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Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: Ní cheist í sin ar chor ar bith, ach ráiteas. Thosaigh an Teachta as Gaeilge agus mar sin tabharfaidh mé an céad freagra arís dó as Gaeilge. Tá na coinníollacha léirithe ag an Aire Sláinte anseo agus é ag déileáil le Ceisteanna agus i ráitis atá curtha amach aige. Tá na coinníollacha breise a thug an...

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: This is a matter, no more than any other, that will be properly considered by the Government collectively as part of its responsibility to bring forward a budget for 2013, which budget will be challenging in all respects. The matter of disability payments to under 18 year olds is the subject of a report that has not been concluded, that has not been presented to the Minister, that has not...

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: Thug mé freagra ar sin as Gaeilge. Níl mé chun athrá a dhéanamh air.

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The first thing the Government had to do was to consider the number of banks and their dysfunctionality, and the situation with regard to lending policy and the distress people were experiencing with mortgages. The Government downsized the banks to two pillar banks, Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks, both of which are deemed to be banks for the future. Clearly the Government is not in...

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: For the information of Deputy Martin, “actively aware” means that people walk in to my office and those of every other Government Deputy and Minister to make us fully aware of the difficulties and challenges they face in respect of their mortgages. “Interacting with the banks” means that when we have occasion to engage with banks through the Economic Management...

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----and their application to issues related to mortgages and mortgage distress. This was a commercial decision by a bank which the Government considers to be a pillar bank for the future, along with Bank of Ireland, and if it continues to charge an unsustainably low rate for variable-rate mortgages the impact will be that 2.1 million taxpayers are required to subsidise the bank even further...

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----which the Government expects to return to profitability in due course so that it is a commercial bank which conducts its business in the manner one would expect with members of the public, mortgage holders and business people. The situation is not as the Deputy says. The Government is acutely aware of what is happening, but it is also important that the banks implement the series of...

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: Tá mé thar a bheith buíoch don Teachta gur fháiltigh sé roimh an ráiteas a cuireadh amach ar maidin i dtaobh na postanna nua atá le cur ar fáil ag an gcomhlucht Kerry Group, ceann des na comhluchtaí is fearr ar domhan atá ag déanamh infheistíochta de suas le €100 milliún anseo in Éireann. Beidh suas le 900 post nua...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government Implementation (9 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The current status of the commitments in the Programme for Government assigned to my Department are set out in the accompanying Table. Last March, the Tánaiste and I launched the Programme for Government Annual Progress Report 2012 setting out the Government’s work and achievements in its first year in office. There has been good progress to date. The Department of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (9 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The aim of the Blue Star programme is to foster better understanding and knowledge among primary school children of the EU and how the EU affects our lives. An invitation to tender for the role of National Coordinator for the programme was published on the eTenders Public Procurement website on 12 October 2011. Details are available here - . Five proposals were received, four from NGOs...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Economic Management Council Meetings (9 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Government has been working closely with the Irish banks to ensure that the banking sector supports economic recovery. As part of this ongoing process the members of the Economic Management Council last met with the banks on 26th June. I expect that members of the Council will meet with the banks again later in the year.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Numbers (9 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: There is currently a whole-time equivalent of 27.4 permanent staff in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) to draft legislation. Following a recruitment competition, one further staff member is scheduled to join the Office at end-October – bringing the total number of permanent staff in the OPC to 28.4. The permanent staff complement is augmented as necessary by drafters...

Address by H.E. Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament (4 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: Ar son an Rialtais agus ar son mhuintir na hÉireann, ba mhaith liom fíor fáilte a chur roimh an Úactaráin Schulz as ucht an chuairt seo ar ár bParliamint anseo i Dáil Éireann. It is an honour and a pleasure to receive President Schulz in Dáil Éireann, our national Parliament. As all in this House will be well aware, Ireland will take up the...

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: A great deal of work has been done on this. It is to give effect to that commitment for investment in Irish infrastructure for Irish jobs. I cannot give an accurate date for publication but it is receiving priority. The use of the NewERA concept and the National Pensions Reserve Fund for investment in Irish infrastructure has been the subject of a great deal of discussion.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I cannot give an accurate date for its introduction but it is moving along. It is not too far away.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: It will be next year before it is published. Deputy Healy-Rae will have the opportunity to make comments at that point. I hope the man beside him does not suffer from tinnitus from all the noise.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: This refers to the gambling control Bill. The Government approved the preparation of the heads of the Bill but it has not yet come to Government. It will be next year before it is published.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The minerals development Bill and health insurance risk (equalisation) Bill will be published this session.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The question was answered already.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The answer is that I have already made an announcement in the House for the information of Deputies, including Deputy Kelleher, that Deputy Alex White has been nominated and approved by the Government as a Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for primary care.