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European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked about our objectives. Our objective is to get back to a situation in which this country is in charge of its own economic destiny. That means we must pay our way, meet our conditions and get out of the IMF-EU bailout deal as quickly as we can. That is why the Government has taken decisions on the banks and to give some element of stimulation to our indigenous economy within...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: As I am trying to get my head around the Deputy's logic.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The answer to the Deputy's question is no, we are not. Ireland is meeting its requirements and conditions, challenging though they are, and when the interest rate reduction is applied that will be of extra help. This debate is about the report of the European Council meeting, but the Deputy wants to raise the question of special needs assistants. This is an important, sensitive and...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy bothered to read the value for money report in respect of special needs assistants-----

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----he would have noted that in many instances it became the norm for a special needs assistant to be allocated not because of disability or the particular challenges a child faced. This could not continue. I know from visiting many schools the value of special needs assistants to children who need them. There will in fact be more special needs assistants in the system this year than ever...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Regarding the Deputy's comments on accident and emergency wards, at the beginning of each year, hospital budgets are signed off. Some hospitals are already €100 million over budget. This cannot continue. Somebody must pay for this. We are in this situation not by virtue of choice but by virtue of circumstance. To make our way out of this, we are going to have to make adjustments. In...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Finance has pointed out how this has become the reality.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Finance is in the courts to see the subordinated bondholders take their share of responsibility. He will also take up the matter of the senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank in the autumn with the European Central Bank. Deputy Boyd Barrett, along with some other Members, believes we can continue on as if nothing happened without any charges against us. Unfortunately, as...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Peaceful protest is perfectly legitimate. Deputy Boyd Barrett has not made one single constructive suggestion so far, other than having protests about this, that and the other. Can the Deputy give me one constructive suggestion about job creation, how we can save on waste and cut out inefficiencies, or provide better standards by doing more with less in the public sector?

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Boyd Barrett started the arguments about accident and emergency units and special needs assistants when this is about the recent European Council meeting.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Finance is in the courts concerning the unsubordinated bondholders sharing responsibility. He wants to begin discussions with the European Central Bank regarding a large payment due for senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank. Formally, he has pointed out the pricing of these loans is too high, which has been generally accepted by the European Council. Some assume we are...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: One condition being mooted is that of a rise in Ireland's corporate tax rate. That is a move I will never contemplate. We are trying to get the interest rate reduction without affecting our corporate tax rate which I believe is possible.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I share Deputy Wallace's view. Work is under way in the context of introducing a partial loan guarantee scheme that will make it easier for banks to be more flexible in advancing credit to businesses which should be in a position to access such credit under appropriate conditions. As the Deputy is aware, the demand for credit has in many instances been restricted because of the poor...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: These things are not published. I am sure, however, the Deputy has a copy of that to which he is referring in front of him.

Northern Ireland Issues (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Symbolism is important. It is not just the symbolism of the new Peace Bridge in Derry but the fact that people and cyclists can now cross the Foyle over the Peace Bridge and visit Ebrington Barracks, which has been transformed into a public facility, speaks of the journey the people of Derry, in particular, have made arising from this. That symbolism also gives young people a sense of hope...

Northern Ireland Issues (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams got the mood right in this case. There has been a strong and positive reaction to my attendance at the opening of the Peace Bridge. I have encouraged every member of the Government to involve themselves informally with their counterparts in the Executive. I hope that by the time the next North South Ministerial Council takes place a range of sectoral meetings will have taken...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Last week's meeting of the European Council focused on a number of issues of vital interest for the future of the Union and its citizens. On Thursday evening, the Council discussed economic matters, with discussion falling into three broad areas - economic policy co-ordination under the European Semester and Euro Plus Pact; implementation of the package of measures that were agreed in March;...

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: Who wrote that for the Deputy?

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I will publish it, and it also relates to the CCCTB, to which the Deputy objected.

European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: I will publish it if the Deputy has it. There is no secret about it at all.