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Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is not the question the Deputy asked.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Gerry Adams did not ask that question.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams deliberately twists the words. There is a very big difference between Spain as a country with a huge economy not being in a programme and Ireland which has a much smaller economy being in a programme until the end of 2013. The Deputy is also aware of the individual country-specific requirement in each case; Greece is in a very different situation from Ireland, Portugal is a...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----and Ireland's situation is very different from that of Spain.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: When the Deputy refers to the €3.1 billion in respect of the promissory notes, I have already made it perfectly clear that we are not going to raise any undue expectations. A series of difficult, technical and complex negotiations are being held at the initiative of the troika in order to produce a flexibility paper so that this country's particular economic circumstances could be eased by...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: Those negotiations and discussions are ongoing. I would guess that Deputy Adams was probably the most disappointed person in the country when the Tánaiste and I came in here to inform the House and the country that on the advice of the Attorney General, we would be having a referendum. I could see that the Deputy's jaw dropped-----

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I know he had his legal squires ready down at the steps of the court. I am not going to raise any expectations-----

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy and I know the benefit of these discussions and I hope they will be concluded. As the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, pointed out, these are matters in the medium term in any event. They are technical and very complex issues. However, from Ireland's perspective, the troika recognises that Ireland's economic position could be eased somewhat by having lower interest rates...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I hate to disappoint the Deputy again.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I did not see all the details of Deputy Ross's survey in the newspaper. I do not know whether he gave Deputy Higgins the details as to whom he is referring. This is a difficult and challenging year for a great number of people.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I recall being a member of a local authority back in the 1970s when everybody paid rates in respect of services provided. We moved away from all of that in the intervening 30 years and it is very difficult to get people to understand the necessity of spreading the burden as equitably and as fairly as possible. Changes were made to the taxation system in the budget. As the Deputy will be...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Finance introduced changes here in respect of the higher paid and wealthy people. Changes were also introduced in respect of those who deem themselves to be tax exiles, which is a relatively small number. I made the point about repatriation. The point was made to me by one such person in that category who has put substantial funding back into the country. I will not...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: When one hears the Minister for Education and Skills announce a €1.5 billion programme for the construction of more than 250 new schools, which will provide employment and opportunities for substantial numbers of people and places for children-----

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: He would not even recognise that. I would say something else to the Deputy.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: He should look beyond the shores of the country sometimes.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Higgins should look beyond the shores of the country sometimes because the Warren Buffetts - I could never claim to be at his level - of the world and economists, business and politics internationally now look at this country as being in a very different position than it was 12 months. There is confidence with deposits coming back into the banks and investment in our country. In some...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----decision is in the area of the indigenous economy in small and medium enterprises. We have deliberately and consciously set out to protect the lower paid in this area with exemptions, the removal from the universal social charge, the restoration of the minimum wage and by giving facilities and incentives to employers to take on new employees and to make it easier for them to do their...

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. The Cabinet sub-committee on health has met on three occasions to date in 2012 - on Thursday, 2 February, Tuesday, 14 February, and Thursday, 8 March. The next meeting of the Cabinet sub-committee on social policy is scheduled for Thursday, 24 May. It has met three times since its establishment last year - on Thursday, 9 June,...

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I can say for Deputy Adams's information that there is a slight difference between a meeting of the economic management council and a meeting between the economic management council and the banks. He is aware of the difference there. As he is aware, the pillar banks and Ulster Bank were before the economic management council on two occasions. The people who are entitled to attend the...

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: The value of the Cabinet sub-committee, whether in health or any other area, is to be able to draw the relevant personnel together in order to focus on the decisions that need to be made. The Deputy raised a fundamental and important point. As so many people have left the health service of their own accord because of the redundancy package, I am happy to tell the Deputy this matter was the...