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Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am glad that the committee, which was set up for a specific purpose, has agreed a report. The process is democratic and Sinn Féin is a very democratic party.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: It had other ways of dealing with the middle ground before. They are all democrats, abide by the law and understand that. The committee set up for that purpose has made its recommendation and its report. The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government will now proceed to provide legislation to deal with the recommendations that are in that report. I differ from...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy McDonald lives in a world where when the tap is turned on, somebody else has paid for it. That is what she wants.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: The whole theme of the Deputy today is not about a solution; it is about the lack of further protest available to her, because that is all she wants.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: That is all Sinn Féin wants. Its entire political system is based on outrage, cynicism and protest. In this case, our country is moving on.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I would like to have water meters in every house so that everybody could judge and make arrangements for the safe use of a precious commodity. Deputy McDonald has a different view. She wants everything for nothing. I am quite prepared to be democratic and allow the Oireachtas to deal with the legislation that the Minister will bring forward. If Deputy McDonald's attempt is at outrage...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked a very important question there. I thought she knew the answer but I am going to give it to her anyway. She asked who prevails in a democratic society. The answer is the majority. That is what democracy is about.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: The issues are talked out and a decision is made. A decision was made by an Oireachtas committee set up for the purpose of examining the expert review that had made its recommendations and-----

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----it has agreed a report. The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government now has the responsibility to table legislation to give effect to that report. That is the process that is under way. That is called democracy and that is democracy in action. Despite Deputy McDonald's protests, cynicism, false outrage-----

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----despite the fact that she wants everything for nothing and wants to pay for nothing-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is well aware of the scale of the challenge in building the houses that were not built following the total collapse of the construction sector some years ago.

Leaders' Questions (12 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: There are children who have challenges and particular difficulties from different parts of the country. Every local authority has at its disposal finance and services to provide in the best way possible for those children, and there are some with very particular difficulties, as the Deputy is well aware. The Government has made the decision to provide €5.3 billion to deliver social...

Leaders' Questions (12 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is part of the challenge we face as a society and as a Government in delivering and providing services for people in a various categories who have real problems in this regard. I have been down to visit Brother Kevin at the centre on a number of occasions. He is an extraordinary man and he has been doing this work for years. Obviously, the numbers who turn up at his centre speak for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I do not agree at all with this. Gibraltar does not have an internationally legally binding agreement. What happens to the status of Gibraltar is a matter between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Spain. That is a bilateral matter. Gibraltar joined the European Union when Britain joined the European Union. We already know about - it is referred to in the documents from Prime...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: The nature of that agreement will decide the nature of the relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom. Britain wants to have as close a relationship as possible with us. We support that because that would suit us.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: It is the methodology they are considering in regard to how one might arrive at what the charge would be in respect of participation in the European Union and contracted payments going forward when Britain decides to leave. I have seen the comments from the British Government in respect of the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights. They are issues that have not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I will explain it. There have been over 400 meetings held-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: What Deputy Burton seems to want here is that we would just employ numbers. I am giving her the first output, which is the triggering of Article 50 and the letter from the British Prime Minister. That reflects all the priorities we have, as a country. It is embellished by the British Government saying it does not want to do anything to harm Ireland. It talks about no return to a hard...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: One can have big numbers but the outcome here is the first tranche of what we know we need, which is that our priorities are reflected in these documents.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Gibraltar is in there and, obviously, there is a reference to Cyprus. Every Prime Minister and every government knows that we have a single peace process and that there is a unique situation here. They know we are not going back to the Border of the past and they understand what the Good Friday Agreement is about. As Deputy Burton well knows, that does not happen just by assuming people...