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- Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill is on Committee Stage, if this is the Bill referred to by the Deputy.
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill is on Committee Stage at the moment.
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: I do not have an answer to the Deputy's question.
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: The finance Bill will be published in the new year. Obviously, the best attempts are always made to proof all budgets on all fronts, although it is never possible to do these things perhaps as one might like.
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: As I said during Leaders' Questions, this budget will be presented as an opportunity to move the country further towards retrieval of our economic sovereignty and independence and create opportunities for investment and job opportunities and creation.
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: We are very conscious of those who are vulnerable.
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: I note the opposition of Deputy Martin and Deputy Adams to the proposal. These matters will be referred to the committee on Tuesday and everyone will have the opportunity to talk about them there. The budget is tomorrow and there will be follow on debate with that on Thursday. Other matters are already laid out. The proposition here is to refer this to the Select Sub-Committee on Health...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: It was symbolic that the leaders of different parties and representatives from Northern Ireland attended the launch of the Constitutional Convention in the great hall of Dublin Castle. I apologise for not giving a full answer to Deputy Martin. Any proposal that comes from the convention, be it about same-sex marriage or whatever, will be responded to by the Government within a four month...
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 11, motion re leave to introduce Supplementary Estimates - Votes 25, 37 and 39; No. 12, motion re referral of Supplementary Estimates - Votes 25, 37 and 39 - to select sub-committee; No. 17, statements on the report of the expert group on the judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland case, to adjourn after the opening statements if not previously concluded; and No. 18,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11 to 20, inclusive, together. As I announced in the House on 24 October, the Government appointed Mr. Tom Arnold as independent chairperson of the constitutional convention. Deputies will agree that Mr. Arnold's personal commitment, qualities and experience make him an ideal choice to lead the convention. Mr. Arnold paid a courtesy call on the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: I have discussed the matter with Deputy Martin before. The convention is set up and is independent in how it does its job. We set out a number of issues on the agenda and asked it to consider, in the first instance, two simple issues that require a "Yes" or "No", although one issue may require a constitutional bridge if it was to make such a recommendation. I wanted that to happen so that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: As I understand it, the convention will report directly to the Houses of the Oireachtas but the Government will give its response because it must set out whether it will prepare for a referendum, including preparing Bills. I do not have any difficulty with this and there is no reason the Oireachtas cannot have a discussion on the recommendations that arise. If the chairman and the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: If the chairman and the convention decide that is the next issue to deal with, it is the right of the convention to do so. The convention can make a recommendation and we will respond to it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: I do not want to go down the road of having the convention hear endlessly from different lobby groups. We had this in the Forum on Europe, with an endless stream of them. It is an important sector with a particular issue but if the chairman wishes to do so, he is entitled to take into account the requirement for hearings from various groups. That is the business of the convention and it is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Diplomatic Representation (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Adams. I do not believe I would have any influence over the agenda as it is one drawn up by the G8 but if and when an invitation comes, I would be very happy to follow through on that. The crisis between Israel and Palestine has been raised here on umpteen occasions. I am aware the Deputy has been out there, as has Deputy Martin, and I have been there also. It is a very...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Diplomatic Representation (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: There is no question that the Deputy's comments are about issues that are very important. I do not have any control over the schedule of the American President. I assume the President's schedule is among matters that are sorted out by the G8. When I spoke to him I told him that I hope he can come to Ireland again. As I said, I have no idea of his schedule but on the question of the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Diplomatic Representation (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: That Bill has fallen. There is a new Administration in place. It is a matter for Senator McCain, Senator Schumer, Senator Brown or any of them to raise the matter again and we will be happy to work with them. We are not the only country with an immigrant problem in the United States. We are not the only country on which there is a requirement for visa regimes. President Obama, in the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Diplomatic Representation (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: The G8 summit takes place in Lough Erne in County Fermanagh. I have no idea whether President Obama will be attending and, if so, what his schedule might be. As I said to Deputy Keating, I did suggest to the President that he would visit the country if he could do so during his next Administration. I have no intention of using a potential visit of the American President to facilitate...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Diplomatic Representation (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----of particular sectors of societies that have problems. Clearly, there are other fora and opportunities for those matters to be discussed. As the Deputy is aware, the Irish representative voted in favour of UN observer status for Palestine. That has been this country’s position for a long time. Corporate tax rates are a matter for the Government. We have been clear about that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Diplomatic Representation (4 Dec 2012)
Enda Kenny: That is our business. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, has been examining tax piracy and the double-Irish syndrome, as it is called, in respect of clearing up any perceptions that this country is a tax haven. I raised the point with the President last year when he visited. It is important that everyone understands that this country is not a tax haven for companies which might wish...