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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Yes, of course. Not only that, but we spoke to Mr. Juncker about a number of other things as well.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Mr. Juncker has been a close friend and ally of Ireland. In formal session of the European Council we discussed the whole question of the European Council's response to the requirement to deal with the OECD programme for BEPS and the tax structures in other countries. Everybody agreed to participate openly and fully in this, as Ireland is doing. That is why, in the most recent budget, the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Yes, but as the Deputy is aware, the banks when he was dealing with them were completely unworkable-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----and self-destructive and needed to be restructured completely. I will return to your original point-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----where you put over €30 billion into Anglo Irish Bank that can never be recovered. We can get the rest back for the taxpayer and more.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: President Juncker is a politician with considerable experience. It is not for me to comment on the tax structures of any individual country. We have our own structures, and we have been forthright in defending them. There were some comments internationally about the concept of the double Irish and the concept of statelessness. We got rid of that. The only way of having a system that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy seems to think it is the privilege of Ireland to call people into rooms to interrogate them. He did not table any question here about the issue of recapitalisation, but I will deal with it for him.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy tabled two questions on the appointment of Federica Mogherini and the former Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: I do not see any question about recapitalisation.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: I said I would answer them for the Deputy who usefully has tabled a bland question on which he can move from here to the South Pole, if he so wishes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy had five minutes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy says appointments are made without us asking questions.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy is well aware that one does not need to ask questions here. He asked enough questions about the former Minister, Phil Hogan, for many years. It is the European Parliament that puts Commissioners-designate through their paces.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: His view and presentation were outstanding. As the Deputy knows, the Parliament refused to ratify one Commissioner-designate because of the inadequacy of the answers given.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: During our Presidency we set out the strategy in respect of the European Parliament and the future of the institutions. The Deputy mentioned President Juncker and his position on the tax issue. First, he was involved in a competition with Michel Barnier for the right to become President-designate of the Commission. That contest and vote were held in the convention centre in Dublin. There...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Yes, the Deputy did.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked about President Juncker's tax business in Luxembourg.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy made a comment on President Juncker's tax position in Luxembourg.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Did the Deputy mention Luxembourg?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)
Enda Kenny: Did the Deputy mention Luxembourg?