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Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: He said the bank would be wound down in a number of weeks. I asked the Taoiseach if he agreed with the statement. In September, the Taoiseach said the upfront costs of winding down Anglo Irish Bank, to the tune of €70 billion, would not be in the interests of the taxpayer. More than two years ago, Fine Gael pointed out that Anglo Irish Bank should be wound down. Before the banking...

Dáil Reform (1 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach his proposals for Dáil reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30251/10]

Freedom of Information (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department during October 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41190/10]

Freedom of Information (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Freedom of Information Act 1997 applies to the Department of the Taoiseach in the same way that it applies to every other Department. It was introduced as a means of bringing transparency and accountability to governance. Some time ago, the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, Deputy Allen, said that although the Freedom of Information Act provides for information to be given...

Freedom of Information (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: On the general principle, obviously the Freedom of Information Act has been constrained by amendments introduced by the former Minister, Mr. McCreevy. The Freedom of Information Act was used by the Fine Gael Party to gain information about FÁS and the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and had that not been so, a lot of things might have remained covered up, as it were. As the...

Freedom of Information (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I realise I am slightly off the question but I am only following on the Taoiseach's own comment about general principles and it is something that Members of the Oireachtas should take as a matter of course.

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: In view of the comments made by the Governor of the Central Bank yesterday that he sees the wind-up or wind-down, as the case might be, of Anglo Irish Bank taking place in the very near future, does the Taoiseach consider it necessary to introduce legislation to give effect to any element of that wind-down of the bank or can this be done by financial recommendations or directions from the...

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I note the comments made by Mr. Peter Bacon, who was the original author of the NAMA concept. He made a point about public interest directors and whether they are entitled to comment on the situation in so far as NAMA is concerned. Has the Minister for Finance asked the public interest directors for their views on Mr. Bacon's comments?

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I hope the Taoiseach is not accusing me or the Fine Gael Party of introducing language such as "banjaxery" or "morbid corpses" in respect of our country. I spoke the truth when I said that the decision made last weekend has foisted upon the shoulders of every single person in the country a debt that will not be paid off for a generation or more. That is the truth of the Ireland that we live...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: However, what has happened is not what he would have preferred. Instead, the Irish taxpayer will be obliged to bail out these banks to pay off banks in Frankfurt or France.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: I heard him state this solution was not his preferred option. While he is a respected Governor of the Central Bank for me, the absence of political negotiation in this regard has resulted in the people being forced to stump up billions and billions yet again. They cannot see any jobs being created and the attendant despair and disillusionment among a huge segment of our population is the...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The fact of the matter is that political negotiations were absent from this deal. Political negotiations were left behind in Ireland. The failure to engage in political negotiations has resulted in a bad deal for our country and its people.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Last Sunday, 28 November 2010, the future of the Irish people and the sovereignty of this nation was decided on behind closed doors. The deal that was announced last Sunday is a bad deal for Ireland. It has been forced on us because the Taoiseach and his fellow Ministers ran up such debt over the last ten years. Their inept supervision of the banking system, along with their negligence and...

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: -----to prop up-----

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: Mismanagement, maladministration and misguided decisions have left the people with this problem. We are now depending on handouts from these institutions.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The bailout from the Swedish Government and the British Chancellor of the Exchequer is not what the people of this sovereign State expect from their Government

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: It is not what they expect from a sovereign Government. We now face a crippling debt that will place the Irish people in hock for the next generation.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: We face punitive tax rates because of the ineptitude of this Government.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The family silver has been sold.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: The people's money has been raided.