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- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I get a bit fed up with this regular comment from Deputy Daly as if she is the only one in here who values the work the public service does. We value the work of our public servants. I value it because I know them, the very many people who work long hours and late nights to see that services are provided, whether front-line or not. And yes, no more than any other sector of Irish society,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take questions Nos. 1 to 34 together, which concern my bilateral meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron on 11 March in Downing Street, and other Northern Ireland-related issues. As it has been some time since I answered questions in the House on these issues-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Let me answer the group and then Deputy Martin can ask any question he wants.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy will get no filibuster.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I will come to Deputy Martin very shortly with proposals about this and related matters of the way business is done here, and we will see if he accepts them.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Does Deputy Martin want me to take each question individually?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Am I to extract from that where the British Prime Minister is involved in the Northern Ireland issues?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: Where we discussed matters with the British Prime Minister about Northern Ireland, they are relevant to the Northern Ireland questions. May I give the answer to the group question? The Deputy can then ask any individual question he wants to ask.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I will answer the questions as a response to all of these questions about Northern Ireland, the involvement of the British Prime Minister and these relationships and if Deputies want to ask individual questions about the 34 questions, I am happy to answer them. Our meeting took place one year on from the signing of the joint statement which set out the vision and a framework for improved...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Adams for those questions. He mentioned the welfare cuts, what generally comes under the much maligned phrase "austerity bites". He well knows that the answer to this problem is investment, growth, prosperity and job opportunities in Northern Ireland and that is why I fully support and engage with the First and Deputy First Ministers in their efforts-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----to promote Northern Ireland. That is why, when they went to China, we made available to them our ambassador and gave them every assistance we could in that regard. We are very happy to co-operate with the Executive in what it wants to do in this area. I point out to the Deputy that some of the proposals put forward by the British Government include additional tax opportunities and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----undertake to follow this through and will return to Deputy Adams.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I cannot-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy can ask them individually.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: That is not-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for giving us a good dissertation for 15 minutes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: I do not have a problem with that. I will answer any questions the Deputy wishes. He is wrong to state the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement was not marked. Deputy Joe McHugh called a special hearing of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, which received presentations from the chief executive of Co-operation...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: It would have been all too easy to issue a statement and leave the matter at that. However, Deputy McHugh called a special meeting to mark this significant event. Everybody present supports the Agreement.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: The last time I tried to intervene when Deputy Martin was speaking, he indicated he was in possession. I ask him to listen to me for a moment and I will answer his questions, of which I have taken careful note. The issues discussed with Prime Minister Cameron in Downing Street included the following: progress in developing and implementing the programme of work within the framework of last...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Enda Kenny: We discussed the CRD IV directive during Ireland's Presidency. The directive limits the bonuses paid to bankers, of whom there are also some in Northern Ireland. As I stated, I did not discuss the Prime Minister's view that there should be a referendum on EU membership in Britain. In terms of whether we discussed the financial crisis, I raised the issue with the Prime Minister and we...