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Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin came in here on the first day and stated he had no interest in Punch and Judy shows in here.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am sure he is interested in a jobs initiative that will result in at least some employment in his constituency. There are people in Cork South-Central to whom one can validly state that if Deputy Martin had his way, this jobs initiative would not take place at all. We make no apology for having made a Government decision to impose a temporary levy on the pensions industry.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: No less a personality than Deputy Ross at the back pointed out constructively that there is a great deal of fat in this system and as a consequence, the Minister for Finance has written to the industry.(Interruptions).

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: If Deputy Martin came up with some constructive suggestions, they might well be listened to. His allegation that there was a cover-up here is absolute and utter balderdash.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I hope Deputy Adams did not slip into a former mode there by stating, "listen to what I am going to say to you".

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: First, this problem in the shortage of non-consultant hospital doctors or, as they are called, "junior doctors", is not related to funding and is not related to a recruitment embargo or a moratorium. It is related to an inability to attract enough of doctors to our hospitals. It is an issue that has affected not only this country, but other countries as well. Second, the Minister for Health...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----when the changeover date occurs. Third, I want Deputy Adams to understand, in fairness, that the HSE mounted a serious recruitment campaign in India and Pakistan and several senior consultants and a number from the HSE travelled to India and Pakistan. That recruitment drive identified 400 suitable and qualified doctors who could work in Irish hospitals and who are interested in coming...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Reilly, has identified this problem and the delivery of a solution to the problem is his number one priority. He is receiving every assistance from those involved. However, when speaking on RTE last night the Minister made it clear that it is unlikely he will be able to fill all the posts by 11 July given the scale and the nature of the problem he faces and he outlined...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams strayed from his original question into the consultants contract issue. I assure the Deputy as I answer today I cannot give him the information on what hospitals will be disrupted by virtue of the non-consultant hospital doctor problem.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: When the Minister stated there will be no compromise on safety, standard or quality, he was right.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: We cannot have a situation where doctors are employed in an unsupervised capacity in hospitals. It will be a couple of weeks before the Minister will be in a position to inform the House of that. He has identified the problem and he has identified the solution. The Government made a decision on it this morning. As this moves through the system and when the Minister becomes aware of which...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Of course.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I held some brief discussion with Deputy Ross about the Committee of Public Accounts. He is an experienced Deputy and I am sure he will do very well on that committee in the investigations they carry out.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am sure he will do well out of that. There has been no change, rather a consistency from the Government in respect of Anglo Irish Bank, Irish Nationwide Building Society, INBS, and the bondholders. The Minister for Finance clarified that he will raise the matter of the different circumstances of senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank with the ECB in autumn. Those in the ECB were not...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: They were not forewarned of his comment because his comment was consistent with what has been the position of Government: the bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank are in different circumstances to those in Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland. Those in the ECB made it clear on the day of the publication of the stress tests of the Irish banks that, irrespective of a potential downgrading by the...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: French courtship has been a matter of considerable comment over the centuries. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, gets on very well in a professional capacity with all of his colleagues in Europe. The French have been very helpful in respect of Ireland's case and those of other countries in terms of the changes on preferred creditor status in regard to the European Stability...

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 10, motion re referral to joint committee of the proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Harbours Acts 1996 to 2009 (Transfer of Functions of Dundalk Port Company) Order 2011; No. 11, motion re the ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 12, motion re membership of committees; No. 13, motion re the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009; No. 14, motion...

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I might just be helpful in this regard. The Deputy will find the Minister, Deputy Reilly, to be more than willing to avail of the opportunities made available to him to answer questions. This has happened because the Dáil did not sit last Tuesday arising from the unfortunate and tragic death of the former Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan. Question Time was pushed out by one day as a...

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister will be back again to answer questions early in July and is available, if the Ceann Comhairle so desires, on Adjournment debates or whatever.

Order of Business (21 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I understand there was no disagreement about the time allocation for these matters at the Whips' meeting.