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Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: One targets 110,000. NAMA has a different remit.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: I have not received any such call in recent times. However, during the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2013 I had an extensive range of contacts with and calls from Heads of State or Government or Presidents of EU Institutions regarding the business of the day. In that context, Chancellor Merkel contacted me directly to emphasise Germany's views on proposals on CO2...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure what is happening to the Deputy, but he seems to be keen to move into overdrive. I am not sure on what he bases his belief in respect of The New York Times. I do not know why he wants to believe The New York Timesin the reports being issued here. He has made the comment that the German Chancellor had influence over the Taoiseach. That is not so and it is beneath the Deputy....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: Explain it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Micheál Martin is perfectly entitled to ask any question here. That is his right as a public representative and the person who happens to be the leader of his party. However, I reject the assertion he has made.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: First, he said the German Chancellor had been lobbying. He then told me that I had been lobbying. He claims that essentially what she was doing was lobbying. I have already answered him. The matter was on the agenda for the final meeting of COREPER. An extension was sought and supported by Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Germany.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: Because there were only two full working days for countries to consider it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: Okay, the Deputy knows the answer.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy will allow me to continue, I will answer his question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: The extension was sought by a number of countries - Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Germany. Opposition to that was expressed by France and Italy, but when the agenda point was finally reached at the COREPER meeting, there was no objection and no opposition. There were two full working days for countries to consider the final text, as the final compromise was reached with the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: I am obliged, as one who held the Presidency of the Union, to engage and discuss this matter with all the other leaders. Here is the evidence of the discussions that took place not at the European Council but with the representatives of the permanent representatives of COREPER.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: Yes. I am telling the Deputy that countries sought an extension because of the very short time that was left to decide on this. It was not decided during Ireland's Presidency; it was decided and agreed during the Lithuanian Presidency. The Deputy should go back to The New York Timesand have a discussion with his friends.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2 and 3 together. I was pleased to have the opportunity to hold official talks in Dublin the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on 23 September of last year. The visit to Ireland formed part of a longer trip which included Prime Minister Modi's attendance at the UN General Assembly. I also travelled to attend the General Assembly and I recently...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: Clearly, with a population of 1.2 billion, more than one sixth of the world's population, India has become one of the fastest growing major economies on the globe. Since it began a campaign of economic liberalisation in 1991, India has recorded continuously high growth rates. Currently, that growth is being propelled by sectors which include aviation, education, the agritech sector, medical...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: Given that the Deputy served as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, he is aware of the potential that exists in India with a burgeoning middle class spending capacity and the English language being spoken by the majority. India has the biggest population of English speaking people and it has a very strong legal base. Clearly, the opportunity for investment to Europe is very...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: I will send the Deputy a note on it. The Deputy mentioned a number of other things. India requested to join the Missile Technology Control Regime, MTCR, as it is called. We indicated to Prime Minister Modi that Ireland was prepared to join a consensus on the Missile Technology Control Regime at a recent meeting in Rotterdam but no consensus emerged from that. India had also submitted an...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: It was specifically on the enhancement of India's capacity to trade in civil nuclear technologies. I will send Deputy Martin a more detailed note on it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 4 and 25 together. The Economic Management Council has been established with the status of a Cabinet committee and has four members: the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste, the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The Council's role is to manage the Government's programme and the statement of Government priorities in respect...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: This is a serious matter in the context of challenges facing the country. Obviously, while we must hold a general election in Ireland, Europe faces a number of challenges that will be of highly significant import, of which this is one. Issues such as migration, oil, energy costs, climate change, the impact of the great powers and the situation in the Middle East are not within our control,...

Order of Business (19 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 14, referral to select committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the association agreement between the EU and its member states and Central America; No. 42, statements on European Council, Brussels, pursuant to Standing Order 102A(2)(b); and No. 6, Public Sector Standards Bill 2015 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is...