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European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: I find the Deputy's ideas bizarre. Could he come up with alternatives?

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: We are not talking about putting further public money into the banks as that has been done already.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: We are living in the here and now, not in the past and not in a fantasy land.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: We should get that straight. Our approach to job creation and growth is creating the conditions to allow private enterprise and small and medium enterprise to flourish. That is the only way jobs can be created.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: The Deputy's solution is to grow the public debt and deficit and ignore obligations to reduce deficit levels, and it is a guaranteed recipe for greater unemployment and further stagnation. I fundamentally disagree with the Deputy's analysis and would love to know where he intends to get the money he speaks about to create jobs. There is none available.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: It all sounds nice in theory but in practice it is not workable. It is essentially the difference between the Deputy's outlook and mine.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: There is no evidence to suggest that the Deputy's philosophy would work.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: The banking sector would collapse, which would ensure that no company could borrow money at any time in the foreseeable future. That would strangle private enterprise in this country and we would never again grow the economy. I do not agree with the Deputy's analysis or purported solutions.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: I will not dodge any question. I will answer what I can in the time I have.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: He was modelling more for a coalition with the Deputy's party.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: I have no wish to forget any question lest I am accused of trying to avoid providing an answer. The question on the growth strategy for Ireland is perfectly legitimate and the scoping process has begun. The initial pilot phase of project bonds is under way. Through the Cabinet sub-committee on European Affairs the Government has begun to examine potential areas for growth and how it can...

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: Does that include the time for my wrap-up?

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: I will forget about my wrap-up and simply answer the question because I am unlikely to have time to wrap up. It is important that we have a constant line of communication to all of these countries. It is also important that Ireland, as a small country, build alliances with small member states. We are working hard in this regard. I will travel to Croatia tomorrow for the Croatia summit....

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: It is not new on our part, but it has now been officially recognised at the highest political level. That work will begin at the eurogroup meeting on Monday which the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, will attend. His officials are liaising and preparing for that meeting. That work is under way, but it is not new from the Government's point of view because we have been...

Address by H.E. Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament (4 Oct 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: I am pleased to join my colleagues in the Houses of Parliament to welcome Mr. Schulz. This is a great opportunity to celebrate once again our strong and deepening relationship with the European Parliament, which we consider to be vital. When the Government came into office last year, one of the first things we did was to hold in this Chamber for the first time a joint sitting of the Irish...

Seanad: Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Statements (25 Oct 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: I am pleased to have the opportunity to address the House on preparations for Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union. I will also update Members on the outcome of last week's European Council meeting. With 67 days left until 1 January, work is intensifying at all levels. We are now also getting a much clearer sense of the issues on the agenda of the Council in the first...

Seanad: Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Statements (25 Oct 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: I am a current Member of the Dáil.

Seanad: Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Statements (25 Oct 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: Do not write me off yet.

Seanad: Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Statements (25 Oct 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: I have already mentioned that matter.

Seanad: Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Statements (25 Oct 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: I am not sure how long I have. As I was told statements would end at 1 p.m., that would give me one minute. As I am under pressure, maybe on the next occasion-----

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