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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I do not know whether Deputy McGrath has read it but I have covered a few subjects-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----that would be of genuine interest to the people of Tipperary-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----from rural tourism to the beautiful mountains over which I have had the privilege of walking over the last number of years and opportunities to empower local communities to avail of small and medium enterprises, local jobs and local communities. It is all contained in here, along with money to back it up. The question is making it happen.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: We changed the legislation to deal with the provision of broadband between service providers. SIRO is the issue there. Eir does its work. I recall several Fianna Fáil Ministers in New York after they put Telecom Éireann on the Stock Exchange, the assets that were stripped and how it left urban and rural Ireland without any signal at all.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment is on the back of this horse because we want to see broadband brought to rural Ireland once and for all, and by that I mean small town Ireland and everything else. We have had discussions about Brexit and will have more, but one piece of the jigsaw is not clear yet. We have provided the European Council with a document...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 8 together. I met with the President of the Republic of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, in Government Buildings on 4 April as part of her three-day state visit to Ireland. During our meeting, we discussed the bilateral relationship between our two countries, EU-UK negotiations following the triggering by the UK of Article 50, and the future...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: With regard to Deputy Burton's question about the fiscal rules, I do not accept that smaller countries are being discriminated against by the European Union. There are many different funds, including social funds, the Cohesion Fund, Common Agricultural Policy funds and so on. The Juncker plan concerns major infrastructure across countries, including transcontinental-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----facilities such as rail lines, major autobahns and so on. It is not a case of discriminating against small countries. Ireland voted on these fiscal rules in a referendum and 60% of voters approved the issue while 40% did not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: It was a long time ago but it is now part of the Constitution. If there has been a referendum on the issue, one cannot just change the rules again. The Labour Party has put forward a view that sufficient-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----resources are not being expended in capital works. We are now in a position of being able to borrow ten-year money at 0.1%.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: When Deputy Burton entered Government with Fine Gael in 2011, the rate was almost 15%. It is not a case of not having access to money, it is not spending willy-nilly to a point where construction inflation increases out of all order and money goes by the tonne into the hands of developers. It is a case of having a balanced approach to the way the money is spent and the economy is managed at...

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am glad to have the opportunity to say a few words on Ireland’s negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. As I have said previously, Brexit is a British policy, not an EU policy or an Irish policy. The Government believes it is bad for Britain, for Europe and for Ireland. It presents challenges to our peace and challenges to our prosperity. We have, however, been...

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I was explaining to the Minister of State, Deputy Doyle, that Gibraltar is very different to Northern Ireland.

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister of State will be replying to Deputy Adams.

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: We have more investment and jobs.

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: We had a referendum on the Good Friday Agreement. We will not have a hard Border - full stop.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Service Reform last met on 10th April 2017. The next meeting of the Committee has been scheduled for 15th May.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Security Committee (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: Having regard to the confidential nature of the work of the National Security Committee, it would not be appropriate to disclose information about the dates of individual meetings or about its proceedings. The Committee is chaired by the Secretary General to the Government and comprises representatives at the highest level of the Departments of Justice & Equality, Defence and Foreign...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I received the final report of the Fennelly Commission on 31 March 2017 and it was published on my Department's website on 6 April 2017. The commission’s Final Report found that it is “reasonable to conclude, based on the evidence before it, that no widespread or systematic, indeed probably no significant, misuse of information derived from non-999 recordings took...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I met with the President of the Republic of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic in Government Buildings on 4th April as part of her three day State Visit to Ireland. During our meeting we discussed the bilateral relationship between our two countries; EU-UK negotiations, following triggering by the UK of Article 50; and the Future of Europe, including EU enlargement. President...