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Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I did not hear any reports of Deputy Boyd Barrett travelling to all of the businesses in his constituency over the weekend advising that the new internship scheme had been launched last week, which will give opportunities for business to take on exceptionally qualified young graduates to give them a start in the sense of-----

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----allowing them the opportunity to forge a new career or be taken on by companies on a permanent basis. Deputy Boyd Barrett will be aware that also on 1 July the jobs initiative decisions taken by Government to reduce VAT, to halve PRSI for employers and remove the travel tax kicked in. This is the first direct stimulus to the hospitality tourism sector and those labour intensive areas...

Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: From this perspective, the continued flexibility, increased productivity and output and the trade surplus in terms of our exports are running strongly. We must restore confidence to the indigenous economy and grow the capacity for small and medium enterprises. This requires credit being available and a demonstration that it can be proven to be lent. In addition, the Government is working...

Croke Park Agreement (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 to 7, inclusive, together. I met the chairman and members of the Croke Park implementation body, together with the Minister with responsibility for public expenditure and reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, on 29 June. During the course of that meeting I heard their account of the progress being made and I conveyed my personal commitment to the most vigorous...

Written Answers — Public Sector Remuneration: Public Sector Remuneration (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) is the only agency under the aegis of my Department and is outside the Civil Service. No positions in NESDO are affected by the new salary caps.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: No, I will not publish that text because I disagreed with it. Surely Deputy Martin did not expect a Taoiseach to go to a Council of Europe meeting and agree to raise our corporate tax rate? Is that what he expected me to do? I have no intention of doing that. Deputy Martin, rightly, supports that position. The House has given a firm commitment in that regard. The reason we do not have...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am not meandering.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I will not.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes, but there was not a conditionality put on that.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: In principle.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am quite sure-----

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am quite sure Fianna Fáil has the text.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy knows so much about the text, I am quite sure he has it.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am quite sure he has it.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Yes, it is a serious issue.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: No leader before me had ever been in a situation in which an offer of support was conditional upon this country's raising its corporate tax rate. I refused to do that, I still refuse to it, and I will not move on it.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is about time the Deputy began to support this country-----

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and stopped trying to score points with meandering statements about publishing the text. I am quite sure he has the text.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am quite sure he has the text.