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Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams will have the opportunity to have his say on that, probably by way of statements. The troika has accepted that Ireland complied with the requirements and conditions set down and accepted the changes that we will introduce, in particular our proposal to have a jobs initiative, which will be announced by the Minister for Finance in the Dáil and against which I am sure the Deputy...

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy will have plenty of opportunities to have a say on many reports. This Government has changed the practice of the Dáil not meeting on the Tuesday following a bank holiday and has seen to it that the Dáil sits for longer into July and returns earlier in September. It will also sit on Fridays. The Deputy will be worn out talking about reports.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy will be flattened.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am quite sure if the EU and IMF memorandum of understanding was debated today, the Deputy would be on his feet asking why we cannot debate the Nyberg report.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy was promised the discussion on the memorandum of understanding and he will have it.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: The matter is under discussion with the Attorney General. Those discussions can be fed into the Property Services (Regulation) Bill, which is awaiting hearing on Committee Stage.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Government has appointed a senior Minister to deal with children and youth affairs. The legislation is being prioritised and some of the powers are to be transferred from the Department of Health and Children to the Department for children and youth affairs. It takes time to set this up but the Ministers and Government are insisting that it happen as quickly as possible. That is what...

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Departments of the Taoiseach, Finance and Foreign Affairs, as well as the Revenue Commissioners, fall outside the top level appointments committee, TLAC, formation but that does not mean the Government will accept whomever might express an interest in being appointed to any of those Departments.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: There is preparation of legislation to deal with a referendum in respect of accountability to be given to Oireachtas Members to deal with cases where that should apply.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: I do not know the detail of the issue raised by the Deputy but it is clearly of some concern to him. If he provides the detail, I will give him a reply either in the House or directly as soon as possible.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy's leader said he had no interest in Punch and Judy politics and neither do I.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is important for us to introduce a jobs initiative. I changed the title because some people were getting carried away in a notion that there would be tax increases of one sort or another.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: That would apply in many cases in traditional budgets. I hope that when the Minister for Finance comes before the House on that date in May, he will present the best package we can put forward given the constraints we are under because of the IMF and EU deal.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: I hope it will give some confidence to our indigenous economy, employers will find it easier to take on employees and people will have the confidence to begin to spend money. We must look to release the frustration of so many people in this country who want to get back to work so we can make a decent stab at finding work for the 440,000 people currently on the live register.

Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy raises an interesting point about the grouping of questions. When I took my first Question Time here as Taoiseach I made the point that in the discussions we are to have on how we do business in the House we should look at this. The only common denominator among this set of questions is that they are all about Northern Ireland matters. In previous times, during Taoiseach's...

Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy will be aware that the Tánaiste met with the Secretary of State yesterday to discuss a number of matters of mutual interest. I did not have the opportunity of discussing with the Prime Minister in any great detail the implications of the withdrawal of services in particular areas across the North, but I did make points about security and the importance of keeping all communities...

Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Prime Minister raised that matter. I reminded him of the expressions of interest adopted unanimously by this House. As I noted in my reply, I understand the British Government is working continuously to see how this might best be resolved. In addition, I met Mrs. Finucane in Washington and discussed the issue with her.

Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: Aontaím gur cóir go mbeadh forbairt tras-Teorann ann idir na réigiúin. Nuair a bhí mé mar cheannaire ar an Fhreasúra, bhí coiste speisialta bunaithe againn faoi chinnireacht an Teachta Seosamh Mac Aodh i Dún an nGall agus bhí cúpla cruinniú idir muid fhéin agus cuid d'oifigigh poiblíón Tuaisceart i leith ábhair faoi leith. It is important that the impact of whatever economic...

Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: I did not travel to London to raise deliberately that specific question, no more than I travelled to London to raise specifically the question of a reduction in the interest rate of the loan given by Britain, as some people seem to believe. I cannot put it more powerfully than Nuala Kerr in respect of the killing of her son on the importance of the conviction and the courage of young...

Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: I find it astonishing that Deputy Higgins would decry the right of the people of Northern Ireland to have a democratically elected Assembly, the first in very many years that has served its full term in a period where peace and stability have been brought to both communities. It is astonishing that the Deputy should decry the value of what he referred to as a "power-sharing arrangement" and...