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Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----in addition to the €17 billion capital fund which has been set aside by the Government over the period of this plan for investment in infrastructure and in much needed facilities, such as the national children's hospital, school buildings that need to be replaced, and primary health care facilities that need to be provided for people. The programme is over five years and will not be...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure what the Deputy's question is. He certainly likes listening to himself. This is a free country and a free society. When the Deputy speaks of glib comments and smart remarks, I understand what can happen in times of challenge when people are under stress. I was the victim of several comments, probably from some of the Deputy's own acquaintances, which are not repeatable in...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: What the Government wants to do for every person, whether employed or unemployed, is to provide the greatest possible opportunity for them to live their lives as they see fit and in their best interests. I share the view of every Deputy regarding people who lose their employment or whose firms fold. That is no shame on anyone. Companies are formed and go out of business on a regular basis,...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is why we need the confidence and strength of the decision of the people on 31 May to send out the message that this is working. Deputy Boyd Barrett is aware, whether he likes it or not, that public finances have been stabilised, growth has returned to the Irish economy in small measure for the first time in a long time, the independent analyses of growth projections for this year and...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin will appreciate the unprecedented scale of the challenge that faced the Government when it took office. The uncertainty surrounding our corporate tax rate was a cause of a great deal of anxiety for would be investors. It took some time to rectify that. As I said to Deputy Martin on a previous occasion, the Tánaiste recalled every ambassador and consul to explain the nature...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept Deputy Martin's premise that significant change is not being carried through in the health area. The Minister, Deputy Reilly, has introduced the special delivery unit which Deputy Martin is well aware is making a considerable impact in respect of waiting lists and entry to hospital. The Deputy is also aware of the fact that even quite recently the comments on health...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: Compulsory burden sharing for unguaranteed and unsecured senior bondholders in wind-down banks requiring additional capital was considered in the first half of 2011. Government discussions with the troika resulted in a change of direction in that regard with the priority now being to seek a reduction in the cost to Irish taxpayers of the long-term financing through the IBRC promissory notes...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept the Deputy's premise that this is an austerity treaty. It is an intergovernmental agreement and treaty about stability. From our perspective, it is about creating the conditions to get Ireland working again. I disagree with the Deputy's proposition that it is foisting austerity on the people. The country is in a programme until the end of 2013 and the intention is that we...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: There is no additional fiscal consolidation required under this treaty.

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: From 2016 onwards, as the Deputy is aware, if Ireland has a structural deficit above 0.5% of GDP, it must implement a plan to bring it down to 0.5% of GDP over an agreed period and in accordance with accepted methodology that applies in each individual country. This certainly does not represent an additional cost of anything like €6 billion, about which the Deputy's colleague has been...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----of addressing structural economic problems - that is, through structural reforms to help people back to work using improvements in technology and change in the structure of our economy. That is how we deal with this. Growth, as I said, will be the big lifter in this regard.

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept at all what Deputy Higgins says. We do not have a veto over the ESM. The ESM goes ahead when the contributors of 90% of the funding have agreed to it. Our contribution is about 1.6%, so we do not have a veto over the ESM.

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: In any event, as the Deputy is well aware, the preamble to the treaty states clearly that countries that ratify the fiscal stability treaty will have access to funding from the ESM should they ever need it. These are measures of confidence that I think are fundamental to the way people in this country are now thinking about the treaty. People want to know that the line of investment into...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: Both of these will sign off on the corporate tax rate before the end of the month, which is also of importance for us.

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy is suggesting to me that this country has a veto over the ESM, he is wrong.

Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. a12, Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Financial Resolution; and No. 5, European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. a12 shall be decided without...

Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I can confirm for the Deputy that the Bill is very well advanced. It will be taken and published in this session.

Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I expect the Bill to be published by the end of June. A great deal of activity has occurred in regard to it. There have been meetings between the Office of the Attorney General and the Ministry for Justice and Equality on a range of very complex and quite difficult issues that were identified. Advancements have been made on them and I expect the Bill to be published by the end of June.

Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: The second Bill will be later this year. I do not have a date for the first Bill the Deputy mentioned.

Order of Business (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: I understand that Bill has been passed in this House. It was actually sent to the President for signature last week. It should be finalised very shortly, as soon as the President has it signed.