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Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I think we will have a special Oireachtas committee on that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: No, I said a special Oireachtas committee -----

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 and 6 together. The issue of the UK’s membership of the EU has been a regular feature of my discussions with EU counterparts for some time, including in the period preceding the June referendum. This outreach remains critical in the run up to the next phase. During the negotiations which will commence when the UK has formally triggered...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I do not disagree with Deputy Smith's comments. When I met the Prime Minister in Downing Street, she said clearly that the British Government did not favour a return to a hard Border. She does not favour a return to a hard Border and neither do we. We will argue these fundamentally important matters forcefully and clearly, as suggested by the Deputy. The Secretary of State, Mr....

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I do not object to that. I do not want to be calling the leaders of the parties together three days in a row. We will be discussing the Dublin and Monaghan bombings and Brexit. We need to have a meeting about NAMA as well. We have received all the submissions. That is a separate question. I do not want to have to call all the leaders together every second day to discuss things. If we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin does not mind. The UK Prime Minister has said that Brexit means Brexit, so the intention is to leave the European Union. The intention appears to be that Britain will not continue to be a member of the Single Market, though Britain is interested in the Erasmus programme and research programmes and obviously might wish to contribute to them. Leaving Europe would mean control...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Before Deputy Boyd Barrett attacks me.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I welcomed the President of the European Council, Mr. Tusk, to Dublin on 7 September. This was his first visit to Ireland in his current role, although he had visited before when he was Prime Minister of Poland. His visit to Dublin took place in the context of the Bratislava summit on 16 September and his intention to meet or speak to all Heads of State and Government in advance of that. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The discussion we had with President Tusk was about European issues. In reply to Deputy Martin's question, I referred to Aleppo and the disgraceful actions that led to so many men, women and children being killed there. The Government decided to appeal the Apple case because of our belief in the integrity of the way the Revenue Commissioners have interpreted Irish law, the fact that they...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The United States has broken off its conversations with Russia because of the bombing of the humanitarian convoy and the indiscriminate and deliberate obliteration of the remainder of Aleppo.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Referendum Campaigns (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 8 and 9 together. Under the Programme for a Partnership Government, the Government is committed to holding Constitutional referendums on the following matters: - Article 41.2.1, regarding a "woman's life within the home" - Article 40.6.1, on the offence of blasphemy - Ireland's participation in the Unified Patent Court - Giving the Office of Ceann Comhairle...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council Meetings (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I did not have any scheduled bilateral meetings in the margins of the summit of European leaders in Bratislava on 16 September, although I did of course greet and have informal exchanges with my counterparts.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I last met with Chancellor Merkel in Berlin on 12 July. Our discussion focussed on the outcome of the UK referendum and its implications for Ireland, Germany and the European Union more generally. Over the past year, including at meetings of the European Council and most recently at the informal summit of 27 in Bratislava earlier this month, I have had many constructive exchanges with...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Five Cabinet sub-Committee meetings where held in September 2016 on: Brexit, Social Policy and Public Service Reform, Health, Regional and Rural Affairs, and Housing.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, Environment and Climate Action met in July and is scheduled to meet again in October. This Committee considers strategic issues around the development of infrastructure, including transport.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: UK Referendum on EU Membership (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Since the UK referendum result in June, Ireland has been consistently clear that, while it was reasonable to allow some time for reflection and preparation for negotiations, it was fundamentally in the best interests of all for the UK to trigger Article 50 as soon as possible. In this regard, Prime Minister May’s comments over the weekend are welcome. We now have some clarity about...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: UK Referendum on EU Membership (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 70 and 71 together. The Government has established a new Cabinet Committee on Brexit which I chair. The Committee will oversee the overall Government response, including both the economic impact and the negotiations at EU level and with the administrations in London and Belfast. This will be supported in its work by a Senior Officials Group on BREXIT which...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform last met on 6 July 2016.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Inquiry (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: As the Deputy is aware, on Thursday 15 September 2016, I met party leaders with a view to hear their views on the issues of public concern that require further investigation in relation to NAMA's sale of Project Eagle. As agreed at that meeting, on Friday 23 September 2016 I received a number of submissions on the matter. These are currently being considered and I will consult further with...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Regeneration Projects Status (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: Last July Government launched a major initiative for the Dublin North East Inner City with the establishment of a Ministerial Taskforce to oversee the long-term social and economic regeneration of the area. To support the work of the Ministerial Taskforce, which I Chair, Mr Kieran Mulvey has been appointed to engage with the local community groups, representatives and other interests, and...