Results 11,101-11,120 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is a valid contribution. Last year there was a big shift from part-time to full-time work. It is true that during the boom years, as they were called, many people involved in farming took second jobs - of whatever kind - in the construction sector. Obviously, 100,000 people who are currently on the live register were, in one way or another, involved in that sector. The Dáil...
- Order of Business (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 6, Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 20 - statements on the Guerin report (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the proceedings in respect of No. 20 shall be taken at 4.30 p.m. and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 7.30 p.m....
- Order of Business (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I am not aware of a lack of telephone or Internet connections for the Fennelly commission of investigation. If there is a problem, I will see that it is attended to.
- Order of Business (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: Yes. Whatever the sole member requires in terms of the facilities necessary to allow him to do his job will be supplied. The Cabinet committee to which the Deputy refers will not be making a final decision tomorrow. We recognise that there is a problem and we want to deal with it in a way that is understanding, humane and compassionate. As I have informed him previously, some of the...
- Order of Business (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: Perhaps he will give me some time to get matters right, particularly as I will be obliged to go back to the Cabinet sub-committee before taking the issue to the full Cabinet. The issue will then be brought back before the House. I want these matters to be dealt with humanely.
- Order of Business (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is a remark that Deputy Martin did not need to make. I will advise the House further when we make a decision.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Mary Lou McDonald. In my years here I believe I have never passed a personal comment about any Member of the House in respect of his or her ability, competence or fairness. If she wants to proceed along that line, that is her right.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: The programme for Government agreed between Fine Gael and the Labour Party has been more than 90% completed. Following the country's exit from the programme, we published a medium-term strategy which set out the path to progress for continued stability, confidence, growth and jobs. At the end of the day it is about investment, growth and jobs. Sinn Féin does not want this because it...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: We are going to fix that problem.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: There is a problem. The problem is that the process for dealing with the issue is not what I want it to be. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald should believe me - we will deal with it. I have a set of proposals for a Cabinet sub-committee tomorrow. In respect of cutbacks in the next budget, I have already set out the targets for 2015. Nobody can tell us what the exact state of the national...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy does not like to see 1,000 jobs a week being created and confidence returning to the country because all she wants to do is shout from the outside-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----and say: "I don't have responsibility; therefore, water charges should be reversed, USC should be abolished and property tax should be eliminated."
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: When the Sinn Féin finance spokesperson was asked five times the other day if he would propose to reverse the water charge legislation, the answer was in the negative. Therefore, they are fine on the other side of the House-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----but woe betide taxpayers and the businesspeople of the country the day Sinn Féin is given responsibility when it will not own up to what it is proposing - an 82% income tax rate and God knows what else to follow.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for her comments. It would be unfair to take the figures for one quarter as a guide for the year. In the past 12 months 61,000 new jobs were confirmed as having been created through the private sector. The growth rate for the year is expected to be 1.7% or 1.8%. I admit that the figures for the last quarter were not as strong as for previous quarters. However, we have...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I was informed of the seriousness of this matter, an issue new to me and the country.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy is right; I understand my responsibilities in regard to the Garda Commissioner. I do not have the authority to sack anybody.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: However, I do have a responsibility.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: I had the responsibility to see to it that the Garda Commissioner of the day was aware of what I had been apprised of and would be made aware of it.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)
Enda Kenny: My request was that the Garda Commissioner be fully apprised of the anxieties and concerns arising from the information that had been given to me.