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- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Pringle should note that we have signed on for a programme under a memorandum of understanding, which we have renegotiated. We are adhering to it. The troika's next visit is due. We have had seven assessments of our country's performance and they have all been positive. They are challenging and I commend the people on understanding that there are challenging times ahead but that...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I look forward to Deputy Pringle's contributions. He is in a position to lead by example. If he paid his charge the level of service provided by local authorities would be all the better. When he goes around the housing estates in Killybegs and out through Ardara and wherever else he holds his clinics, he can say to people that the reason the local authority is unable to provide all the...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The position is that the IMF publishes its report on a regular basis. This is a global report and it refers to many countries, one of which is Ireland. The report pointed out that Ireland is making steady progress in challenging times. We are in a programme, as Deputy Pringle is well aware, funded by the IMF, the Commission and the European Central Bank. We have had assessments of that...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: It is necessary that we continue to do so to restore our economic sovereignty and to have growth again in our economy. I hope we can get a conclusion to the decision of 29 June in respect of the bank debt and sustainability and that we can retrieve a decision in respect of the promissory note and the wreckage left behind by the previous Administration.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Anyway, no one is going to walk in and write a cheque for €11 billion for us. We have to rectify that problem ourselves. That is a challenge for the Government and it will not be easy. I look forward to Deputy Pringle's contribution when the economic debate takes place. Let us see what he has to say and how he can back it up.
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. a13, motion re membership of committees; No. 4, Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 16, statements on philanthropy and the arts (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. a13 shall be decided without debate. Private Members' business shall be No. 63, motion re agriculture (resumed), to conclude at...
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I am glad Deputy Martin has been on the doorsteps. Let me confirm that the Government has not considered the question of child benefit. The Government has not considered the question of disability benefit. The Government has not considered the question of property taxes.
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: That is in the newspaper. I am telling Deputy Martin what is the story. Ministers have not discussed-----
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Let me give it here to Deputy Martin.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: It is an example of real decisions for effective control of the budget and the real effective treatment of patients. That is evidenced by a higher throughput and more effective delivery of service for everyone. As I said to Deputy Martin, it is not a case of a continuous stream of disillusionment and despair that was put up with for too long.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: What is happening is a generational reform of the health service. It is challenging. When this is completed, we will have a service which the people's money will be channelled through to ensure the effective delivery of health care for all patients. That is what everyone wants.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I have just given Deputy Adams examples, as outlined by the director of financial services at Tallaght hospital this morning, of the changes made there to deal with a serious overrun and the decisions taken by the board and personnel to deliver a far more effective service for patients, the central focus of this process. I do not know if Deputy Adams still holds to his proposition to tell...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: We have to reform the structure of the way our health service is delivered for all our people. The Government has set out-----
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: At the end of this Government’s period in office, we will have set out the determination for universal health insurance, a health service where money follows the patient and health care is given on the basis of medical need as distinct from a person’s income. This will not be easy. The measures which have been brought about by the Labour Relations Commission in changes to...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The structure that used to be there did not work in the past. It will not work unless it is changed. That is what this Government is about here. On the broader front, the Minister for Finance is working to implement the European Council decision of 29 June in respect of the benefit for this country and others of the break between sovereign and bank debt.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: He is also working on negotiations with the ECB dealing with the wreckage left behind following the promissory note given by the previous Administration.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: That was a good Second Stage speech. I hope that following his last intervention in the Chamber that he has paid his household charge in Donegal.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: As Deputy Pringle pointed out then, those who can pay more should pay. I expect him to confirm his contribution to providing services for the people in his native county.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: We had a discussion on that yesterday with the People Before Profit and I am glad Deputy Boyd Barrett has quietened them.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The IMF report is a global report and points out one of the few bright spots in global performance has been that of Ireland. Our growth rate was 1.4% and it is expected to go beyond that next year. Clearly there are challenging economic circumstances internationally in terms of the superpowers of the United States and China and many other countries and we are well aware of it. For the...