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Order of Business (29 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I already answered Deputy Martin on this matter. The Government will consider this matter further at next week's Cabinet meeting. Obviously, I said we will set up a referendum commission and the Government will produce a referendum Bill. Work is proceeding on the fiscal responsibility Bill and I will give positive consideration to the setting up of a sub-committee to deal with the...

Order of Business (29 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: It will be as soon as possible. This is a matter on which I am getting many queries. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, has advanced it greatly. I am anxious that it is set up as quickly as possible. I will have the Minister respond directly to the Deputy. It is on its way and the quicker, the better.

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am pleased to have this opportunity again to brief the House ahead of the forthcoming meeting of the European Council in Brussels on Thursday and Friday of this week, 1 and 2 March. The meeting will begin on Thursday evening, with the customary exchange with the President of the European Parliament followed by a first working session and a discussion over dinner. On Friday morning, we...

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Foreign Affairs Council and the General Affairs Council considered the issue of granting EU candidate status to Serbia earlier this week. The European Council considered this issue in December but deferred taking a decision until further progress was shown in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. I am pleased to report that sufficient progress has been shown in the dialogue, with...

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Agreed.

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am sure the Deputy is disappointed with that.

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: He would love to have had that.

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I bet the Deputy is disappointed.

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: I was following the advice of the Attorney General yesterday.

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Did the Deputy say, "Welcome to democracy"?

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy should ask that to the young people in Dundalk after last week's jobs announcement there.

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: Tá mé ag éisteacht leis an Teachta. Cloisim é.

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: There are also 23 million small and medium-sized enterprises.

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Enda Kenny: The man beside Deputy Adams - Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn – was asked earlier how he was going to pay everyone in the public service if we decided not make these payments.

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not intend to publish the formal legal advice of the Attorney General except to say she advised the Government formally that, on balance, in consideration of the wording of the fiscal stability treaty, she considers that for it to be ratified, the people must be asked and a referendum must be held. I have been very clear all along that if the advice of the Attorney General was that a...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: To be honest, I cannot put a conclusion time on it because I do not control the attitude that might be taken by the governors of the other eurozone central banks. The Deputy is well aware that some countries take the view that others should be encouraged and helped. That is part of what the foundation of the European Union was about. People in other countries who are coming from a certain...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I can confirm that discussions are continuing between officials at European level. However, I am not in a position to say a deal is on the table or that it will be defined by a certain date. Nobody should run away with the view that we have heightened the expectation that a "big bank solution", as some call it, will be reached. Ireland's economic problems are much more complex and much...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: Cuireann sé isteach go mór orm go bhfuil gá go mbeadh cúrsaí dlíthúil le leanúint dóibh siúd a cuireadh isteach orthu go mór de bharr na tragóide seo. Tá a fhios ag an Teachta, mar a dúirt mé cheana, go bhfuil an tArd-Aighne ag féachaint ar an deachracht atá ann faoi láthair, os rud é nár éirigh leis an Rialtas cruthú a fháil san reifreann a bhí ann ó thaobh...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I share the Deputy's view that this is a horrendous situation. I commend the whistleblower who brought forward this information in the first instance. I really empathise and sympathise with those who are the victims in this case. However, I do not want to stand up here and announce inquiries like that. I ask the Deputy to bear with me while the Office of the Attorney General provides me...

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yes, but I have not got the advice, as the Deputy knows.