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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: I said I would answer them for the Deputy who usefully has tabled a bland question on which he can move from here to the South Pole, if he so wishes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy had five minutes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy says appointments are made without us asking questions.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy is well aware that one does not need to ask questions here. He asked enough questions about the former Minister, Phil Hogan, for many years. It is the European Parliament that puts Commissioners-designate through their paces.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: His view and presentation were outstanding. As the Deputy knows, the Parliament refused to ratify one Commissioner-designate because of the inadequacy of the answers given.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: During our Presidency we set out the strategy in respect of the European Parliament and the future of the institutions. The Deputy mentioned President Juncker and his position on the tax issue. First, he was involved in a competition with Michel Barnier for the right to become President-designate of the Commission. That contest and vote were held in the convention centre in Dublin. There...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Yes, the Deputy did.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked about President Juncker's tax business in Luxembourg.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy made a comment on President Juncker's tax position in Luxembourg.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Did the Deputy mention Luxembourg?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Did the Deputy mention Luxembourg?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: I will come to it. Did the Deputy mention Luxembourg?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Did I hear the Deputy mention Luxembourg?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: He does not like the answers. As I said, tax systems are matters for each individual country, as they are for this country. The Deputy mentioned Ireland's bank debt. It has clearly been a priority of the Government to ease the burden on taxpayers. The Deputy should not get me started because the Government of which he was a member put €34 billion into a black hole for Anglo Irish...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: We have taken a number of steps to achieve this. We recapitalised and restructured the banks, we liquidated the IBRC and we replaced the promissory notes used for recapitalisation with long-term bonds in order to dramatically reduce our own market funding requirements. Those steps have had the effect of stabilising the financial system and reversing the outflow of deposits and other funds...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Minister has stated that, unlike in 2012, the ESM is no longer the only option we can use to recover the money provided to recapitalise our banks. Investors are again willing to invest in Irish banks, and the market value of our investments has improved accordingly. In Europe, a strategic approach tends to deliver. The Minister for Finance has said that he intends to keep open the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Gabh mo leiscéal.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Mr. Juncker was well aware of this prior to his appointment.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Yes, of course. Not only that, but we spoke to Mr. Juncker about a number of other things as well.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Mr. Juncker has been a close friend and ally of Ireland. In formal session of the European Council we discussed the whole question of the European Council's response to the requirement to deal with the OECD programme for BEPS and the tax structures in other countries. Everybody agreed to participate openly and fully in this, as Ireland is doing. That is why, in the most recent budget, the...