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Order of Business (20 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Whips will certainly consider this issue and the Government is anxious that the matter be debated, if not next week, whenever it is appropriate to do so.

Order of Business (20 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is not as good as yesterday's. I do not have a date for either the Central Bank (consolidation) Bill or the sea fisheries and maritime jurisdiction (amendment) Bill. The adoption (tracing and information) Bill will be introduced later this year.

Northern Ireland Issues (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: There was no conclusion at the meeting on Friday about additional bodies. Clearly, there were a number of issues outstanding in regard to some of the existing bodies. For instance, the Minister, Deputy Deenihan, committed to working with his counterpart in respect of the continued planning of the Erne Canal, which has been an issue for a very long time. There is no funding for it now, but...

Northern Ireland Issues (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I did not have any particular difficulty in meeting the Ballymurphy families in Dublin. I wanted to save them the trouble of having to come down but I am quite happy to meet them in Belfast when I travel there. I cannot confirm I will be travelling there this month but it will be in the next matter of weeks. As soon as I get a fix on that, I will certainly advise the House. No progress was...

Northern Ireland Issues (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yes. Each has an agenda that can be worked on between meetings. The next meeting is due to be held in November and a range of issues will be negotiated and, I hope, agreed between now and then.

Northern Ireland Issues (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure what the repeated request to meet them in Dublin means.

Northern Ireland Issues (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: There is a serious legacy for the people concerned and I am happy to meet them in Belfast. However, if my trip is put back unduly, I do not object to that. I disagree with the Deputy on lots of things, but I agree that perhaps we should have a discussion on the devolution of fiscal powers and what is actually happening. I have seen reports on schools being closed in Armagh and the...

Northern Ireland Issues (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: There are very different views on these matters. We have started a process of restructuring and reorganising local authorities. That process commenced in Limerick and Tipperary. There have been changes to the county enterprise boards and the functions of local authorities, as well as in the efficiency and value for money achieved for what taxpayers pay here. In due course perhaps it might...

Northern Ireland Issues (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I have no difficulty with that. When the Deputy speaks about taking a view on the structure of fiscal arrangements in Northern Ireland-----

Northern Ireland Issues (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: ----- it is like the financial transaction tax. Some countries in Europe have declared their support for it, but others are opposed. We have a clear view on the matter, but we cannot influence other countries in terms of the way they structure their tax systems. We would not want to be disadvantaged by any decision made on a financial transactions tax that might apply in Paris, Amsterdam...

Northern Ireland Issues (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: Comparative studies are relevant and would help develop a greater understanding of how the system has evolved and operates in Northern Ireland as distinct from down here. Clearly there is a value in both Members of the Assembly and the Oireachtas understanding the way the financial framework operates in Northern Ireland, with the subvention from Britain, and how we do our business down here....

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12 to 14, inclusive, together. I met former US Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her accompanying congressional delegation in Dublin on 13 March. I welcomed her warmly to Ireland as she has always shown such support both for the peace process in Northern Ireland and to Ireland in general. We spoke about Irish-US relations in advance of my trip later that week to the...

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I raised the Irish economy, the public finances and the Government's wish and intention to return our economy to a strong growth and job creation agenda. She assured us of continued US support both on Northern Ireland and for our recovery efforts here. The meeting with her delegation, which comprised seven other representatives, covered a range of issues in respect of the diaspora,...

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked about the bank debt.

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I will give the Deputy an answer. I did not raise the issue of Timothy Geithner or his actions or comments with Nancy Pelosi. We discussed a range of issues and I briefed her on the position as far as the Irish economy is concerned and what the Irish Government is doing and the efforts we are making to restore our economy to strong growth and a jobs agenda and all of those issues. Neither...

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: Far from the situation being regarded as depressing or there being a feeling of hopelessness, the American delegation was absolutely on a high about the reputation this county has had restored in the United States to a point where we are seen internationally in the words of former President Clinton and President Obama as being a country that is making real progress in difficult and...

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: It confirmed the pipeline of investment into this country from the United States remains exceptionally strong. During the course of the referendum campaign, as the Deputy is well aware, quite a number of chief executives of major multinationals from the United States not only put their money where their mouths were but spoke publicly about the reasons they wanted to invest in this country -...

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: Correct.

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: And none of them likes to leave.

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: When I was in the US, I made it my business to meet a number of Democrats and to speak to a number of Senators and Congressmen on both sides about the issue of the E3 visas. The Deputy will be well aware of the political interchange that goes on between Senators and Congressmen in various parts of the US who have an interest in this issue but, clearly, the position in so far as the party...