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- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----so what is he doing? One puts the responsibility on those who make the decision. At the end of the day, it is the European Council. Deputy Boyd Barrett raised the matter of the veto. We have a veto, because it has to be approved eventually be the entire European Council. Ireland has a veto, along with every other country if they so wish, and that is contained clearly within the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: Of all the countries-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: Yes, our priorities are set out, very clearly, and backed unanimously by the other 26, which I think is important.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: Let us see what happens. There is a British election on at the moment-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----and there is much talk about hard Brexits and cliffs and all the rest of it-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----but what the British Government wants is the closest possible relationship with the European Union, which includes us. If one is going to have the closest possible relationship, one has to be able to deal with the question of the British Government leaving the Single Market and the changed status-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----of its trading relationship. That is what the negotiations are about.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I will finally address what Deputy Eamon Ryan said-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----about why we cannot move on to discuss these things as needs be. We have inserted a clause that if substantial progress is being made on the principal issues here-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: -----on the modalities, principals and liabilities, the question of reciprocal rights for citizens and the question of the Border-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: If these matters are making substantial progress, people would be inclined to talk about the issues the Deputy mentioned.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (30 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: We are confident that the European Council’s adoption of the EU’s negotiating Guidelines on April 29 gives Ireland its strongest hand going into these complex negotiations. The unique circumstances of Ireland have been recognised as part of the negotiations from the outset. The Irish Government’s priority is to ensure that the unique circumstances on the island of...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Documents (30 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: On 29 April, the European Council adopted Guidelines establishing the framework for negotiations with the UK on its exit from the EU. On 22 May, the Council of Ministers at 27 adopted a decision authorising the beginning of the negotiations, which are expected to start soon after the UK general election. The negotiating directives under which the talks will be conducted reflect Ireland's...
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin is asking what action the Government took on the basis of the circumstances in which we found ourselves in 2011. Some €20 billion had been invested by the taxpayer. Jobs were haemorrhaging by the tens of thousands, interest rates on money borrowed by the country were 15% and unemployment was rising. We set out to improve that position, and that is what has happened in...
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Finance has repeatedly identified the particular demographics of this country having regard to the these rules. Money has to be paid back and capital is treated differently from current funding. It is not a case of not focusing on the priorities we have all identified. The Government has put forward €5 billion for housing.
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: The problem here is to get the system moving from the total collapse of a number of years ago to provide the number of houses, social and everything else, that is now needed. The Minister has raised the question of the treatment of capital at European level in his discussions with Finance Ministers but it has to be paid back. I know Deputy Martin supports the proportionate sale of AIB here....
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I am not sure what kind of speech that is. I thank the Deputy for his words. If I recall properly, I remember Deputy Adams as president of his party, coming in here week after week saying we should default.
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: His mantra was "burn the bondholders" and he was opposed to everything European. He campaigned actively against nine referenda in which the Irish people voted.
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: He was opposed bitterly to having the taxpayer put money into AIB and now he is opposed to getting the money back. That is consistency I suppose from the leader of Sinn Féin.
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)
Enda Kenny: I have not mentioned the Northern Bank. I am not sure if it was Irish money or sterling but I did not mention the Northern Bank. Deputy Adams has been consistent about burning bondholders-----