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Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I can answer the Deputy this time.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: What I said to Chancellor Merkel was that there was a very vigorous engagement in this country regarding the fiscal stability treaty and that the major parties in the Oireachtas supported it as did civic society-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----and that the people gave a clear and decisive answer.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I pointed out to the Chancellor that, in our view, this is a European problem that requires a European answer-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy's party leader is absent, but on one occasion he said I was trying to pull the wool over people's eyes. I reminded him that, down here, we call that the Balaclava effect. Maybe Deputy McDonald was not here that day.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Government has a strategy which is focused on the re-engineering of our debt position for longer-term, lower interest rates. That has been set out by the Minister for Finance and by every other Minister for quite some time. The first element of the promissory note negotiations that are taking place, as the Deputy is aware, is to move the deadline to 2025. Clearly, I do not claim credit...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is interesting to note that the Deputy is very clear and decisive. Her comment all through the referendum campaign was that the EU and the IMF should leave this country and take their money with them.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is the comfort she gave to Irish citizens who rely on this programme for the running of services and to pay the salaries of those who work and others on social protection.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: Just as she lives in fantasy land with her Sinn Féin economics, so too does she want that matter to be dealt with.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy asked me when the promissory note would be published, but I cannot answer that because it is not completed. She asked when it would be concluded but I cannot answer that either because the negotiations are still ongoing between the troika, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, and their officials. I hope that is clear. I cannot give the Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The strategy is very clear. For the third time, it is to bring about a re-engineering of the debt problem that this country has inherited, so as to have longer-term repayments and lower interest rates, which will be of benefit to our economy and all our citizens. I hope that is clear to the Deputy.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I believe it would be possible to achieve a banking union more quickly than a fiscal one. I agree with Deputy Ross that these are not easy times for anybody. To echo Deputy McDonald, there is no comfort in what is now unfolding and requires to be dealt with. The Spanish Government made its request for €100 billion of assistance in respect of its banks and will continue to pay over 6% on...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I would be supportive in principle of a banking union. As I stated, I believe it is a matter that could be brought to a conclusion successfully and a lot quicker than people might imagine, if the will to do it exists. It is less complex a project than others in terms of people's views of fiscal union. I do not want to speculate and will not comment on the question in regard to the euro and...

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 17, inclusive, together. I visited the United States from 15 to 21 March for the annual St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Chicago, New York and Washington DC. As the Deputy is aware, I made two previous visits to the United States in February of this year, the first to participate in the Invest in Ireland Roundtable event hosted by President Clinton in...

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: Every time we take a number of questions together Deputy Martin raises it as an issue. All of the questions refer to the US President or the US visit. I am not sure whether Deputy Martin wants the questions taken individually. It does not matter to me, but taking 17 questions together might be better than taking them individually as otherwise we might be here for a much longer period.

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: When I went to Belfast to present an award to Geraldine Finucane and her family I met the family in private and undertook to raise the question of a public inquiry into the death of Pat Finucane when I had the opportunity to travel to the United States. Subsequently I answered questions in the House from a number of Deputies on this. When I met President Obama I took the opportunity to...

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I suppose as would be normal practice there was contact between officials in Departments, but I did not see the note and I did not have access to it. The media comments referred to the bell ringing ceremony and they have been around for some time whereas the background note related to the parallel event which was the business breakfast, at which I believe I spoke for three or three and a...

European Council: Statements (6 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: I am pleased to have the opportunity to brief the House on the outcome of the informal meeting of the European Council on 23 May, especially in the wake of the outcome of last week's referendum. The decision the people took last week was another positive step on our road to economic recovery. It was a forward-looking choice that sent a signal well beyond these shores that Ireland was...

European Council: Statements (6 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: The board of the EIB has been asked to report to the June meeting on the capacity for future lending for qualified structural projects.

European Council: Statements (6 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: Both Ministers were out there in the past fortnight talking about that issue with the EIB directly.