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- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----in the interest of the European Investment Bank in our plight and in the stimulus package which was announced and which is now under way in many schools throughout the country.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: These developments arise on foot of decisions taken by the Government to improve the disastrous situation in which it found the country when it came into office.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Economic Management Council met the banks on a number of occasions-----
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and mortgages, lending and access to credit were central issues in the discussions that took place.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Finance also met the chief executives of the banks this month to discuss this very issue. As Deputy Pearse Doherty is aware, we put through the Houses a most complicated item of legislation to deal with personal insolvency. The agency established under that legislation will take up office and begin working with people in the very near future.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: This is a further incentive for the banks and their trained personnel to get down to business, make decisions and arrive at conclusions in respect of the many mortgages that are in distress. This matter is coming to a head because the Government made the decisions to which I refer and forced the banks into a position in which they are obliged to have personnel in place to deal with clients...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: This is an issue that must be addressed. No child in this country should be hungry. I have visited schools and spoken to principals and I am aware that a child is unable to concentrate, study or learn properly if he or she is hungry. A couple of years ago, the principal of a school located not too far from these Houses took the unorthodox decision to involve the parents from surrounding...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: Some €37 million will be spent on the school meals programme this year. A total of 192,000 children will receive meals under the programme. A further €2 million has been allocated in respect of the programme, which is an important consideration. However, I have been visited by parents who have made me aware that some of the wholesome sandwiches and meals delivered to certain...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----we must educate parents in respect of better methods of cooking. We must also seek to discover whether major food brands might become involved.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: In addition, we must consider an extension of the breakfast club scheme. As already stated, however, it is not in the best interests of children that some of the food that is provided each day is being dumped.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy is aware that guidance provision is now managed from schools within their standard teacher allocation rather than separately, as had been the case. Schools continue to make provision for guidance and counselling and such decisions are made by principals in the best interest of their students. They know them, their environment and their interests and will have the best regard to...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I read the story in today's newspaper about the couple aged 82 and 85 years. From its different chapters throughout the country I am well aware of the work of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which does an enormously important job in difficult circumstances. It is true that in these straitened economic times more people have turned to the society; the figures do not lie. However, Deputy...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: This is not a matter for any individual teacher in any school.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Minister devolved greater responsibility to each school in respect of career guidance and the opportunities for schools to restructure their teaching staff. The report to which the Deputy refers is very welcome. I hope that its guidelines will be implemented. It is part of an overall approach to dealing with this problem which causes a great deal of stress for young people and which...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and the whole school community is involved in this depending on the numbers involved, or the individuals who might be vulnerable. The Minister is also confident that the guidelines will assist schools in providing the guidance and support that is needed. It is a matter of great concern and interest to everybody. The Minister has tried, given the constraints on him, to have a whole...
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a date for that but I will send the Deputy a note on the current position.
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I am unsure of the details discussed at the meeting last night, but the Deputy has raised the matter with me as he said he would - as has the Minister, Deputy Bruton - and has completed his commitment to the group. Seriously, the Government is concerned about every job and is interested in the opportunity to create as many jobs as possible. The views expressed at the meeting will be taken...
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not know who owns the boat. This is the first I have heard of it.
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not know the situation that has arisen whereby the men are being kept in Tralee. Clearly, if they are due legitimate wages, they should be paid. I am unsure of the situation with regard to deportation, but I will ensure there is some communication with Deputy Ferris in this regard.
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2013)
Enda Kenny: The heads of the Bill were approved in July last year, but it has not come back from Government for approval yet. I assume that work is being undertaken. Clearly there is an issue arising with regard to the type of case that Deputy Butler mentioned.