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Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: That is why this year, in 2013, the Government has provided €5 million for the acquisition of Garda vehicles. That will be enforced as time goes on because they do need the very best of facilities, including communications technology and access to proper vehicles to enable them to do their job. The pay element of the discussions are taking place at a very critical time. I repeat...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is beneath Deputy McGrath to suggest that the Minister for Justice and Equality, who has constant contact with the Garda Commissioner, would in any way disparage the Garda force or any officer of the force.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I will not accept from Deputy McGrath a disparaging of the Garda Commissioner either, who has a hands-on involvement with the day-to-day running of the Garda Síochána.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Last year, in 2012, €4 million was provided for Garda vehicles when precious little had been provided in the years previously.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: This year we are providing a further €5 million for the acquisition of Garda vehicles. Everybody knows that we cannot expect gardaí to prevent crime with inferior vehicles that are clapped out. That is why, between last year and this year-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----€9 million has been provided for the acquisition of vehicles. I am glad to note that a number of those vehicles will be fully Internet equipped and will allow gardaí to do their job as they are required to do instead of sitting in Garda stations for two hours on a daily basis.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Obviously the Government responded and listened carefully to credit union inquiries and anxieties arising from the report into the future of credit unions. The Deputy is aware that this was a liquidation. Therefore, we were not going to have the Government going around saying it intended to liquidate IBRC and that if people had money in it, to take it out. It is important to note that...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----it is important to understand that I am not aware, as we stand here today, of the full extent of liability of any credit union or numbers of credit unions for moneys lodged in IBRC. That will emerge during the course of the next period ahead.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The liquidator is entitled to analyse what exactly is the situation in the liquidated IBRC. The Deputy is aware that there is a fund of €500 million available for the recapitalisation of credit unions if they are in trouble. The first thing we should do is to have the liquidator determine what, if any, is the extent of credit union investment in IBRC, what deposits, if any, credit...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----as the Deputy alleges, and we do not know the full extent of that, clearly-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----the fund of €500 million that is available for dealing with difficulties in regard to the credit unions may be called into play.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: You do not go around telling them that you are going to liquidate the bank, do you?

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: What the Deputy has to bear in mind is that our deficit this year is €12 billion, next year it is expected to be €9 billion, and in 2015 it is expected to be just over €5 billion. We need to move to a point where the country can start to recruit front-line workers again and where we have sorted out the public financial mess we have inherited for quite some time. The...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----are reaching a crucial stage-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----and are about the definition of where we want to be in a couple of years. The Deputy can talk about individual sectors if he wishes, but these talks are about an across the board situation where fairness is to be seen at the heart of it and where we can bring about the reductions we have set out of €1 billion by 2015 to sort out our public financial problem and allow for a...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The person who stands in front of a classroom who may not be called out at night is also a front-line server, a front-line service person, and the person who works in critical elements of a local authority or Departments of State who might never be called out at night on front-line duty, as it were, is also a front-line person. There is no question of the Government focusing particularly on...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: As Deputy Martin is aware, this is a liquidation and clearly the liquidator is now examining all of the issues that arise following the liquidation of IBRC. He is also aware that €15 billion worth of bondholders have been burned already. Normal deposits are guaranteed here. It is impossible to distinguish between guaranteed and unguaranteed. The liquidator must find out the facts...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Appointments (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 190 to 192, inclusive, together. The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) is the only State agency under the aegis of my Department. The NESC provides guidance to Government on strategic issues for Ireland’s economic and social development. Since coming into office on 9 March 2011, I have made appointments to the National Economic and Social...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: International Relations (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The opening up of Myanmar and prospects for development and investment there is an important global theme, which arose in various discussions in Davos. It is also part of the Government's ongoing consideration of international opportunities for trade and investment for Ireland. Last year's visit to Ireland by Aung San Suu Kyi was a signal of the important and positive reforms being made by...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: My Department had no expenditure on outsourced security services from 1 January 2012 to date.