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Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: There is a solution to everybody's individual problems. They are not all the same. Circumstances of geography, family, debt and property with debts are all different. There is a solution to all of them, but working out the solution requires borrowers and lenders to sit down together.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The suite of opportunities that is now laid out can result in many more people arriving at a solution. There are people who do not want to engage with lenders in the first place. That only makes the situation worse because if a solution is to be found, it will take two to work it out. The task before the Government and the facilities available to the Government, the Central Bank and the...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I agree that it is a journey everybody is on. I also agree that this is an opportunity to take another step forward. It might be a very good idea if everybody could get together and say Dr. Haass made genuine attempts to move the process forward and ask could we not come to agreements on a range of issues about the past, parades and flags. As I have said before to the Deputy, when one...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The responsibility is shared between governments and peoples. I again refer to what former President Clinton said in Derry: “I came here 20 years ago. I am back again. Finish the job.” The job can only be finished by the politicians, the elected leaders of the people across the spectrum, and this requires understanding, tolerance, compromise and a capacity to say, "I might...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: No, I am not happy that people are still in mortgage distress because of the catastrophic economic situation and I will not be happy until everybody has received a workable and practical offer that is not just related to interest-only repayments. The total number of permanent restructures, those that work in a sustainable way, has increased to approximately 54,000 accounts. Term extensions...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: What was the third?

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The question is one for Rehab to answer, whether it has paid any individual to carry out lobbying or whatever else. I have already stated that I meet many people, although I do not know if they are paid by organisations.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I agree that is why we need lobbyist legislation, and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will introduce that in order to bring about transparency and accountability. I do not believe charitable organisations should pay personnel to lobby Ministers or anybody else if they operate on such a charitable basis. I do not have any information about that. The Government is very open to...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I do, and I do not underestimate the importance of the significance - symbolically or practically - of the first State visit by an Irish President to Britain since the foundation of the State. President Higgins will fulfil his duties admirably and set out in his own unique fashion the range of historical, academic, educational, social and cultural connections between the people on the...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I have no information on any dealings Rehab Group had with any individual. My only engagements with the man the Deputy mentioned have been purely political in terms of elections and constituencies. That is why we are introducing legislation on freedom of information, whistleblowers and lobbyists. It is only right and proper that there be full accountability and transparency about these...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of employment and unemployment in the State and the data also provides information on persons Neither in Employment nor in Education and Training (NEET). The Q4 2013 estimates are the most recent QNHS figures available. Table 1 shows the number of persons aged 16-25 who are classified as being Neither in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: My Department, or bodies under the aegis of my Department, do not operate a merchant agreement for payment of services by debit or credit cards.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government Implementation (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 46 and 47 together. The Programme for Government outlines an ambitious agenda for Oireachtas Reform to be introduced in a phased process over the lifetime of this Government. The reforms introduced by this Government, to date, have significantly enhanced the role of the TD. No parliament is perfect and the process of parliamentary reform is always an ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Motor Tax Exemptions (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 48 and 49 together. My Department, or agencies of my Department, have no motor vehicles.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Costais Aistriúcháin (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: Tá na sonraí a d'iarr an Teachta Dála, maidir le costaisí aistriúcháin i mo Roinn sa bhliain 2013 leagtha amach sa table thíos. Ábhar Costaisí Aistriúchán Gaeilge €33,866.34 Aistriúchain - eile €7,989.97 Ateangaireacht €7,104.65 Iomlán €48,960.96

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legal Matters (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 51 and 52 together. I am informed that the number of judicial review cases in respect of which files were opened by the Office of the Chief State Solicitor is as follows: Year Number of judicial review cases 2010 389 2011 275 2012 276 2013 303 2014 to 3rd April 2014 47 The CSSO is a constituent element of the Attorney General’s Office and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legal Matters (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am informed by the Chief State Solicitor's Office that the solicitors in the Office of the Chief State Solicitor are guided by the Law Society of Ireland’s Guide to Good Professional Conduct for Solicitors, Third Edition, prepared by the Guidance and Ethics Committee of the Law Society. The Chief State Solicitor does not prepare offence-specific ethical guidance codes.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legal Matters (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am informed by the Chief State Solicitor's Office that this question appears to relate to the proceedings entitled “Student Transport Scheme Ltd –v- Minister for Education and Skills and Bus Eireann” which bears High Court Record No. 2011/1043JR and Supreme Court Appeal No. 527/2012. Student Transport Scheme Limited is the Appellant. Its case was rejected by the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Reform Programme (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 55 and 56 together. Stakeholder engagement is regarded as an important part or the National Reform Programme (NRP) process. In late February, officials in my Department wrote to a number of organisations representative of civil society and regional bodies, requesting submissions in advance of the preparation of the NRP 2014. Subsequently the Minister of State...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Issues (8 Apr 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Blue Star programme is part of the Government’s Communicating Europe Initiative. The aim of the programme is to foster better understanding and knowledge among primary school children of the European Union and how the EU affects our lives. The invitation to tender for the role of National Coordinator for the Blue Star programme was published on the eTenders Public Procurement...