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Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am disappointed that this dispute has arisen.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Of course I know the Deputy supports jobs. I just thought it conveniently absent from her contribution that she never mentioned the fact that we have more than 2 million people working in the country now.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: That is the point I am making. Perhaps the Deputy genuinely forgot about it.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I will allow her that. The board of the IDA considered this ConnectIreland scheme last November 2016. I am a big supporter of ConnectIreland. One of the reasons it was extended for a further 12 months was to allow for this very matter to be dealt with. I am disappointed that it has not been dealt with. I want to assure Deputy Murphy, that if the contract were to be extended, we would be...

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am not suggesting that the Minister and the Department in their review of this will agree that there should not be some continuation of a scheme like ConnectIreland. It has brought a verifiable number of jobs to dispersed regions of the country, jobs that are very valuable in those regions. I was always a strong supporter of this, with the ambassadors, but it seems to have run into...

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I think it is in order, and right and proper, to consider all of the issues to be taken into account by the Minister's review.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I cannot comment on the legal case.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The jobs are verifiable one way or the other. I am very glad that people are working.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: They add to the overall number, whether it be 500 or 1,000, that is claimed by ConnectIreland versus the IDA.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The IDA is a world standard agency for bringing investment into the country.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: It is disappointing that it has ended up in this fashion.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Obviously the court case will make its way.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: This is not so much about legislation as about activity that is taking place. Today on Bloomberg's "Brexit Bulletin" Dublin is ranked first in respect of 15 cities analysed for conditions for transfer of jobs. I note the comments from some senior chief executives of very big financial houses saying they are going to move. They are not all saying that they are going to come to Dublin but I...

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The outline the Deputy has given is not in accordance with what one would expect from the very best standards here. The number of special classes have doubled from 548 in 2011 to 1,153 across the country now, of which 889 are special autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, classes. The number of special classes at post-primary level has doubled in the past three years and continues to rise...

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: As I said, we are spending €1.6 billion at the moment and the number of classes has doubled to almost 900.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy should be clear on this point. The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, has set out the figures. The number of resource teachers has gone up by 41% from 5,200 to 7,500. Since 2011, the number of special needs assistants has increased by over 22% from 10,500 to 13,115. Since the previous Fine Gael-led Government took office in 2011, and despite an adverse economic...

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am quite sure the Deputy welcomes the improvement in the numbers of people working in the country.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Unemployment has fallen from 15.2% to 6.6% with over 2 million plus people now working in Ireland, spread throughout the regions in every sector. I was recently accused in Cork of being responsible for clogging up the roads with people going to work which is, I suppose, a challenge of success. I was interested in this initially because this was borne out of an initiative that came from the...

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I did.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is certainly in the top league of Deputies in putting forward the problems that we have. I have never heard the Deputy give one solution or potential solution-----