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Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: We have 100 people in the permanent representation in Brussels. Their single focus now is Brexit and they are meeting officials every day about elements of this. The sections in every Department dealing with Brexit, be they small or large, are focusing on the issue that is really of importance to us. The Deputy made the point in a different way that the fact there is no Executive in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin made the point very clearly that following the collapse of the Executive, the situation is now that there is no leadership at Executive level in Northern Ireland. The Ulster farmers want to know what subsidy the British taxpayer is going to have to put out when Brexit takes effect and the CAP is no longer there. What is the situation for the Erasmus programmes and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----there is no singular voice. I am not asking for a singular voice. As Deputy Howlin rightly pointed out, there are a whole range of issues that are important to-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----the DUP and to the Sinn Féin Party. There may not be a singular voice, but there must be an agenda that they want reflected in the actions taken for the people that they represent.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: It is true to say that Sinn Féin cannot continue not to accept that responsibility and to wait for somebody else to put the Executive together for it. It is time for parties to focus-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----on the real issues and say that these are the things we can agree on, this is what we do not agree on, but here is the complete agenda. In so far as my job is concerned-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: We will continue with our co-guarantorship of the Good Friday Agreement and help them where we can.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: One can bring a horse to water but one cannot make it drink.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 to 14, inclusive, together. As I have previously reported to the House, I have met with the head of the Commission Brexit task force, Mr. Michel Barnier, on a number of occasions, most recently on 2 March when I visited Brussels. We also continue to have regular ministerial and official-level engagement with Mr. Barnier and the task force, particularly...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Are we going to take answers first?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I will say to Deputy Howlin that the priorities he mentioned have all been referred to in the letter from Prime Minister May to Mr. Tusk triggering Article 50. They have been referred to extensively in the European Parliament paper and have been referred to specifically in the draft regulations published by the European Council and Mr. Tusk. Deputy Howlin mentioned the question of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I have seen reports ranging from low double digits to higher double digits. There has been no detailed discussion about these figures and no outcome has been agreed on it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I recognise what Deputy Haughey has been talking about. When free travel was introduced by his late father 50 years ago, the move was revolutionary. It was always seen as something that was very good for a Minister to be able to do. Millions of people have availed of it once they passed the particular age. I assure Deputy Haughey that there is no intention whatsoever to scrap the free...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I hear different things.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Why then are we having ultimatums?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: Why then are we having ultimatums about another election?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: If it is possible to do it, then let it happen. The traditional thing was always that the British Prime Minister and the Taoiseach of the day would arrive in Belfast at the last minute. There would always be a demand for more money and yet more money. That has always been the case over the past 30 years. If the DUP and Sinn Féin are serious, they can sort this out quickly if they...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: As far as I am concerned, we have co-guarantorship responsibility for the Good Friday Agreement.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: We will continue to see that this happens.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: It was not possible to get agreement on how one to deal with the legacy issues of Northern Ireland. These are very serious and sensitive on both sides. It was not possible to deal with the question of the Irish language, which I favour strongly.