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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, together. Since the UK referendum last June, I have had an intensive series of bilateral meetings with my counterparts in EU member states and with the heads of the EU institutions. I have attended all formal and informal meetings of the European Council. At all my meetings, I have highlighted and explained Ireland’s particular...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet sub-committee on Brexit met this morning at 8 o'clock and we went through all the preparatory work that has been ongoing for quite some time. When the British Prime Minister triggers Article 50, it means she will write a formal letter to President Tusk of the European Council indicating formal notice of Britain's intention to leave the European Union. The Government will respond...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: With regard to Deputy McDonald's latter point, we have special status as we stand in that we are the only country with a peace process supported by the European Union and an international legally-binding agreement. We want to build on that and we will have a much clearer view once Article 50 is triggered. I made the point that there can be all-island agreements in respect of a number of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: As I have said on many occasions, we are still not clear about a number of issues regarding the British Government's position. When the Prime Minister writes the letter on behalf of the British Government and triggers Article 50, we will respond to it in detail. A great deal of preparatory work has been done, as the Deputy is well aware. All the options in the different sectors have been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 to 8, inclusive, together. I spoke by telephone to Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday following the outcome of the Northern Ireland Assembly elections. We agreed to speak again when we meet tomorrow, Thursday, at the European Council in Brussels. During our phone conversation we agreed that early engagement by the political parties in Northern...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I agree with the Deputy that it is the duty of everybody elected the Northern Ireland Assembly to see that the Assembly operates, an Executive is set up and that it sets out an agreed set of objectives to be implemented. In the previous Executive, the then First Minister, Arlene Foster, and Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, agreed on a set of objectives and forwarded a formal notice...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Assembly numbers have changed but it is very clear that there was a Brexit element to the vote and people were very clear in that. Obviously the parties will now get together. I am glad to hear the deputy leader of Sinn Féin say the party does not want to be obstructionist, that it wants an Executive set up and an Assembly functioning. We all share the view that what has been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The two commissions of investigation currently under way for which I am the specified Minister under the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004, are the Fennelly commission, which was established in April 2014 and is chaired by Mr. Justice Nial Fennelly, and the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, commission, which was established in June 2015 and is chaired by Mr. Justice Brian Cregan. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: And their costs.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Fennelly commission is due to report this year by the end of March 2017. There may be some slight delay on that depending on the responses received by Mr. Justice Nial Fennelly. It is due by the end of March and the cost to date has been €3.106 million. On IBRC, the timeframe on the final report for the first module of its work regarding the Siteserv transaction is the end of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I met on 4 October last year with the party leaders. We agreed in principle that the Government will establish a commission of investigation under the Act of 2004 to investigate any significant matters of public concern in regard to NAMA. The party leaders also agreed then that there will be limitations on the commission's work, given the location of potential witnesses, documentation...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I will have a report circulated or made available to all Members on all the tribunals and commissions of investigation that are currently underway by Government across the entire spectrum. The Moriarty tribunal began 20 years ago and we are still paying for it. I can confirm for Deputy Haughey that the appointment of the former Deputy, Mr. Justice Patrick McCartan, was on the basis of...

European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am pleased to address the House ahead of tomorrow's meeting of the European Council in Brussels. Before addressing the agenda of tomorrow's meeting, I would like to recall the informal meeting of the European Council which took place in Malta on 3 February. This dealt with the external aspects of migration, with a particular focus on the central Mediterranean route and the related...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I welcome the comments by Deputy McGrath in respect of the efforts being made to complete the recovery of Rescue 116. I was down there yesterday and there was a very heavy swell. There is great co-ordination and communication between all the agencies under the direction of the coastguard. It is very professional and I hope the window with the weather will arise this week so they can make...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: He does.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I intend to make my point strongly on 29 April at the European Council meeting. We have prepared well for this. It is not a laughing matter, but Deputy Michael McGrath will not be first to find out.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: Ba mhaith liomsa ar dtús comhbhrón a dhéanamh lena bhean chéile, Bernie, agus a chlann, na gasúirí, Emmet, Fionnuala, Gráinne agus Fiachra, as ucht bás a fear chéile agus a n-athair. Martin McGuinness became a peacemaker and travelled the road from terror to truce and through peace to government. The high office he held as deputy First Minister...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: The first priority is for the politicians who have been elected to the Assembly to accept their responsibilities and put together a functioning Executive within the three-week period from the date of the election. There is a set period for that now. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Flanagan, has gone to the North again and has had conversations this morning with Secretary...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: While the late Martin McGuinness had differences of opinion with former First Minister Foster, they set out an agreed set of principles and objectives which were sent to Prime Minister May last year. The Sinn Féin Party now needs to measure up to what Martin McGuinness did and put aside differences in the greater interests of the peoples of Northern Ireland in respect of the objectives...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: I thank the Deputy for his comments on the rescue of Rescue 116 and those who lost their lives. With regard to the other issue he raised, this is a financial transaction. The paper asset shares are being swapped for a cash injection. That will go towards debt reduction, as the Minister for Finance has made clear. It is also a test of the overall examination of value of AIB. The...