Results 41-60 of 69 for economic sovereign speaker:Enda Kenny

European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)

Enda Kenny: The meeting of the European Council on 24 and 25 March was a full and productive one. It took important decisions on economic matters and addressed two important international concerns, events in Libya and Japan. The atmosphere was good and positive and I engaged individually with all of my colleagues in the room. The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs spoke at the weekend about the...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The meeting of the European Council in Brussels on Thursday and Friday of this week will represent a welcome opportunity to take stock of developments in relation to a range of economic policy matters. The meeting will also provide leaders with an opportunity for an exchange of views on the European Union's relations with its strategic partners without the constraint of seeking to agree a...

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...in the markets and stability in our economies. That is what I will be working to achieve. A number of important decisions were taken at Sunday's meeting. While the focus was naturally on economic policy, especially the situation within the euro area, we also agreed the EU's position going into two very important international meetings, the G20 Summit in Cannes next month and the Durban...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services for 2013
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...the economy and unemployment levels, creating the climate for competitiveness and growth, reducing the cost of the bailout and correcting the public finances. As I have stated on many previous occasions, the Government's priorities in 2013 include continued action on job creation and economic growth; making sure economic recovery does not bypass jobless households; further work to tackle...

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...party which implements tax increases and spending cuts north of the Border, while opposing every such similar policy down here. The truth is that the Government has been very hard at work clearing the economic wreckage left by the former Fianna Fáil Administration which left the country with a humiliating IMF bailout programme, massive bank debts saddled on the taxpayer, record...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...European Council meeting later this week is the first since the end of Ireland's successful Presidency of the EU Council. It will consider the digital economy, innovation and services, social and economic issues and ongoing work on the economic and monetary union. I have three equally important priorities at this summit: to contribute to a productive discussion on the digital economy,...

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...was no clearly defined vision for the country, the situation was bleak and the people were bereft of hope. From the outset, the task of the Government has been to regain control over Ireland's fiscal and economic policies, grow the economy again and get people back to work. Since taking office the Government has been addressing each of these challenges in a systematic fashion. We have...

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...Labour formed a new Government in 2011, we promised to renegotiate the bailout programme inherited from the previous Government to secure a fairer and more affordable solution to our banking and sovereign debt crises. In particular, we committed to replacing short-term, emergency Central Bank lending secured against the promissory notes used by the previous Government to bail out the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...because of the fact that on top of the national debt our people were required to shoulder the burden of a recapitalisation fund of more than €64 billion. There is a recognition politically and economically of how it is that Ireland finds itself in this situation. That is the reason the circumstances are different and, therefore, the case is special. The decision taken on 29 June...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (7 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...interest rates. Mr. Draghi's analysis was focused on competitiveness and he said countries that were prepared to make decisions to make themselves competitive would reap the benefits in terms of economic activity, exports, job creation and economic growth. He defined this by producing a series of relevant slides, showing the differences between countries that adhered to that discipline...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...month the European Council has a very substantive agenda, with a number of very important issues to be discussed. The main items on the agenda are: the common security and defence policy, CSDP; economic and social policy, including implementation of the compact for growth and jobs, SME financing and taxation; economic and monetary union, EMU, including banking union; migration flows; and...

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...that Greece requires an exceptional and unique solution. As we did in July, euro area member states reaffirmed their determination that each member state will honour fully its own individual sovereign debt and the Government welcomes this. As I said to the House last week we are working our way through our programme. Any uncertainty as to our intention to repay what we owe can only have...

Seanad: Developments in the European Union and Ireland's Presidency of the European Council: Statements with An Taoiseach (18 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: ..., as well as the analysis they would like to carry out in respect of European legislation. Senators are clearly aware of the steps that President Van Rompuy has set out in respect of fiscal, economic and monetary union. In conducting its own business, the Seanad is quite entitled to reflect on these steps and give its views. I was interested in Senator O'Brien's comments. The problem we...

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...This month's summit took place in an atmosphere of relative calm but its deliberations were no less important for that. As is traditional at the spring European Council, our focus was strongly on economic policy with a particular focus on how we can ensure a return to sustainable growth and job creation. Ahead of the meeting I informed the House that implementation would be a key...

Lisbon Treaty: Statements. (18 Jun 2008)

Enda Kenny: ...Union and as part of the EU in facing the challenges we all face globally from China, India, South Africa and elsewhere. Having expressed that disappointment, the will of the people is absolutely sovereign. The votes were cast and counted, the decision was made and the Irish people have spoken. I want to put on the record my thanks to the director of my party's campaign, Gay Mitchell...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...historically stunted deep industrial development. In fact, as we look back at our history as an independent country, especially this year, it is easy to see how our early decades were wasted ones in terms of economic development as we tried and failed to make a go of things on our own. It was when we decided that economic security, and thus true national independence, could be secured...

European Council: Statements (13 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: The European Council will meet in Brussels tomorrow and Friday. As is traditional at the spring meeting, economic policy matters will be at the top the agenda. This will not be a crisis meeting, like so many in recent times, as there is now a degree of stability in the markets. As leaders, we must not let this lead to complacency or a loss of momentum; rather, we must make every effort to...

European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...and a European perspective. At the insistence of a number of member states, including Ireland, we explicitly reaffirmed the commitment we had made in June to break the link between banking and sovereign debt and to provide for the recapitalisation of banks by the ESM. This will be done in full respect of the decisions taken in June. We agreed that legislation on the establishment of a...

European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...of banking union. This is an issue to which, as holder of the Presidency and nationally, we have given top priority. This week's meeting will also take stock of where we are on strengthening economic and monetary union, a process that President Van Rompuy has been working on, with our close collaboration as holder of the Presidency. More remains to be done on this before it is ripe for...

European Council: Statements (27 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...We also returned to consider the evolving situation in Ukraine. In addition, our conclusions touched on the fight against tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning, as well as the functioning of economic and monetary union. The December meeting of the European Council was the first to be chaired by the new President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. Deputies will have seen that the...