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Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: In respect of the fiscal compact - the stability treaty - clearly a referendum is to be held here. Do not mind what "they" say, Deputy. "They" always say things and "they" are always right. That is what "they" say.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: When one talks about anything in the country, that is what "they" say.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: What I want Deputy Higgins to understand is that, when the Government makes a decision on any of these matters, it will be communicated immediately to the people in the same way we did when, following the agreement of the text of the treaty, we asked the Attorney General directly for formal legal advice. When that became available, we immediately made known the decision to the people. We...

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----and to get on with the business of dealing with the conditions of public procurement and so on. The Government will make its decision in regard to that at its next meeting.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: That is not necessary. This fiscal compact is not an EU treaty. It is an intergovernmental treaty dealing with the stability of the fiscal compact, as the Deputy is aware. I have outlined for the Deputy the process that was approved this morning. The next stage of that will be to consider the referendum Bill, set up the referendum commission and deal with the conditions of public...

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: There is a procedure to be followed for the holding of a referendum. The Government is committed to that and we will follow the process that we have to put in place to comply with the conditions of holding a referendum. Clearly, the ratification of the stability treaty means countries that do not ratify the stability treaty will not in any eventuality be able to draw funding from the ESM....

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: We have not decided on the date for a vote in respect of the fiscal stability treaty. The position is that it is clear in the fiscal treaty that private sector involvement was taken out because it was deemed by the European Council that the situation in Greece was unique to Greece. It is also clear from the stability treaty that countries that fail to ratify the treaty will not be able to...

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----and will continue to draw funding from that programme until 2013, when we hope to be able to emerge from it, retrieve our economic sovereignty and fly on our own.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: As we make decisions at Government, they will be communicated to the House immediately so that everybody will be very clear on the process, timescale and opportunity-----

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----for everybody to have a full and comprehensive debate in the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: Yes, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources updated the Cabinet in respect of developments in this matter. I share the Deputy's view, as do all others, of the critical importance of objectivity in so far as the national broadcaster is concerned with regard to public life in Ireland, to life in general in Ireland and to our democratic institutions. Deputy Martin is...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: This investigation will be into the nature of the editorial process on the evening of the debate. The compliance committee of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland which met this morning is likely to have sought further clarification from RTE in the matter. The chairman of the Joint Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture, Deputy Andrew Doyle, has announced that RTE...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I hope it will. I hope it can be.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I share the views of Deputy Martin, as does everyone else here, that the national broadcaster should be absolutely impartial, fair and objective in carrying out its statutory functions under the Act that established it. Deputy Martin is aware that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has completely independent and statutory responsibility for the regulation of broadcasting in the country....

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: The committee did not believe the subsequent truth or otherwise of the content removed the basic responsibility of the broadcaster to verify its content and its provenance. The committee found no evidence that the broadcaster, presenter or production team deliberately concealed information or constructed the programme in a manner that lacked objectivity or impartiality .

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: The complaints process is governed by section 48 of the Broadcasting Act 2009. It is entirely independent and independently regulated.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: Following the Minister's transmission to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland of his letter from Mr. Gallagher, I hope that if, in the view of the BAI, there is anything new that warrants further comprehensive detailed analysis by the compliance committee, it will happen expeditiously

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I share Deputy Martin's view that it is of critical importance, for the good of the country and of civil life in the country that the national broadcaster adhere to the strict requirements of the Act that set it up, which is that our democratic institutions can be assured of fairness, objectivity and impartiality in respect of dealings with the national broadcaster.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: I cannot do that.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy forgets, and perhaps deliberately, that this country is in a bailout programme while Spain is not. The money to pay the salaries of the gardaí, the teachers, the nurses and everyone else, comes from Europe. Spain is not in a bailout situation. It has excessive deficit and future challenges with which it must deal. However, it must reduce its deficit level to 3% by the end of...