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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Data (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: My Department has received a total of 296 FOI requests between the period 1 May 2016 to 8 May 2017. Of these, 20 FOI requests are ongoing. The costs received in the Department for the same period total €60. This amount relates to two Internal Review appeals received in 2017.

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: We have more investment and jobs.

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: We had a referendum on the Good Friday Agreement. We will not have a hard Border - full stop.

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I was explaining to the Minister of State, Deputy Doyle, that Gibraltar is very different to Northern Ireland.

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister of State will be replying to Deputy Adams.

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I am glad to have the opportunity to say a few words on Ireland’s negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. As I have said previously, Brexit is a British policy, not an EU policy or an Irish policy. The Government believes it is bad for Britain, for Europe and for Ireland. It presents challenges to our peace and challenges to our prosperity. We have, however, been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: With regard to Deputy Burton's question about the fiscal rules, I do not accept that smaller countries are being discriminated against by the European Union. There are many different funds, including social funds, the Cohesion Fund, Common Agricultural Policy funds and so on. The Juncker plan concerns major infrastructure across countries, including transcontinental-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----facilities such as rail lines, major autobahns and so on. It is not a case of discriminating against small countries. Ireland voted on these fiscal rules in a referendum and 60% of voters approved the issue while 40% did not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: It was a long time ago but it is now part of the Constitution. If there has been a referendum on the issue, one cannot just change the rules again. The Labour Party has put forward a view that sufficient-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----resources are not being expended in capital works. We are now in a position of being able to borrow ten-year money at 0.1%.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: When Deputy Burton entered Government with Fine Gael in 2011, the rate was almost 15%. It is not a case of not having access to money, it is not spending willy-nilly to a point where construction inflation increases out of all order and money goes by the tonne into the hands of developers. It is a case of having a balanced approach to the way the money is spent and the economy is managed at...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: We changed the legislation to deal with the provision of broadband between service providers. SIRO is the issue there. Eir does its work. I recall several Fianna Fáil Ministers in New York after they put Telecom Éireann on the Stock Exchange, the assets that were stripped and how it left urban and rural Ireland without any signal at all.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment is on the back of this horse because we want to see broadband brought to rural Ireland once and for all, and by that I mean small town Ireland and everything else. We have had discussions about Brexit and will have more, but one piece of the jigsaw is not clear yet. We have provided the European Council with a document...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 8 together. I met with the President of the Republic of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, in Government Buildings on 4 April as part of her three-day state visit to Ireland. During our meeting, we discussed the bilateral relationship between our two countries, EU-UK negotiations following the triggering by the UK of Article 50, and the future...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: The Cabinet sub-committee has not considered the question of the purchase of Luggala. I recall the Minister, Deputy Ring, making the comment that he would be interested in negotiating or discussing the possibility of a purchase of this estate. I have never been to Luggala. I have obviously seen the pictures of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: I believe it is a magnificent house and location. The State acquired substantial grounds in that area for an expansion of the national park. Clearly when the Deputy makes her point she looks to the expansion of Dublin over the next 20 years. The Wicklow Mountains and the environment are going to be of particular importance like the Lake District is across the water, where very substantial...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: It is an important consideration. I will have Deputy Burton's view brought to the Minister and see if he is willing to continue on from his initial comment. I did not hear the programme that the Deputy mentioned, but I admire Paddy Moloney and the Chieftains. He seems to have been around forever and ever.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: He seems to get better with every performance. Matt Molloy and all of the member of the Chieftains are wonderful ambassadors for the country.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: We have published-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: -----our action plan for rural development, "Realising our Rural Potential". It is divided into five pillars. The first is about supporting sustainable communities and includes: making rural Ireland a better place to live in, enhancing local services, empowering local communities and building better communities. Pillar two is about supporting enterprise and employment and includes: growing...