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EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10, 24 and 37 to 40, inclusive, together. When EU and euro area leaders met on 26 October, they agreed a comprehensive package of measures to restore stability to the euro area. The deal covers all the key issues, including bank recapitalisation, debt sustainability for Greece, robust firewalls to prevent contagion, and improved governance within the euro...

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: I do not necessarily share the view that a referendum on treaty change inspires fear. We must go through an important process in this country. If there is a question of changing the balance of competence between member states and the European institutions, a referendum is needed. We will engage in this process if or when the time comes. We should not fear this because it is a very...

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: On the question on the European Central Bank becoming the ruler of our banking system, Deputy Collins's view of the world is very distorted. We have a monetary union that has been in existence for over a decade. The euro is our currency, not somebody else's. It is not in some far-off, distant land and not just the preserve of Brussels; it is our currency and we need it to survive. It...

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: What about the austerity that would mandatorily ensue next month or week if we pulled the plug on the funding coming into the State from both the European Central Bank and the EU-IMF programme? It would begin with a budget adjustment for 2012 of €11 billion. I would like the Deputy to suggest to this House where that money would come from. Who would she tax? Would it be the working...

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: We need to inject a little bit of reality into this debate.

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: I put on record that the European Central Bank is the solution to the euro crisis. It is our task to convince the German Chancellor and the German Government that we have to relax the rules on intervention from the ECB and we have to make the ECB the backstop for the EFSF to ensure that we can continue to fund the services we provide in this State, pay the people in receipt of social welfare...

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: In response to the Deputy Joan Collins's question as to whether there is a plan B, there is no plan B. We have one currency and plan, incorporating every letter of the alphabet, which is to save our currency. That is in the interests of Irish citizens, Irish business and everybody in the Chamber. Finally to answer Deputy's Wallace's question-----

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----about whether Europe in its current arrangements-----

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----can save the euro, I believe that with more political will and pragmatic decision making, we can do so.

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: I have outlined some of the ways in which we need to save the euro and the first is to start with the role of the European Central Bank. I firmly believe that if we can get our act together-----

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----in terms of spelling out the role of the ECB, we can-----

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----save the currency. I can tell the Deputy------

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----that when people go to the ATMs in this country-----

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: -----to withdraw money from their deposit accounts, they will be very glad that we have saved the euro.

Written Answers — Land Ownership in Africa: Land Ownership in Africa (10 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: The question of land ownership in Africa is a deeply emotive one given its centrality to issues of national identity and of food security. There has been a trend in recent years of large-scale land acquisitions in Africa by foreign private sector and state-owned companies. Certain wealthy countries, concerned about the stability of food supplies, have been promoting the acquisition of...

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: The Joint Committee on European Affairs sat for two hours yesterday. No member of Fianna Fáil attended.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: How does the Deputy know that is what it means?

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: The Deputy is plucking assumptions from thin air.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: That is depressing.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: At least the Chamber has been enlightened. We now understand that Deputy Ross does not believe in European solidarity or in any of the positive solutions that may be put on the table next week.