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Business of Dáil (20 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: It is not agreed. We have just come from the Mansion House commemorating the first sitting of the Dáil 90 years ago tomorrow. The point I tried to make there was that the fundamental aspect of that First Dáil was accountability in this Chamber — full accountability by the Government to the Parliament and through the Parliament to the people in respect of all dealings of the Government...

Business of Dáil (20 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: I said they were all allegations.

Business of Dáil (20 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: I can stand up in this House and say I have no connection — good, bad or indifferent — with any of these banks, nor do I have shares in any of them. Allegations are flying around the country about people saying——

Business of Dáil (20 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: ——they do not have to pay money back to Anglo Irish Bank but to the Government, and we know who is in charge of that. Let us deal with those issues in the House.

Business of Dáil (20 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: I hope the Minister for Finance will be forthcoming in his replies. We have set out our stall on this.

Business of Dáil (20 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: We want this bank taken over and wound up in an orderly fashion over seven years. I will ask the Minister for Finance, in the course of his contributions, to prove his point and to demonstrate that the Government sees this as a going concern. I am very unhappy, a Cheann Comhairle, with the structure of this debate. You presided in the Mansion House a short time ago over the way in which the...

Business of Dáil (20 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: This Dáil, unfortunately, is not like that. The Minister of State will have his opportunity to make a contribution on this Bill if he so pleases.

Seanad: Commemoration of the Ninetieth Anniversary of the First Dáil (20 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: Fourscore and ten years ago on 21 January the men and women of the First Dáil met here in this room. Their meeting sent out a message of independence, of courage and of hope to the peoples of the world. That message has been repeated by many leaders in many lands in the intervening decades. It will be repeated again today in another place by another young man carrying in his genetic...

Seanad: Commemoration of the Ninetieth Anniversary of the First Dáil (20 Jan 2009)

Enda Kenny: We should remember too that just a few short years after the meeting of the First Dáil our country was split by civil war, an experience that disfigured our politics for years to come. Those years of bitterness and sterility should remind us that while our politics should be tough and searching, and maybe rough at times, we should never forget the role of Parliament as a unifying force in...

Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Enda Kenny: It is not agreed. I made the point yesterday that people who are lucky enough to have a job get a week's holidays at Christmas. In his statement yesterday, the Taoiseach announced the Government would be back in business on 7 January, as would the Dáil committees. There is no reason the Dáil itself should not also meet on 7 January. Therefore, I propose that Members should reject the...

Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Enda Kenny: Had the Government any sense of connection with the raw events on the streets, where retail sales have fallen by up to 40% and people are in crisis every day of the week, it would realise this House must be seen to be working. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, to delete "27 January" and replace it with "7 January", and that we return to deal with the amendment to the...

Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Enda Kenny: It is wrong to go away until 27 January and the people will not thank the Tánaiste for it.

Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Enda Kenny: Make it a reality.

Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Enda Kenny: For the purpose of clarity, I refer to a comment made by the Tánaiste before the Ceann Comhairle called the vote. He came out of the traps very quickly and, like a good barman, he did not want to catch anybody's eye. The Tánaiste stated that, if necessary, the House could be recalled to deal with the recapitalisation issue. This will be necessary because the principal Act will have to be...

Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Enda Kenny: They are confused about what they are supposed to be doing. As today is the last day of this sitting of the Dáil, on my behalf and on behalf of the Fine Gael Party I wish the Ceann Comhairle and his staff the best for this holy season and for Christmas and the new year. I thank the staff of this House for their loyalty, courtesy and hospitality at all times to all Members. The Ceann...

Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Enda Kenny: Members of the House, this speaker included, may not like what they write on occasion but they have a professional function to perform and I thank them for carrying out their duty of reporting the news and politics as they see them. I wish Deputies on all sides of the House the very best for this season. I regret the passing of Séamus Brennan, whom I regarded as a good friend. From our...

Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Enda Kenny: I object to this Order of Business. The Government intends to make an announcement today on Building Ireland's Smart Economy. It is smart and contemptuous treatment of this House. After our calling for debates on the recapitalisation programme for the banks, agreement was reached on the holding of a short debate on the matter in the House today, yet at the same time, the Government decided...

Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Enda Kenny: ——leaving this House and Members of all parties without any information about what it intends.

Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Enda Kenny: It is a case of the Government's leaving here, wounded and discredited, trying to get over the Christmas line with the least amount of damage inflicted on it. I understand the framework to be announced today is high on vision and low on ideas. We have had report after report of Dáil reform.

Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Enda Kenny: There have been very many instances when major announcements should have been made to this House, the primary political forum in the country.