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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I will keep it brief. Deputy Adams asked about the status of the European Council decision of 29 June. It is as it was. The decision was to break the vicious circle between sovereign and bank debt, taking into account the particular analysis of the well-performing programme in Ireland, that equal cases would receive equal treatment, and that following this the architecture of the single...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: All of which relate to Europe.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I know Deputy Martin appreciates my going against all traditions and advice.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Yes, I know.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I will give shorter answers if the Deputy wishes.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: As I have outlined on many occasions at the European Council, European Parliament and other meetings Ireland supports the development of the Union to its full potential, including the development of the Single Market and digital market. We need to develop the unconcluded agreements on trade with Canada and the Far East and to implement the framework agreement on EU-US trade which, as the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I discussed the question of the activities on the ground with the Minister, Mr. Ford, MLA, when he was here. Obviously as leader of the Alliance Party he gave me some insights into the impact on the streets and the homes, and the sectarianism that erupted from disparate groups both before and after Christmas. This is an issue about which we need to be concerned not only because of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 to 23, inclusive, together. I attended the meeting of the European Council on 22 and 23 November which aimed to reach agreement on the multiannual financial framework. Following productive discussions, it was decided that a little more time was needed to bring positions closer together and that, while we would maintain intensive contacts, we would return...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: We discussed this in part last week and we had agreement on quite a number of matters. I commend the business people and the retailers in Belfast on the extraordinary resilience they showed in the face of all those riots and their efforts to continue to say to people that they are welcome to Belfast and that it is a city where they can have good business engagement. I hope, following the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: It is a view Deputy Martin has here. As I stated, in approximately three weeks I will have the opportunity to discuss these matters directly with the British Prime Minister. At that level, if we have the opportunity to consider any new initiative, that is the place to do it. If, arising from that, it was deemed appropriate to try to get all the groups together, it is certainly something...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin talks about something new and fresh being needed. Clearly we are not happy about the situation when there were riots before and after Christmas with disruption, injury and threats to PSNI officers, along with the acquisition and discovery of rocket launchers here in the South for use by dissident groups in Northern Ireland with potentially lethal consequences. That is why we...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I have ongoing meetings with the individual leaders. The leaders came together in the middle of the riots to put together a community response and to ask disparate groups on the streets to desist from continuous rioting. It would be only right and proper to discuss this at prime ministerial level to see how both Governments might approach this and whether the suggestion made by Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The public want to see the gardaí, to have access to them and to know they have proper facilities and equipment. They need to know gardaí will be there when they need them. I thank the gardaí for the changes they have made to rosters in stations all over the country which has allowed greater visibility, access and attention. The other day, a burglary took place and a Garda...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 8 together. As I outlined in my replies to the House on other Northern Ireland questions over the past two weeks, I welcome the significant reduction in the level of public disorder in Belfast in recent weeks. However, I believe a concerted political solution is still required. I remain deeply concerned at the street violence in parts of Belfast since...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: We have had more meetings with our colleagues in the Northern Ireland Executive over the past year than at any other time since the establishment of the North-South Ministerial Council. Over the past year alone the Tánaiste and Government Ministers and I have met with members of the Northern Ireland Executive on over 50 occasions. As I have previously stated we will continue to work...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Adams can get the details of all of the changes that have been made in regard to pay and pensions for higher-paid public servants. As I said already and repeat again, for the higher ranks the pay reductions range from between 3% and 30%. In the case of position I occupy, the salary is 40% lower than it was for the person who occupied it before me.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: A lot of what went on in the past has been eliminated. I still walk to work in the morning and walk home in the evening. Unlike Deputy Adams, none of the advisers in the Department of the Taoiseach have had the privilege of having their fare paid to America for medical attention they sought there.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy's question ranges over free legal aid, statements made by a member of the Catholic Church, pay and vehicles. I can assure Deputy McGrath that we have the utmost respect for the work that members of An Garda Síochána do.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: They are the line of defence between ordinary citizens and criminal elements. I know of no garda who will not get involved in law abiding and crime prevention activities, whether on duty or not. We have seen evidence of that over the years, where gardaí, in their off-duty hours, have performed heroic deeds in preventing crime and in seeing that the law of the land is upheld. We have...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: -----and have more access to the gardaí. This year €5 million has been set aside for the acquisition of Garda vehicles which I hope, depending on the deal reached, will provide very many vehicles for the many stations and officers who need them around the country. It goes without saying that in the three years prior to 2011, very few Garda vehicles were actually acquired or...