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Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: ——Ireland needs Green economics like a lettuce needs slugs....". Others described the party as "jihadists". Members of the Green Party said "if the PDs pull the plug, who exactly are they going to go into Government with?" They said "the Greens wouldn't touch those opportunists with a barge pole". I suppose that is why they are cycling out to Áras an Uachtaráin as well. They also...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: Nothing illustrates the nature of this coalition more than the programme for Government. It accurately reflects the mandate, or lack of mandate, which the two Progressive Democrats got in the election. It is not exactly surprising when one considers that this time the Progressive Democrats did not attempt to negotiate a programme for Government. Consider what their predecessors did and how...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: They are like the L'Oreal independents — because they are worth it.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: Every year I go to Kerry and I cycle through the Black Valley and by Canon Sears' church, which Deputy Healy-Rae knows very well. These agreements will not compromise national security. They will not break the financial coffers of the Government. As they have been bought with taxpayers' money, they should be published.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: I know now why the Ceann Comhairle is in the Chair. After strangling the Freedom of Information Act, he could not find out himself what was in the Healy-Rae deal. Now he cannot even answer back.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: The people did not vote for the Green Party to keep Fianna Fáil in power. They did not vote for Fianna Fáil to put in the Green Party. A few of them voted for the Progressive Democrats to keep the Green Party out. That is some ringing mandate for a new Government. While Fianna Fáil's organisation on the ground can claim credit for getting its own vote out, the fact is that during the...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: On health, broadband, greening the tax code, upskilling workers, supporting single income families and preschool, Fianna Fáil offered nothing other than what they are doing now. The Taoiseach even asserted that the people should congratulate him on the state of the health services.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: There was one policy for which this Government has no mandate, namely, the construction of private hospitals on public land. The last Government did not have a mandate for it and the Green Party voted against it, but it has now been sucked into it. The Government has no mandate for what it is doing. More people in this House voted against that policy than voted for it.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: That has been rejected by the people, but the Government is now privatising the public health service by stealth and running it down when we should all be involved in making sure it becomes world class.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: I regret very much that this is the case.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: You are the man who said to me in Dingle many years ago that down here time does not matter at all.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: I want to say to the Taoiseach——

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: I want to wish the Taoiseach the best of luck with his new Cabinet. He can rest assured that he will be held to account in this House on the issues that really matter.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: I do not think they did.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: It is after the election.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: According to the rules of the House, he is able to give time.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: He should stand up and explain it now.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Harney was sent in the side entrance.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: It seems to me that significant numbers of this Cabinet are already jaded. I would like to begin by warmly congratulating those appointed to the new Cabinet. Being appointed as a Minister in Government is a privilege reserved for relatively few people and for those chosen today it is a day to celebrate. For their families and friends watching from the Gallery, their appointment or...

Nomination of Taoiseach. (14 Jun 2007)

Enda Kenny: Ba mhaith liom ar dtús mo bhuíochas agus mo chomhghairdeas a ghabháil leat, a Cheann Comhairle, as ucht a bheith tofa mar Cheann Comhairle ar an 30ú Dáil. I congratulate you on your appointment as Ceann Comhairle of the 30th Dáil. Coming as you do from Cahirciveen in the deep south, you bring with you a wonderful tradition from a county with which I have strong associations. In fact,...