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Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Estimates have not been published yet. When they are, they will be brought before the committees.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has raised an important point. This Bill will be ordered later this year.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Finance will report progress on this issue directly to the Deputy.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: There is no promised legislation.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am sure the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, will consider the consequences of what he told the committee yesterday.

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. I attended the 16th summit of the British-Irish Council in London on 20 June. It was my first attendance at a British-Irish Council summit since becoming Taoiseach. The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Nick Clegg; the Scottish Government delegation was led by First Minister, Mr. Alex Salmond; the Welsh...

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: As I stated, I did so on both occasions. I indicated to Mr. Clegg that the decision had been taken by the Heads of Government in Brussels, in respect of an interest rate reduction being agreed in principle, that the Minister for Finance and officials from Ireland should make contact with their colleagues. I also referred to the British loan. I thanked the Deputy Prime Minister, as I did...

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I indicated to the Deputy Prime Minister that, obviously, an interest rate reduction was desirable but that our focus was on following through immediately on the decision of the European Council at which leaders agreed in principle that a reduction should apply and that countries the subject of an EFSF bailout should have it applied to them. I indicated to him that Ireland was measuring up...

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Níor ardaigh mé cúrsaí Sellafield leis an Leas-Phríomh Aire ach nuair a bheidh an céad seans eile agam bualadh leis an Phríomh Aire, ardóidh mé arís í ag an bpointe sin. Séard a bhí i gceist ar chlár an chruinnithe - an céad cruinniú ar a d'fhreastal mé mar Thaoiseach den Chomhairle ar fad - ná, mar a dúirt mé leis an Teachta Ó Máirtín, díospóireacht faoi chúrsaí a...

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: For the information of the Deputy, I did raise this matter at the European Council meeting in respect of the stress tests being carried out on nuclear and reprocessing plant such as at Sellafield. I am pleased to report that it is included as part of the stress tests. I expect the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources will be in direct contact with his counterpart in...

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Gabh mo leithscéal.

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I have no wish to take credit from Deputy Adams in any shape or form for raising such issues of importance.

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Sellafield reprocessing plant has been the subject of discussions, questions, priority questions and Private Members' time during the past 30 years. Having visited the place myself on several occasions I am well aware, as is Deputy Adams, that some serious issues arose from leaks from Sellafield into the Irish Sea over a period of years. We are pleased to note that with all the...

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Higgins has raised two maters. The first is valid. I raised the issue of vulnerable communities in Northern Ireland with the Deputy Prime Minister. I made him aware that in so far as the Government is concerned, we seek to work with the British Government and members of the elected Assembly and Executive in Northern Ireland with particular reference to the vulnerability of...

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: These things are all interlinked. At issue is the potential to have a reduction in the interest rate across all the loans.

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is under a serious delusion if he thinks the hard questions will not be or are not being asked. As the Deputy is aware, the European Union portion of the EU-IMF programme funding for Ireland is made up of the European financial stabilisation mechanism, EFSM, the European financial stability facility, EFSF, and the bilateral loans from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Denmark....

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 to 8, inclusive, together. I reported to the House on 22 March on the meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the euro area that took place in Brussels on 11 March. That meeting agreed that pricing of the European financial stability facility, EFSF, should be lowered to better take into account debt sustainability, while remaining above funding...

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin tabled three questions in this group. The first pertains to details of the proposed text on the interest rate for Ireland circulated by President Van Rompuy. The second relates to bilateral meetings and the third concerns the European Central Bank. I have dealt with each of those three questions in my reply. The Deputy is aware of what happens at such meetings, at which a...

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The answer is yes. It was presented, but it was not acceptable to me.

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: No, because it is not one that was presented formally to everybody else.