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Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: Fair play to the Deputy. He is certainly not shy about spinning out the record. I note the comments of President Obama; they are what we have been saying for some time, namely, this is a European problem that requires a European answer, one that will have to come from political leaders. A political response is required.

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: As I observed to Deputy Ross, we support the principle of a banking union which is something that could be worked upon relatively quickly by European leaders in order to deal with the banking crisis. That is something I set out in my recent letter to all the other leaders, namely, this is an issue of European crisis and therefore requires a response from European leaders. The Spanish...

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: We do not support policies of rendition. The US President expressed thanks for the use of Shannon Airport for transit flights going through the airport. I visited Shannon Airport recently when Transaero announced a major expansion at the airport. As the Deputy is aware, the Government has decided to restructure Shannon Development. The establishment of a task force to examine the previous...

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: When we spoke to Vice President Xi Jinping and also to Premier Wen Jiabao in China, we raised the question of human rights. He was the first to admit that China has to do more in respect of human rights.

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: He made the point that there are 800 million users of the Internet and 400 million bloggers in China. He clearly recognised that the question of human rights is central to his decade of power. He was very open about the fact that China can improve its human rights record. It is clear that the number of US military personnel who pass through Shannon Airport has declined seriously since its...

Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 9, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 10, motion re orders of reference of committees; No. 11, motion re Standing Orders 99 and 102; No. 12, motion re establishment of Joint Committee on Standing Orders (Private Business); No. 13, motion re membership of committees; No. 14, motion re Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2011, Industrial...

Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I thank Deputy Martin for his query. The Constitution is quite clear in so far as membership of this House is concerned for persons who are elected by the people in a democratic election. I believe Deputy Wallace's position is of the utmost seriousness. I will not say anything here that might prejudice any case that may or may not be taken. I respect the decision of the Ceann Comhairle to...

Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: This is a very serious matter. As I said to other Deputies in the House, it has taken up a huge deal of the time of the parliamentary draftsman and the officials from the different Departments and the Attorney General's office. We expect to publish the Bill before the end of June. I would like to see it being discussed in this House or the Seanad before the summer recess. It may not be...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not speak for the Spanish Government and neither does Deputy Martin. The Spanish Government made the request for moneys in order to deal with its bank problem. The Spanish Government did not seek moneys for their bank debt problem as well as for the running of the Spanish economy. The request was made and they got the deal and this is the deal they will sign. The sovereign...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----and that guarantee led to the recapitalisation and the bailout-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----and this is the legacy which this Government is trying to break. Actually, we are one of the first governments to put forward the proposition that the ESM should be licensed to put money directly into banks. This was indicated by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, in respect of the Spanish situation, when he participated in the conference held last weekend. I will make three...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin's Government completed the bank guarantee at 4 a.m. that morning. Nobody in the country knows-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----what was said and there is no file in the Department of the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is either shredded or has been disposed of or dispatched of - in other words, the Government has no evidence of the discussion that took place or of what Deputy Martin said when he was Minister for Foreign Affairs. That bank guarantee led on to the recapitalisation and the subsequent bailout.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The ESF and the European institutions stood ready to assist Spain if it requested assistance. Spain made a request for assistance.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: That was in respect of its bank debt for €100 billion. The conditions of this assistance remain to be worked out and it is perfectly clear that, contrary to what Deputy Martin said at his press conference, the situation is that Spain must repay those loans at the same interest rate and terms as apply to anyone else and the Spanish sovereign must underwrite the moneys for the Spanish banks....

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: As regards the publication of the troika document, that document is not completed. It is a very technical issue which Ministers have been negotiating for quite some time.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Government is looking for a re-engineering of Ireland's position, with a longer term lower interest rate which would be of great benefit to the country. Therefore, I cannot publish a paper which I have not seen and which is not yet fully completed.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I have not seen the paper.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: What I said to Chancellor Merkel was-----