum to the Government which will make a decision on the issue of household charges and water metering to bring certainty to the issue. People will know in advance, without further...

Written Answers — Europe 2020 Strategy: Europe 2020 Strategy (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: 1The Europe 2020 Strategy has been adopted as a successor to the Lisbon Strategy for Jobs and Growth and aims to enable Europe to emerge stronger from the current economic crisis and to turn the European Union into a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy. As part of the strategy each member state is required to prepare a National Reform Programme (NRP) for submission to the European...

Written Answers — Constitutional Convention: Constitutional Convention (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: 1Work has commenced on the preparation of detailed proposals for the establishment of the Constitutional Convention and, when ready, these will be considered by Government. The proposals will address matters such as the structure, composition and working methods of the Convention.

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: 1The aforementioned companies have not been engaged by my Department since my appointment as Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: 1A full list of the appointments made by me in my Department since I took up office as Taoiseach are detailed in the table beneath. Name Grade Mark Kennell Chief of Staff Andrew McDowell Special Adviser Paul O'Brien Special Adviser Angela Flanagan Special Adviser Mark O'Doherty Special Adviser to the Government Chief Whip Eoghan O Neachtáin * Government Press Secretary Feargal...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: 1The table below details the payments made to the company in the past decade by my Department. Year Total Payments Details 2002 â'¬78,221 Implementation of HRMS Peoplesoft 2003 â'¬96,351 Implementation of HRMS Peoplesoft and provision of training

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: 2057I propose to take Questions Nos. 58 and 61 together. The table below details the expenditure on Public Relations by my Department from July 2002 to end of June 2011. The spend primarily relates to the National Forum on Europe and the Taskforce on Active Citizenship which were both discontinued in 2009. Year Spend on Public Relations July - Dec 2002 €95,167 2003 €54,666 2004...