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Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is beneath Deputy McGrath to suggest that the Minister for Justice and Equality, who has constant contact with the Garda Commissioner, would in any way disparage the Garda force or any officer of the force.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I will not accept from Deputy McGrath a disparaging of the Garda Commissioner either, who has a hands-on involvement with the day-to-day running of the Garda Síochána.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Last year, in 2012, €4 million was provided for Garda vehicles when precious little had been provided in the years previously.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: This year we are providing a further €5 million for the acquisition of Garda vehicles. Everybody knows that we cannot expect gardaí to prevent crime with inferior vehicles that are clapped out. That is why, between last year and this year-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----€9 million has been provided for the acquisition of vehicles. I am glad to note that a number of those vehicles will be fully Internet equipped and will allow gardaí to do their job as they are required to do instead of sitting in Garda stations for two hours on a daily basis.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The public want to see the gardaí, to have access to them and to know they have proper facilities and equipment. They need to know gardaí will be there when they need them. I thank the gardaí for the changes they have made to rosters in stations all over the country which has allowed greater visibility, access and attention. The other day, a burglary took place and a Garda...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 8 together. As I outlined in my replies to the House on other Northern Ireland questions over the past two weeks, I welcome the significant reduction in the level of public disorder in Belfast in recent weeks. However, I believe a concerted political solution is still required. I remain deeply concerned at the street violence in parts of Belfast since...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: We have had more meetings with our colleagues in the Northern Ireland Executive over the past year than at any other time since the establishment of the North-South Ministerial Council. Over the past year alone the Tánaiste and Government Ministers and I have met with members of the Northern Ireland Executive on over 50 occasions. As I have previously stated we will continue to work...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin talks about something new and fresh being needed. Clearly we are not happy about the situation when there were riots before and after Christmas with disruption, injury and threats to PSNI officers, along with the acquisition and discovery of rocket launchers here in the South for use by dissident groups in Northern Ireland with potentially lethal consequences. That is why we...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I have ongoing meetings with the individual leaders. The leaders came together in the middle of the riots to put together a community response and to ask disparate groups on the streets to desist from continuous rioting. It would be only right and proper to discuss this at prime ministerial level to see how both Governments might approach this and whether the suggestion made by Deputy...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: We discussed this in part last week and we had agreement on quite a number of matters. I commend the business people and the retailers in Belfast on the extraordinary resilience they showed in the face of all those riots and their efforts to continue to say to people that they are welcome to Belfast and that it is a city where they can have good business engagement. I hope, following the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is a view Deputy Martin has here. As I stated, in approximately three weeks I will have the opportunity to discuss these matters directly with the British Prime Minister. At that level, if we have the opportunity to consider any new initiative, that is the place to do it. If, arising from that, it was deemed appropriate to try to get all the groups together, it is certainly something...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I discussed the question of the activities on the ground with the Minister, Mr. Ford, MLA, when he was here. Obviously as leader of the Alliance Party he gave me some insights into the impact on the streets and the homes, and the sectarianism that erupted from disparate groups both before and after Christmas. This is an issue about which we need to be concerned not only because of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 to 23, inclusive, together. I attended the meeting of the European Council on 22 and 23 November which aimed to reach agreement on the multiannual financial framework. Following productive discussions, it was decided that a little more time was needed to bring positions closer together and that, while we would maintain intensive contacts, we would return...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: All of which relate to Europe.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I know Deputy Martin appreciates my going against all traditions and advice.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I know.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I will give shorter answers if the Deputy wishes.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: As I have outlined on many occasions at the European Council, European Parliament and other meetings Ireland supports the development of the Union to its full potential, including the development of the Single Market and digital market. We need to develop the unconcluded agreements on trade with Canada and the Far East and to implement the framework agreement on EU-US trade which, as the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I will keep it brief. Deputy Adams asked about the status of the European Council decision of 29 June. It is as it was. The decision was to break the vicious circle between sovereign and bank debt, taking into account the particular analysis of the well-performing programme in Ireland, that equal cases would receive equal treatment, and that following this the architecture of the single...