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European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: I wish to share time with the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes.

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this important Bill amending the European Financial Stability Facility and the Euro Area Loan Facility. As the House knows, the Bill effectively facilitates the implementation of the agreement of eurozone Heads of Government last July. It is extremely important both to Ireland and to the eurozone, as we have seen in recent days and weeks, and...

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----hopefully, he will begin to see things in a slightly more positive light. Perhaps if he talks to retailers and business people in his constituency-----

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----he might get a flavour of some of the good news that is happening in this country. Furthermore, we have employed an all-of-government approach across every single Department to rebuilding our reputation across the European Union and globally, and this is bearing fruit. A contrast can be made with the kind of editorials and commentaries that were not merely common but were almost akin to...

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----there now is almost unanimous positive editorial comment on the progress this small island has made in just six months. It would be big of Deputy Boyd Barrett to even acknowledge this because the contrast is clear. I do not know whether he read the editorial in the Financial Times on 1 September stating: Ireland has made "considerable progress" in extracting itself from the emergency...

Nuclear Disarmament Initiative (22 Sep 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. His timing is excellent. Disarmament and non-proliferation is a priority and the Government is committed to seeking further progress in this area in the coming year. As the Deputy pointed out, Ireland's engagement on this agenda goes back to the 1950s and then Minister, Mr. Frank Aiken. Nuclear non-proliferation and implementation of...

Nuclear Disarmament Initiative (22 Sep 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: I will be brief. I again thank the Deputy for drawing Members' attention to this issue. The Government's preparations for taking over the chairmanship of the OSCE are at an advanced stage. In the course of the autumn, I will undertake a considerable amount of bilateral work in which I will be wearing two hats, one obviously in respect of EU bilateral relations and the other pertaining to...

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: The meeting was scheduled before they met. That is the Deputy's conspiracy theory out the window.

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: So protest. There is nothing stopping the Deputy from protesting.

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: I thank Members for their contributions to this important debate. I represented the Government at yesterday's meeting of the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg. It is the responsibility of the Council to prepare the work of each European Council meeting and it was agreed yesterday that we would meet again next Saturday, in advance of the rescheduled European Council meeting on 23...

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: He has had bilateral meetings in recent weeks with six eurozone leaders and will travel to Berlin and Paris in November. That work is ongoing. All Ministers and Ministers of State have been engaged in intensive bilateral work.

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: Yes, they have. Several Ministers, including myself, have travelled to Paris and Berlin on numerous occasions.

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: The Minister for Finance has engaged in numerous bilateral meetings, as has the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. The Deputy is incorrect in his claims.

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn makes a fair point regarding EU banking stress tests. The more comprehensive stress testing of Irish banks has stood up to scrutiny far better than the EU-wide stress tests. No doubt the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, will have something to say about that as time goes on.

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: I ask for the Acting Chairman's indulgence. Some of the other contributions ran over time-----

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----and I very much wish to make a final point. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett said that being the best boy in the class is not serving Ireland's interest and that we should instead behave like the Greeks, for which we will receive our reward. The Deputy voted against the European Financial Stability Facility, EFSF, Bill which has assured that we have a significantly reduced interest on our...

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: The General Affairs Council yesterday approved the European Financial Stability Mechanism which will result in a saving of approximately €6 billion for this country in the very near future. To say that-----

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----significant progress has not been made is untrue. I would have wished to respond to many other points but we might have an opportunity to do that after the European Council meeting at the end of next week.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: It is a fact.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: It is not rubbish.