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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: What is the Deputy saying?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I would like it if Deputy McDonald was a little clearer on what it was that she was saying. I accept my responsibilities as Taoiseach in terms of the negotiating mandate and requirement that we have here, and that is why I have kept the Opposition party leaders fully briefed on the preparations for Brexit in that regard. It is true, and I agree with the Deputy, that we have never been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: The first thing that I would say to Deputy Burton is that tourism has enormous potential. The Wild Atlantic Way is a concept that has caught on. The lakelands and the midlands districts are seeing a huge surge of interest from abroad, as is Ireland's Ancient East. The Norwegian decision to fly from Cork, Shannon, Belfast and Dublin will do for long haul what Ryanair did for short haul. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Haughey's last comment is true. Following on from the collapse of the construction sector during the recession 100,000 jobs were lost and construction came to a stand-still. We are starting from a low base to catch up on that curve. There is €42 billion on the table in terms of the capital programme for the next number of years. The scale of what is to be provided from an...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Yes. We have sectoral analyses under way. All of the different options have been examined. We want to increase our student numbers to 176,500 by the academic year 2019-20 and to intensify and diversify 80% of indigenous export growth to 2020 to be outside of the UK market and to maintain exports of at least €7.5 billion to the UK. These are the issues on which we are following...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Yes. That is the reason the office was opened in its current location. These matters are under active consideration. The foundation document should be signed off on 29 April. We will then move on from there. The Minister of State, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, is very active all over Europe with the financial houses in promoting Ireland as the best country in the world in which to invest.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I will meet the President of the Republic of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, later this afternoon as part of her three-day state visit to Ireland. On Thursday, I will travel to Berlin to meet the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. I will use the opportunity to participate in trade promotion events in Frankfurt and Berlin. On 29 April, I will attend the European Council meeting of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: These are the three countries that are most affected by Brexit. Confirmation of the meeting, which is not mentioned in the written reply, came through yesterday.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: He is all over Europe.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: There are two Murphys.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I think quality is more important than numbers in terms of staff. If we need to draft in extra people with specialist knowledge, we have the imprimatur of the House and we will do that. The three most affected countries here are Denmark, the Netherlands and Ireland. I am meeting the other two Heads of Government later this month. Prime Minister Rutte has to put together a Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Every time I see the two Murphys, they have been all over Europe.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Ministers of State from Cork and Dublin are fighting the case for Ireland vigorously.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is free to make any sort of proposition she wants to.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am open to hearing everybody's contribution and everybody's recommendation. We set out to have our priorities enshrined in the British document and the European Parliament document. They are referenced very clearly in both documents.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: They are specifically referenced in the document produced by the European Council, which is the deciding body at the end of the day, as the Deputy knows.

Brexit: Statements (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: As Deputies are aware, a referendum an EU membership was held in the UK on 23 June 2016. Conscious of its relevance for Ireland, the Government played an active role in advance of the referendum. This included working to ensure a far-reaching agreement between the UK and EU last February, with a view to enabling the then Prime Minister, David Cameron, to campaign for a vote to remain in the...

Brexit: Statements (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Actually, the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, was saying Sinn Féin has voted against nine referenda on European issues.

Brexit: Statements (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Of course, yes. He was reminding me of that fact.