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Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: Private Members' Business shall be No. 61, motion re addiction services.

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I assume we will have an opportunity to say a few words about this again. I concur with the sentiments expressed by Deputy Martin and I sympathise with the Morley family on the death of P.J. I served with him both as a councillor and a Deputy for many years. I enjoyed his company and I will have an opportunity to say some words again. He was a person who showed an extraordinary degree of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: We will have a clear and straightforward interaction with President Barroso tomorrow with regard to the preparation for our Presidency and our current view on Europe's position. If Deputy Martin feels that having face-to-face meetings with prime ministers is not worthwhile, I disagree with him.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: These discussions were important as-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----part of the ongoing conversation and contract between Ministers.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: If the Deputy feels that these are not important meetings, I disagree with his judgment.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am interested in achieving a conclusion-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----to the agreement set out by the Heads of Government. If I am twisting words, I would like to hear what the Deputy said.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy is blaming Britain but it is not the only objector to a financial transaction tax. There are reports clearly indicating a loss of up to 15,000 jobs in the European Union if a financial transaction tax were imposed. That is a matter of opinion. There are other countries in Europe with a very strong objection to a financial transaction tax. We object to this on the basis of it...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I disagree fundamentally with Deputy Martin when he says that we have a reluctance to engage on any substantive issue about the EU. He is aware that not only did I introduce the opportunity to report to the House before European Council meetings, but also after. The Deputy's question reads: "...asked the Taoiseach the matters he raised during recent contacts with Prime Minister Cameron." I...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I will deal with that for Deputy Martin.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: It was not a bilateral meeting.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: No. The Ministers attend their meetings.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I was reminding the Deputy of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am surprised by the Deputy's line of argument. For his information, the Holy Father did not brief anybody or meet anybody in particular other than the general audience.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I want Deputy Martin to understand that I met with Prime Minister Monti, as did officials and our officials, and had a very good discussion about the eurozone crisis, the situation in so far as Italy is concerned and the relationship between Ireland and Italy. That was a factual meeting that, unlike some that occurred here, was recorded in terms of the notes that were taken. I also did the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: If we had had a very different financial order and competence ourselves over the years, we would be in an even stronger position to deal with elements of this. The Deputy asked me our view on the financial transaction tax. I have answered this in the House on many occasions. We have not supported a financial transaction tax because it would place our financial services centre and, as a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: I have not read the doctors' reports but I am informed that while Marian Price is in a wheelchair, her mental health has improved.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: Her health is a source of concern to everybody. I have not read the doctors' report. I am only commenting on the basis of the information made available to me. Arising from what the Deputy has said, I will have that double-checked.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (2 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: There are so many opportunities in a global sense to improve the circumstances in which hunger can be eliminated and nutrition developed. It does not just apply to the area mentioned by Deputy Higgins. For example, the Hunger Task Force report of 2008 called on Ireland to prioritise three particular areas. The first was to improve small-holder agricultural productivity in Africa,...