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Order of Business (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yes, GPs are entitled to continue a card for a period-----

Order of Business (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----while these matters are dealt with. I am aware they are publishing them.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has been involved in the financial sector for many years and has very clear and strong views on this issue. I had an opportunity to give a report from an Irish context on the difficulties we faced. I referred to the fact that there were no tools available when this difficulty struck Ireland and emphasised the requirement to follow through on decisions made by the European Council...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: There was regret and sadness across the House at the news of the passing of Peadar Clohessy, a sadness which echoed the great sense of loss among the communities of Limerick East and the people and families Peadar had served with his characteristic diligence and integrity. He was an exceptionally kind and compassionate man. In his distinguished career as a public servant he took his...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett knows all the answers all the time and never has to make a decision about anything.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: God forbid, if Deputy Boyd Barrett had three weeks over here, he would have the country wrecked.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: No, we have had to pull it back from the economic Cliffs of Moher.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: He could be a very good junior Minister. He put down a number of questions here. He wanted to discuss unemployment and growth, banking and sovereign debt and trade and services. He asked if I held private meetings with counterparts at the Davos World Economic Forum, whether I had any discussion on Ireland's housing and property sector there and whether I had any discussion on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: Absolutely. Banks were completely out of kilter with reality and they and all of this created the economic catastrophe for us. However, I am glad to say we are moving through that. There was no discussion with any of the people to whom I spoke about housing in Dublin. In response to the question on child poverty and child neglect, I agree child neglect is an abuse to children's...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: The question here is on the attendance at Davos on the last occasion. Perhaps I did not phrase myself as clearly as I could have. What I was trying to do was point out the situation where our country went over the edge economically. I heard the reports from the son of the late Tom Gilmartin who spoke the other night about his family's experience of what happened and the culture that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: A previous incumbent of the chair in which I am sitting made a remark for which he had to apologise to the effect that if people thought the housing boom was going to end, they should commit suicide. Deputy Adams mentioned two things that are fundamental to Irishness, emigration and partition. He rightly states that this has an impact on our psychology and the kind of people we are. He...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am sorry; gabh mo leithscéal.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is not that they do not understand; some of them understand very well what is happening on the ground. If for some reason they do not, they can understand it clearly from politicians.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: Some of them are significant employers in Ireland. For instance, I visited Intel recently with the Tánaiste and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. It spent €5 billion in employing 5,000 construction workers for the last two and a half years in preparing its fabrication plant. It understands very well what is happening on the ground, as do the workers.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: When senior personnel from such companies attend these occasions and engage with me or the Minister for Finance, they understand very well what is happening on the ground.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: However, we need more of this, in the sense of Irish small businesses being able to supply quality niche products or services. That is where we have a filtering throughout the country of the real value for the economy in jobs and growth, which is what it should be about.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: I will have to come back to the Deputy on that question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin got through a long list of questions there. I have seen many Taoiseach's questions sessions over the years and they used to be worse. When they were held on a Tuesday and a Wednesday, repetition was frequent because the range of questions applicable to the Taoiseach of the day is not as broad as to other Ministers. Deputy Martin has strayed into a whole load of detail here...

Leaders' Questions (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: There is a combination of things involved. The Deputy refers to returning to large-scale building. There are processes to be followed in that regard in terms of planning permission, site acquisition, site preparation and demolitions, in some cases. As the Minister of State pointed out this morning, for the first time in quite a number of years there has been a return to direct build in the...