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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----if the Government decides to do that. We know the amount that was recapitalised, we know that we have the facility available to us to pursue following the European Council decision of June of 2012, and that is still on the table, but the new option, because of the improvement in the valuation of the banks following restructuring and recapitalisation, is also there to be pursued.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: Which of these two gives the best return for the Irish taxpayer?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: The Government will make its decision based on what is best for the taxpayer and how-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: That is being pursued at the moment, as the Deputy understands. We had some response in respect of moneys invested in Bank of Ireland. We now have PTSB being valued at approximately €2 billion, and the Minister has made it clear that he intends to have a determination on a proportionate value of a section of Allied Irish Banks to see what that might be. So, we are not in a position...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett is all right.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: I have on many occasions offered the Deputies opposite the opportunity to table a priority question each week if that is what they wish to do-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----rather than have these build up as has happened.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: As I said in my opening remarks-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----but Deputy Martin never listens, we have reported both before and after the European Council meetings, which never happened before, to allow the Deputies to raise their cases. Most of what we have dealt with here has been dealt with since December in those meetings.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: Yes, but we have another option now and the Government will make a decision in the best interests of the taxpayers. The market value of our investments has improved considerably and, in deciding how best to recover the money used to recapitalise the Irish banks, the Government is determined to pursue the course of action which will be most advantageous to the Irish taxpayer.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: The question is whether it is recapitalisation as allowed for now under ESM or the alternative route of determining the value of the banks.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: It is about making the best choice in the interests of the Irish taxpayer. I regularly discuss Ireland's economic situation with European Council counterparts and I had the opportunity at the March European Council to outline our progress to date. We have not discussed the Irish bank guarantee in recent contacts. In regard to Greece and Greek debt, I note the meeting yesterday on this....

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: The mandate of the Government was to fix the public finances and get the country back to work. Restructuring and recapitalisation of the banks were not done for their comfort but for the comfort of consumers and customers. What are parents worried about for their children? They are worried about obesity, bullying, including cyberbullying, and what is being watched on tablets or mobile...

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: These are the issues that concern parents, rightly so. All of this relates to a sense of place, community and citizenship. It is important that young people have this understanding and involvement from a very early age. It is true that most investors and people who look at Ireland from abroad comment on the calibre and quality of our young people. Everybody cannot be a PhD or a master's...

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: Some young people who leave secondary school have had a tendency to remain in receipt of unemployment assistance for many years.

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: That is why the Government introduced and has funded Solas to have a much more vigorous and appropriate involvement in training, apprenticeships and upskilling for work.

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: This is very important. That is why we have Intreo and the JobBridge and JobsPlus programmes, as well as a new focus on the long-term unemployed.

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: That is why the Department directly funds employers-----

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----which take on somebody who has been unemployed for more than 12 months to the tune of €7,500, or €10,000 for somebody who has been out of work for two years.

Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)

Enda Kenny: In that sense, the Minister of State, Deputy Damien English, is working with the new apprenticeship council to have a much more flexible method of dealing with the requirements of employers. It is easier to set up companies and there is far greater access to credit than ever before. There is a need to be more flexible. The Minister of State is working on that issue in a very committed...