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Financial Resolution No. 4: Excise (Vehicle Registration Tax) (7 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: I am only making the point.

Financial Resolution No. 4: Excise (Vehicle Registration Tax) (7 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: It is daft.

Financial Resolution No. 4: Excise (Vehicle Registration Tax) (7 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: Agreed.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: Are we discussing No. 16?

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: We will oppose this. According to some people, we are living in an asylum here-----

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: -----and if it gets too hot, some people should leave the kitchen. I have already made the point that we are opposed to the Bill and to the guillotine, and I object to it again.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: I note from the draft schedule for next week that it is intended to introduce the social welfare Bill at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday and to have it concluded on Thursday. Will the Tánaiste indicate at what stage of preparation is the finance Bill at the moment? Will the Tánaiste indicate to the House what date in January the Dáil will resume, at which stage the finance Bill will be taken? On...

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: Surely, the Government is aware, following instructions from the Taoiseach, of what date in January the Dáil will come back. We have firm indications of the Taoiseach's intention to call an election and to hold it in the month of February. The Green Party wants it at the end of January. I would prefer if it were now. However, the Government should be aware by now what date the Dáil is...

Tributes to Head Usher of the Houses of the Oireachtas (2 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: This is unusual. I join with the Tánaiste and other Members in wishing the two gentlemen who are retiring every good fortune in the times ahead. Liam Lynch has been a regular receiver of people at Leinster House 2000 for the past number of years. He is a craftsman in terms of his wielding of the knife in the butcher business and could teach many of us lessons in regard to cuts. This is...

Tributes to Head Usher of the Houses of the Oireachtas (2 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy was substituted.

Order of Business (2 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: This is a technical amendment that was raised by Deputy Kieran O'Donnell on 8 July regarding the relevant dates for the banking inquiry. While it is a technical amendment giving effect to that date which could not be done procedurally at the time, a raft of revelations have emerged from the banking catastrophe in the meantime that would need to be debated and investigated by this commission....

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (1 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action being taken to address the imbalance in the food chain to ensure both producers and consumers have access to fair prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45289/10]

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: On the Order of Business, perhaps the Whips might make arrangements for a short statement from and some questions to the Minister for Transport in respect of the gridlock that has been caused nationwide because of this short cold snap? As for the meetings that have taken place between the NRA, the meteorological personnel and so on, I understand the Minister and the Cabinet have only been...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: Very well. If it is not true, it is all the more reason for the Minister to appear in the House and at the least, explain to the nation what are their ministerial and governmental guidelines to the authorities in respect of Government policy in this regard. It is important to remember that all over the country, elderly people are trying to go about their little bits of business on footpaths...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: We have all heard reports of people with sprained ankles and broken legs, etc., which is a cause of great trauma to them. There is confusion in many people's minds with regard to the extent of their liability, if any, if they clean the footpaths in front of their premises or places of business.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: I am trying to be helpful, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: I know there is a clear position on this. It is important for the Government to spell out whether shopkeepers and householders who clean the footpaths in front of their premises are liable if somebody falls. It would be appropriate for the Minister for Transport to set aside half an hour for a short statement and a couple of questions.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: We might be able to do that in the interests of everybody, given that many elderly people are very concerned about the matter.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: I wish to return to a question I raised with the Taoiseach yesterday. The banking bailout strategy has been a continued failure, has cost the Irish taxpayer billions of euro and has brought our country to the edge of bankruptcy. Anglo Irish Bank has cost the taxpayer €35 billion, with a total recapitalisation of €60 billion not including the cost of NAMA. If that is included, the...

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach referred to the fact that any wind-down would be over a multi-year period. On Monday, the Governor of the Central Bank said this wind-down would take place in a matter of weeks. There is a divergence of opinion between the Taoiseach and the Governor of the Central Bank.