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Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: Tá a fhios ag an Teachta gur thug mé freagra ar a chéad ceist - an Bille leighis a bhí sé ag caint faoi - cúpla seachtain ó shin. Luadh go mbeidh sé foilsithe roimh deireadh samhraidh na céad bliana eile. Tá neart oibre déanta agus le déanamh ar an mBille sin. The housing regulation Bill and the housing (miscellaneous...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: In respect of Deputy Broughan's comment on Jean-Claude Juncker, I do not accept that at all. There was a full scale plenary session of the European Parliament last week where a motion of censure was put against the Juncker Commission. That was debated and there were 101 votes for the motion and 461 votes against. It was supported by the 48 MEPs of the Europe of Freedom and Direct...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: I was just going to say-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: A Cheann Comhairle, I was going to say-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----that life stories begin with two words: "I do."

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 to 9, inclusive, together. The most recent meeting of the Cabinet committee on European Union affairs was on Thursday, 6 November. The next meeting of the committee is scheduled for this month. The Cabinet committee on European affairs meets regularly throughout the year to discuss and shape Ireland's strategic approach to our European Union engagement....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: The answer to the Deputy's question is that it is a case of deciding on the options that are in the best interests of the Irish taxpayer. We could not apply for direct recapitalisation under the decision of June 2012 until we put all the steps in place, including the single supervisory mechanism, SSM, the banking union concept, and all those complicated issues.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: That is all done, so it is now open to the Government to apply for recapitalisation if it so decides. What should the Government decide? What the Government has to do, and what it should do, is to make a decision as to what is in the best interests of the Irish taxpayer. In other words, were we to apply for recapitalisation, let us say we would get X amount, whereas if we look at the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: I will answer the question if the Deputy lets me finish. We put €4 billion into the Bank of Ireland; we got back €6 billion. We still own 14% or 15% of that. We own 99% of AIB. Which is the better option? Is it to hold that in the knowledge that we have made a profit for the taxpayer from Bank of Ireland already and we still own that element of it? What do we do with AIB?...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: How do we get back the most money for the taxpayer? Which decision do we make? Which option do we choose?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Mathews's advice is very good in this regard.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: He has many ideas about what is the proper thing to do, so Government will have to make that decision in due course.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: Gabh mo leithscéal. Far be it from me to forget Deputy Adams. He mentioned "waltzing off" on a tangent. The Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Michelle O'Neill, wrote to the Commissioner designate, Phil Hogan, and welcomed his appointment. Maybe she forgot to tell the Sinn Féin Members down here that she was going to write as a Minister, not just as...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: I expect it will be an important position over the next number of years, given the importance of the agri sector, and 40% of the budget of €860 billion over the next seven years. I expect the Commissioner, Mr. Hogan, in heading up the agri sector in Europe, will allow the different sectors to flourish and, hopefully, it will become evident in Ireland. The rural development programme...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: I have given this to the Deputy before. Sweden has moved on it. We support the achievement of a Palestinian state. The Israeli Government is building housing on areas of the West Bank. If we are not going to have a comprehensive agreement on what constitutes Palestine and what constitutes Israel, we go back to 1948 and the two state solution. Sweden has made its decision and there has...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: There was considerable speculation about the potential appointment of Ms Mogherini in the first instance. People thought that some of the comments that had been made were very soft towards Russia. The Prime Minister of Italy, Matteo Renzi, was very clear that her appointment, if sanctioned, would clearly take into account and follow the European Council's view in respect of the attitude...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: We have taken a number of steps to achieve this. We recapitalised and restructured the banks, we liquidated the IBRC and we replaced the promissory notes used for recapitalisation with long-term bonds in order to dramatically reduce our own market funding requirements. Those steps have had the effect of stabilising the financial system and reversing the outflow of deposits and other funds...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Minister has stated that, unlike in 2012, the ESM is no longer the only option we can use to recover the money provided to recapitalise our banks. Investors are again willing to invest in Irish banks, and the market value of our investments has improved accordingly. In Europe, a strategic approach tends to deliver. The Minister for Finance has said that he intends to keep open the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: Gabh mo leiscéal.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: Mr. Juncker was well aware of this prior to his appointment.