Results 17,581-17,600 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The reason Ireland is a special case and is recognised as such is that our banks have been recapitalised. Therefore, the assistance to be given is of a different nature from that for other countries which have not yet sought assistance. The fact is that the communiqué issued by myself and the German Chancellor recognises our unique circumstances and against that background, the special...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I will take a question or two. I have to meet some people but I said I would be here for it, if Deputy Martin wants to ask a question.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister and the officials from the Department of Finance are involved in detailed discussions with the ECB about the promissory note. There are a range of issues on which they have been working and they are progressing those discussions with the ECB. The question of debt sustainability is always difficult. We have made the case clearly to the European Council. It has been accepted...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The maximum amount.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: You panicked.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Last week you did.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Read your speech of last week.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: You said it would be easily restructured.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: About Spain.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: For the Deputy's information-----
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: An extension of time was sought by and granted to the group responsible for compiling the report. The Minister has not yet received the report.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Next year.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine raised this matter at a Council meeting in Luxembourg yesterday. As the Deputy is aware, he and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government have already approved an extension in respect of slurry spreading.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: This is an issue of which the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine will take account. In recent days I met members of the IFA in Paris at the SIAL food exhibition - one of the largest events of its kind in the world. This matter was also raised at the exhibition. I have passed the information on this matter to the two Departments involved.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Bill relating to GP funding is due to be published this session.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: This is a major report and I commend the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, for bringing it forward. There will be a debate on the report which contains a range of matters with which the Government will be obliged to deal. This area is a maze of confusion for thousands. Successive Governments have stated the administrative charges applied by pension funds are excessive....
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: It will be published this session.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: I am pleased to brief the House on the outcome of last week's European Council meeting in Brussels on 18 and 19 October. I am happy to report that the outcome of the meeting was very positive from both an Irish and a European perspective. At the insistence of a number of member states, including Ireland, we explicitly reaffirmed the commitment we had made in June to break the link between...
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Sometimes one has to say "No."
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Enda Kenny: Is the Deputy calling me a liar?