Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Draghi did point out the trends for the future as he saw them. Mr. Navarro raised the question about the status and strength of the euro with particular reference to Germany where the point was made about its exceptional trade balance and surplus. I am sure this has been the discussion point at some of the Ecofin meetings of the finance Ministers. From that perspective, the focus at the meeting following Mr. Draghi's intervention was to continue to do what Europe can do to improve output, productivity, growth and jobs.

The discussion of the 27 heads of state in Valletta concerned the future of Europe. It was not so much based upon Brexit since Article 50 has not yet been moved but what the agenda for Europe is at the moment. It is the Single Market, the digital single market, the capital markets union and how we deal with the question of migration. I made the point previously that not a single Libyan was among the 181,000 migrants who crossed the central Mediterranean passage from Libya, so Libya is a country of transit for people coming from the Horn of Africa and north Africa in general. These were all economic migrants who had paid for their passage to Europe and were being smuggled.

We have spoken to all the Heads of Government. Every Minister is dealing with their counterpart at Council level. They are all aware of the Border, the peace process, the common travel area-----

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