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European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: The European Council also set the European Union's priorities for the forthcoming G20 meeting on 18 and 19 June, with a particular emphasis on growth enhancing measures and reforms. We were also informed about preparations for the G8 Summit on 19 and 20 May. The European Council underlined its strong support for an ambitious outcome at the Rio +20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable...

European Council: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I did not see it.

European Council: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: How does Deputy Adams know that?

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yes, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources updated the Cabinet in respect of developments in this matter. I share the Deputy's view, as do all others, of the critical importance of objectivity in so far as the national broadcaster is concerned with regard to public life in Ireland, to life in general in Ireland and to our democratic institutions. Deputy Martin is...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: This investigation will be into the nature of the editorial process on the evening of the debate. The compliance committee of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland which met this morning is likely to have sought further clarification from RTE in the matter. The chairman of the Joint Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture, Deputy Andrew Doyle, has announced that RTE...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I hope it will. I hope it can be.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I share the views of Deputy Martin, as does everyone else here, that the national broadcaster should be absolutely impartial, fair and objective in carrying out its statutory functions under the Act that established it. Deputy Martin is aware that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has completely independent and statutory responsibility for the regulation of broadcasting in the country....

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: The committee did not believe the subsequent truth or otherwise of the content removed the basic responsibility of the broadcaster to verify its content and its provenance. The committee found no evidence that the broadcaster, presenter or production team deliberately concealed information or constructed the programme in a manner that lacked objectivity or impartiality .

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: The complaints process is governed by section 48 of the Broadcasting Act 2009. It is entirely independent and independently regulated.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: Following the Minister's transmission to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland of his letter from Mr. Gallagher, I hope that if, in the view of the BAI, there is anything new that warrants further comprehensive detailed analysis by the compliance committee, it will happen expeditiously

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I share Deputy Martin's view that it is of critical importance, for the good of the country and of civil life in the country that the national broadcaster adhere to the strict requirements of the Act that set it up, which is that our democratic institutions can be assured of fairness, objectivity and impartiality in respect of dealings with the national broadcaster.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I cannot do that.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy forgets, and perhaps deliberately, that this country is in a bailout programme while Spain is not. The money to pay the salaries of the gardaí, the teachers, the nurses and everyone else, comes from Europe. Spain is not in a bailout situation. It has excessive deficit and future challenges with which it must deal. However, it must reduce its deficit level to 3% by the end of...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is not the question the Deputy asked.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Gerry Adams did not ask that question.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams deliberately twists the words. There is a very big difference between Spain as a country with a huge economy not being in a programme and Ireland which has a much smaller economy being in a programme until the end of 2013. The Deputy is also aware of the individual country-specific requirement in each case; Greece is in a very different situation from Ireland, Portugal is a...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----and Ireland's situation is very different from that of Spain.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: When the Deputy refers to the €3.1 billion in respect of the promissory notes, I have already made it perfectly clear that we are not going to raise any undue expectations. A series of difficult, technical and complex negotiations are being held at the initiative of the troika in order to produce a flexibility paper so that this country's particular economic circumstances could be eased by...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: Those negotiations and discussions are ongoing. I would guess that Deputy Adams was probably the most disappointed person in the country when the Tánaiste and I came in here to inform the House and the country that on the advice of the Attorney General, we would be having a referendum. I could see that the Deputy's jaw dropped-----

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I know he had his legal squires ready down at the steps of the court. I am not going to raise any expectations-----