Results 7,361-7,380 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: I have replied to the Deputy on this question on a number of occasions. The Government does not intend to drop the establishment of Irish Water, with its capacity to borrow for investment to fix the many problems that have been associated with the water supply and wastewater throughout the country over a long period of time. The Government has a requirement. I recall the Deputy stating in...
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: As I told Deputy Martin, the Government will introduce a number of further options next week to deal with banks and distressed mortgage holders, where clearly there has been a problem for some time. The Government's priority is to ensure that the vast majority of people hold onto their homes and have the opportunity to remain in their homes by following a number of options, which will be...
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----and we will increase that to 500,000 this year, and we have reduced the USC requirement at the lower levels. Also, with regard to reducing the tax burden, the Government has started to provide that whatever flexibility people have won will go to the most vulnerable categories of citizen. The difference between water and essential services such as gas, electricity and...
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----but there are many people who say they will not pay when they can pay. That is the difference, and there will be a compliance regime to ensure that everybody is compliant.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: The legislation provides that the water cannot be cut off. It is an essential and important service for life, but clearly a contribution is necessary.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: Where it can be paid, it will be paid.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: We have dealt with the issue on a number of occasions already.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: The number of mortgage accounts in arrears, that is, all arrears from one day past due, stood at 84,717 at the end of February this year. That is a decline of more than 3,000 compared to the January 2015 figure. The total number of mortgage accounts that have been restructured stood at 106,402 at the end of February. That means people were able to sit down and discuss the distress of the...
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: I reject Deputy Martin's assertion that the Government continually takes the side of the banks.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: That is entirely false. It is beneath Deputy Martin to say that.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: Be that as it may-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: That is Deputy Martin's usual populist line. I remind Deputy Martin above all people, when he speaks of four years ago, that the mess he left behind was the cause of all of this.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: People should not be allowed to forget that. When Deputy Martin is in Carlow and Kilkenny he should tell them that his Government put €34 billion into Anglo Irish Bank.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: That money is lost and Deputy Martin was the cause of losing it.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: Part of that was responsible for the total collapse of the construction sector. That relates to the questions Deputy Cowen asked of the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, just before I came into the Chamber.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: I reject Deputy Martin's assertion that I am an advocate for the banks.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: My comments all along in respect of banks and the way they have treated people have been that it is not satisfactory, but it requires-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: -----in the 109,000 cases that were sorted out that people were able to sit across a table and work out an agreed solution to those cases where mortgage distress applied.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: I said to Deputy Martin that the Government will introduce a number of further options next week to deal with distressed cases, in particular those that are in long-term arrears, such as I have pointed out. I will not give the Deputy the details now as the Government will announce them next week.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Enda Kenny: Because I had other things to do.