Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for his questions. In his first he seeks a statement on my meeting with Prime Minister Cameron before the European Council meeting. If we changed the structure and dealt with the questions individually, such that I told the Deputy I had spoken to the Prime Minister on the telephone and again briefly before the Council meeting, it would give rise to supplementary questions concerning the Prime Minister that might not be related to that meeting.

It might not be related to the European Council meeting at all. It could be about how we are getting on with the memorandum of understanding about energy between Ireland and Britain or Northern Ireland or any issue as long as the response deals with the Prime Minister, Mr. Cameron. All of these are-----

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