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- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is why, in consideration of whatever limited capital is available for this area, priority will be given to the elderly and the disabled in the forthcoming budget.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister of State with responsibility for housing has already made this point very clearly. I cannot deal with the specifics of what will be allocated, but within these constraints the Minister of State with responsibility for housing has already referred to the priorities that will be dealt with.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Order of Business is No. 18, Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Order for Report and Report and Final Stages; and No. 3, Freedom of Information Bill 2013 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. Private Members' business shall be No. 36, Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013 – Second Stage, resumed to conclude at 9 p.m. if not previously concluded.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: The first point raised by Deputy Martin is important. It should be remembered that the issue referred to this morning by Dublin City Council is important. We should all understand that whatever mistake was made, nobody who is entitled to vote will be denied a vote. As has always applied, a person whose name is on the register of electors is entitled to vote whether he or she receives a...
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: The important issue arising from the Deputy's question is that the Government intends to do something about scandal of the symphysiotomy situation. I expect the report will be published, but I will not say when.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: We need to have the sequence of events so it can be dealt with in a proper fashion. For this reason, my understanding is that a judge will be appointed to examine the question of how best to proceed. It is not a case of not wanting to publish the report; it is a case of having the sequence right when it is published. I will provide the Deputy with further information on it. The working...
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: I will have the Minister for Finance respond to the question. I do not have the details in front of me.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: The noise nuisance Bill will be next year. As Deputy Nulty is aware, the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform were able to bring about the restoration of the minimum wage through their negotiations with the troika when they began discussions with them in the first instance. This was an important move for people removed from it.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: Yes, the Economic Management Council is meeting today and now that I have an opportunity, I refute the myth and the allegations surrounding the council that it is some sort of quartet that makes all decisions for the Government.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: That is nothing other than a myth being used by people who want to put forward the proposition that there is some sort of autocratic, dictatorial body. The Constitution which I defend -----
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: ----- means that the Government has collective responsibility for budgets and that it is accountable to this House.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: It is not accountable to the EMC, a facility to streamline measures for consideration and decision by the Government. The Cabinet has collective responsibility and meets in full.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Gerry Adams asked what was different. That is a legitimate question, but sometimes Members do not want to hear the answer. What is different is that we are not blocked out of the international markets. Our integrity is not in shreds; our reputation has been restored; interest rates on international markets are not 15%; we have dealt with the promissory note, got interest rate...
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for his comments and questions. Clearly, there is an increase in the number of applicants for adequate and proper housing, many of whom are on local authority lists. NAMA has offered 4,000 houses, of which, I think, 2,000 have been taken up by local authorities.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: Significant numbers of families are living in very small apartments, which is causing frustration and concern for many. I met the Construction Industry Federation the other day and I am aware that there are quite a number of good contractors and developers who have never been in NAMA and are not in the league of those deemed to be rogue builders or cowboys. The people concerned want to see...
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: A member of that Government was the first to admit, from this seat, that the Government needed no more taxes and that we had enough stamp duty to run the country, and started a housing crisis.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: The figures I have given are the authentic figures from the Governor of the Central Bank. If Deputy Martin wants to say the Governor is not telling us the facts, he should say so.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: Some 80,000 mortgages have been restructured, with 24,000 new restructures in the last quarter. The Central Bank has indicated that 76.5% of those restructures were deemed to meet the terms of sustainable and restructured arrangements. That fact is verified by the Central Bank.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Central Bank is to audit the figures submitted by the banks to the Central Bank as their regulator. We will know the true facts when it does that.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)
Enda Kenny: It takes a long time to uncover the dark depths of what Deputy Martin's Government left behind here.