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Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: We do not believe a word of what the Minister is saying.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Where is Deputy Gogarty's leader?

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Into the mid-1990s.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: God love the Minister.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Minister stated this was how the people wanted us to go.

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 536: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of complaints received by his Department in relation to the publication in 2008 by his Department of the all island grid study; when the complaints were received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22151/09]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 541: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the average cost of a wind farm here; if so, the average cost of a wind farm here; if the figure for Ireland is higher than the European Union average which according to the European Wind Energy Association is on average €1.2 million per megawatt capacity; if so, the action...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 542: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the round trip efficiency figure for the Turlough Hill, County Wicklow, generating facility used in the modelling of the all island grid study; the way this figure was calculated; if the figure is accurate in view of the fact that according to EirGrid, the round trip efficiency of Turlough Hill in 2008 was...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 677: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made to date in relation to the negotiation of the pilot programme for ABA schools; the reason a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow has been excluded from this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22617/09]

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: He must decide if he saying, by his vote, that he rejects the voice of the Irish people, given in their hundreds of thousands, against the Government last Friday? Deputies who vote with the Government are saying, "I do not respect the voice of the people given through the vote". They are saying the Government is doing a good job, which I reject. I therefore call on every Deputy to consider...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: I formally welcome Deputies George Lee and Maureen O'Sullivan to the Dáil Chamber and wish them enjoyment and success as they represent their constituents. On Friday last, Irish people voted for a fresh start. They ended the domination of Irish politics by the Taoiseach's party for the first time in many years and made the Fine Gael Party the largest party in all three sets of elections....

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Government in which I was honoured to serve under former Taoiseach John Bruton dealt with our economic circumstances in a very different way from Deputy Cowen. That Government handed the economy over to the incoming party in surplus and in good stead, and the Taoiseach has squandered that to a point where there is an unprecedented national debt, where unemployment has doubled in the past...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach stated that he listened to the concerns of the people. I note his comments from last week where he said it is important to sometimes listen to the people and to sometimes put the country first. It is critical at all times, as the Taoiseach should know, to put the people and country first. In this election campaign, the Taoiseach was shielded from the people.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: His handlers conveyed him to his party's supporters at all times. He did not appear on the streets of Ireland. He did not meet the people, as was his wont. The supporters got around and shielded him from the rawness and anger on the streets. He did not meet the people. He did not shake hands with 100 members of the public in the three weeks of the campaign he conducted around the...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: In their hearts, they know full well that the Taoiseach does not have the team, the Government or the capacity to lead the country forward. From this point of view, if the Taoiseach, as the leader of Fianna Fáil and the leader of the Government alongside the absent leader of the Green Party, believes he has the confidence of the people to go forward and deal with our nation's problems, he...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: -----going from disaster to disaster. The best way to provide stability and to grapple with our country's problems would be to let the people decide whose programme they like best, whose programme will solve the nation's problems and which party-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: -----will make decisions in the best interests of the people from the points of view of fairness and equality, the party that will not screw them to the wall in the way that Fianna Fáil has done by bankrupting the country. If the Taoiseach has that confidence and that courage to put his plan to the test, he should dissolve the Dáil and let the people give their verdict on who they want to...

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: I never mentioned the word "toilet".

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: I never mentioned the word "toilet" at all.

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Enda Kenny: The Taoiseach should keep away from the toilets.