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Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: As the House is aware, I will travel to Brussels tomorrow for a meeting of the Heads of State or Government of the euro area. The meeting has been convened by the President of the European Council, Mr. Herman Van Rompuy, to discuss the future financing of the Greek programme and the stability of the euro area as a whole. These are vitally important topics and the meeting will be an...

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I agreed to this debate yesterday because of the request made by Members that we should have a pre-Council discussion here, and on the basis that this is a meeting of the euro zone and it is important. I thank all of the Members who contributed to it. Deputy Martin made two comments relevant to what is on the agenda for tomorrow: that something should be done about bank debt and that there...

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----of the consequences of what she is talking about?

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Does Deputy Joan Collins have any idea of the consequences of what she just put on the record of the House?

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett spoke about Pinochet and Mubarak. I have no intention of being equated with those individuals-----

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----nor have I any intention of leaving aside my duties when the House is in recess. The discussions currently going on in terms of the agenda to be determined for tomorrow are important. Obviously, the issues that have been put out here need decision by the eurozone leaders and as I have stated to the Dáil, I hope the process of making decisions, separate from any private sector...

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy made two comments which were fundamental to the agenda.

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: First, he said something should be done on the issue of bank debt-----

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and, second, that there would be an interest rate reduction.

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: This was without evidence or an idea or offering a proposal about what we should do in the context of the agenda to be discussed tomorrow.

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: It will be my duty and responsibility tomorrow to defend Ireland's interests, to participate in the European discussion on decisions that must be made to prevent the spread of a contagion, to prevent that risk from materialising, to provide for some certainty and decisiveness for the future. That is what I intend to do.

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I will think about granting requests for these debates in the future when we will allow Deputies to bring forward serious propositions.

Eurozone Heads of State and Government Meeting: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I have heard some suggestions, but, regrettably, all I have heard from the Deputy is that there will be an interest rate reduction. He did not even have the temerity to state how that would happen. I look forward to participating in the meeting tomorrow and will be pleased to report progress in a variety of fora when it is over.

Commission of Investigation Report in the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I move: That Dáil Éireann: — notes the publication of the report by the Commission of Investigation into the handling by Church and State authorities of allegations and suspicions of child sexual abuse against clerics of the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne; — expresses its sympathy with the victims whose suffering is set out in the report; — expresses its thanks to the Commission of...

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: A Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 6 together. I am responsible to the Dáil for the general activities of my Department and parliamentary questions addressed to me must relate to public affairs connected with my Department or to matters of administration for which I am officially responsible. The presentation of my Department's Estimate to the Select Sub-Committee on...

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy needs to get his research people to phrase their questions differently. The difficulty is that he has not become used to Opposition yet. It is a very different prospect from being over here as a Minister in various different Departments when he did not need to bother about this. As I have known myself over the years, when a Deputy tables a question it goes to the Ceann Comhairle...

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: That is nonsense.

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: To whom?

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: To whom was it transferred?

Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy should answer the question of to whom it was transferred.