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Constitutional Amendments (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: As regards the October referenda, the answer is Yes.

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 3 together. I was happy to welcome President Buzek to Government Buildings for a breakfast meeting last Tuesday, 12 July. Ireland is a strong supporter of the European Parliament and has many friends there. Our people have served in the parliament at its highest levels and our MEPs make an important contribution to its work. We had a good discussion of...

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: There is no doubt that this is a crucial time for Europe. That is why President Van Rompuy has called together the eurozone Heads of Government for a meeting on Thursday. The Deputy reflected on what happened at the last two summits. It may be possible, in the event that agreement is reached on a comprehensive solution here, that Thursday's meeting could also be regarded as quite historic...

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am not surprised at the Deputy's comments. He seems to have the bug he picked up in the Department of Foreign Affairs, when he travelled around the world. He seems to believe my job is to be on the telephone all day to other leaders around the world and to travel between European cities.

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I remind the Deputy of what he did in lumping bank debt onto sovereign debt-----

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and putting it on the backs of the citizens of this country.

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: In my view, it was a gross act of political failure.

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I have to deal with that at home and in Europe.

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I remind the Deputy that since the Government started to pursue the issue, there has been extensive sharing of responsibility by subordinated bondholders and there is more to come. The Minister for Finance has made it perfectly clear that in respect of senior bondholders, we regard Anglo Irish Bank as being a dead bank. It is in a different position and different circumstances from any...

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The discussions about that will start in the autumn.

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: It is not like a football player scoring a goal or a point from the sideline. Maurice Fitzgerald was able to do that against my county in an all-Ireland final a number of years ago.

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The discussions and negotiations we are involved in are aimed at finding a European solution to a European problem. That is what the Government has been pointing out for the last four or five months.

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Tánaiste has pointed it out during meetings with foreign affairs ministers and diplomats. I have pointed it out when I have attended Council meetings. I have not been travelling around Europe. I have been going around this country telling people that we will not sink under the weight of this economic challenge. We have not been hit by an earthquake or a tsunami. We have been left...

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: We are going to deal with this challenge.

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Part of that process involves getting the eurozone leaders to deal with Europe's problem, which has clear implications for Ireland, this Thursday. I do not want to go into the details of the matters that are being commented on publicly. I refer to the question of what might be decided during Thursday's meeting. As Deputy Martin is aware, questions of flexibility, pricing and maturity dates...

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: As I said in my initial response, I spoke to the President of the European Parliament when he was here.

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: No.

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Tá a fhios ag an Teachta Adams go maith céard atá mé á rá anseo le cúpla mí anuas faoin deacracht atá ag Éirinn. Tá a fhios aige go maith freisin gur ndearna cinne ag an chruinniú ar 11 Márta gur chóir go mbeadh laghdú ráta úis do na tíre atá sáite isteach sa chomhlacht ESFS.

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Ba chóir go mbeadh laghdú ar an ráta úis ansin ach níor tharla an laghdú sin. Is é an t-aon tír nach raibh sásta é sin a dhéanamh ná an Fhrainc. It is not true to say, as the Deputy seems to believe, that we can act unilaterally, walk away and make decisions on our own. We are not in this alone.

EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: We had no wish to be involved in this loan repayment scheme. We were led into it, despite the denials of the previous Government. I remind Deputies that the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Gilmore, has met his counterparts in Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Spain the past two weeks, as part of the diplomatic connection that happens on a regular basis-----