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Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: It is very urgent.

Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: We had explosive legislation today.

Expenditure Control and Economic Strategy: Statements (3 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: I am conscious that as we rise to speak on this motion we expect Exchequer figures to be published shortly which will not bring good news for the Government or for our people. Tomorrow, we expect unemployment figures to be the worst ever and we also expect a probable downgrading of the financial standing of this country internationally. As Leader of the Opposition, part of my job is to...

Expenditure Control and Economic Strategy: Statements (3 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: Yes, and for the past two months everyone in the Government wanted the cloak of social partnership wrapped around him or her. At every public meeting, members of the Government stated that social partnership is the way forward. Last night, the Government's philosophy was tried and tested and obviously it did not bring the results the Government wanted. As a result of two months of wasted...

Expenditure Control and Economic Strategy: Statements (3 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: The public coffers have been emptied, the developers and the banks are bust, and trade unions have little to offer. The game is up, the Taoiseach's strategy has failed and his network of power and patronage is disintegrating around him. Now, we expect, public servants, small businesses and PAYE workers will be asked to bear serious pain to help solve problems created by catastrophic...

Expenditure Control and Economic Strategy: Statements (3 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: Where is the strategy to clear out from our financial and regulatory systems the people who have so damaged trust in our banks? Without trust one cannot have confidence and if one does not have confidence our economy cannot develop and prosper. We require a strategy to end the practice of Ministers and Taoisigh appointing friends to State boards and we must open up the appointments to...

Expenditure Control and Economic Strategy: Statements (3 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: ——let me again offer support to the Taoiseach, the head of the Government pro tempore. I do so in the sense that if he is prepared to listen to the proposals that this party forwards in terms of tax, job creation, public service reform and cutting the public pay bill, it will not be found wanting. The direction, method and implementation of the Taoiseach's plan has been seen to be a...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: Will the Taoiseach outline the details of the €1.4 billion saving in the public service pay bill to be achieved through the new pension-related payment to be made by all public servants? Can he spell out the grading involved and the percentages that will apply and what they will mean for a person earning €50,000, €60,000, €70,000 and above?

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: By how much will these proposals reduce public borrowing, in the knowledge that they do not apply for a full year and that they themselves will depress tax revenues? How will the pension levy interact with the pension terms of some public workers whose pensions are co-ordinated with social welfare pensions? There is a link between some periodic workers who work in the public service and...

Allocation of Time: Motion (3 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: No. What has happened here is indicative of the indecisiveness of the Government. In view of this, I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Standing Orders" and substitute the following: "That questions to the Taoiseach be set aside; that questions for the Department of Social and Family Affairs be brought forward immediately; that statements on the economy by the Taoiseach and...

Regulatory Reform. (3 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the recommendation of the OECD report on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46586/08]

Regulatory Reform. (3 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: I am sure the Taoiseach is aware of the business environment that has existed for some time. Does the Taoiseach accept we are not as competitive as we should be in the context of business being able to do business, and that the proliferation of red tape is an impediment to doing business efficiently? Has the Government carried out any baseline assessment of the extent of the hindrance...

Regulatory Reform. (3 Feb 2009)

Enda Kenny: I agree that this is one of the easier countries in which to set up business. However, it is the cost of doing the business afterwards that causes the problem. I will give two examples. A person employing eight people in a small industry in, for example, County Offaly, County Laois or wherever else, has to spend a half a day per week dealing with paperwork to do with regulations of one...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (28 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 138: To ask the Taoiseach the cost, in tabular format, including salary and pension payments, of each of the programme managers, special advisers, assistants or other staff appointed by him in 2007 post-election and 2008; the names, titles and duties of each of the staff appointed during these periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2618/09]

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (28 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost, in tabular format, including salary and pension payments, of each of the programme managers, special advisers, assistants or other staff appointed by her in 2007 post-election and 2008; the names, titles and duties of each of the staff appointed during these periods; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (28 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost, in tabular format, including salary and pension payments, of each of the programme managers, special advisers, assistants or other staff appointed by him in 2007 post election and 2008; the names, titles and duties of each of the staff appointed during these periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2613/09]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (28 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings he held with financial institutions or other relevant personnel prior to the decision to issue a guarantee scheme to banks; the dates of such meetings; the institutions or personnel whom he met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2766/09]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (28 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings he held with financial institutions or other relevant personnel prior to the decision to introduce a recapitalisation programme for banks and financial institutions; the dates of such meetings; the institutions or personnel whom he met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2768/09]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (28 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings he held with financial institutions or other relevant personnel prior to the decision to nationalise Anglo Irish Bank; the dates of such meetings; the institutions or personnel with whom he met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2770/09]

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (28 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost, in tabular format, including salary and pension payments, of each of the programme managers, special advisers, assistants or other staff appointed by her in 2007 post election and 2008; the names, titles and duties of each of the staff appointed during these periods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2615/09]