Results 1-20 of 69 for economic sovereign speaker:Enda Kenny

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...through Britain and on to the EU's border with Ukraine without anything other than invoices being needed. It is clear that if and when Britain leaves the EU and becomes a completely independent sovereign country, having implemented legislation that removes any EU jurisdiction on it, paperwork or a different kind of approval might well be needed if Irish cargo is to be able to travel...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...historically stunted deep industrial development. In fact, as we look back at our history as an independent country, especially this year, it is easy to see how our early decades were wasted ones in terms of economic development as we tried and failed to make a go of things on our own. It was when we decided that economic security, and thus true national independence, could be secured...

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...Border and the common travel area. That high level contact between officials will take place this week initially. While this is not the result the Government wanted, we fully respect the voters' sovereign choice in the UK. Both I and my colleagues in government have been clear all along that a Leave result in the referendum would have significant implications at a national, bilateral...

European Council: Statements (27 Jan 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...We also returned to consider the evolving situation in Ukraine. In addition, our conclusions touched on the fight against tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning, as well as the functioning of economic and monetary union. The December meeting of the European Council was the first to be chaired by the new President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. Deputies will have seen that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (16 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: The objective was twofold. One element was making the decision that what occurred could never happen again in terms of breaking the link between bank and sovereign debt. As Ireland was the first and main negotiator of the arrangement, it is now a case of determining the best option for the Irish taxpayer. In other words, the Government has to make the decision in the best interest of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Meetings (15 Jul 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...agenda forms part of the Conclusions adopted by the June European Council and are a public document. Overall I am pleased that the Strategic Agenda reflects a clear commitment to strengthening the economic recovery across Europe. Ukraine We discussed Ukraine at the meeting of Heads of State and Government in May and again at the June European Council. Although there have been some...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...I agreed our joint statement setting out a ten year vision for ever closer bilateral co-operation between Ireland and Britain. We met in Downing Street again on 11 March and I am pleased our bilateral economic relations continue to go from strength to strength. There have been significant developments on progressing recommendations outlined in the joint economic study which we jointly...

Europe Week: Statements (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...of EU membership and our shared commitment to working together for the mutual benefit of our citizens and nations. In the past few years, the Union has faced what is perhaps the most serious economic crisis since its foundation. Together and individually, the Union and its member states have acted to confront this challenge; we have taken significant and, at times, painful measures but...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: He could be a very good junior Minister. He put down a number of questions here. He wanted to discuss unemployment and growth, banking and sovereign debt and trade and services. He asked if I held private meetings with counterparts at the Davos World Economic Forum, whether I had any discussion on Ireland's housing and property sector there and whether I had any discussion on the...

European Council: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...of the spring European Council which took place in Brussels on Thursday and Friday, 20 and 21 March. While the meeting focused on developments in Ukraine, it also had a wider agenda with an economic focus, including the European semester, the Europe 2020 strategy, industrial competitiveness, climate change and energy, banking union, taxation and external relations. In addition to...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...people off the live register and put them into the world of work. The situation is very different from what it was. The Government, in concluding the past three budgets, published its medium-term economic strategy to 2020. The signposts and objectives in the coming years are very clear and we intend to achieve those. That is all based on strengthening our economy and providing...

European Council: Statements (21 Jan 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...on the December European Council which took place shortly before Christmas. It was a significant Council, with a notably lengthy agenda. It covered the Common Security and Defence Policy, CSDP; economic and social policy; Economic and Monetary Union; migration; enlargement and energy issues. We also addressed some of the main foreign policy issues, including the situation in Syria and...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...month the European Council has a very substantive agenda, with a number of very important issues to be discussed. The main items on the agenda are: the common security and defence policy, CSDP; economic and social policy, including implementation of the compact for growth and jobs, SME financing and taxation; economic and monetary union, EMU, including banking union; migration flows; and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...decision taken by the Government regarding our exit from the troika programme. In these calls, I explained the decision we had taken and the key reasons behind it, namely, favourable market and sovereign conditions; strong cash reserves, historically low sovereign bond yields; public finances under control, with the Government committed to reducing the deficit to less than 3% in 2015 and...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...credit line from our EU and IMF partners. This is the right decision for Ireland and now is the right time to take this decision. This is the latest in a series of steps to return Ireland to normal economic, budgetary and funding conditions. Like most other sovereign eurozone countries, from 2014 we will be in a position to fund ourselves normally on the markets. The Minister for...

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...for agreeing the remaining legislation on deposit guarantees and on a single resolution mechanism. I stressed the necessity, as agreed in June 2012, of breaking the vicious circle between bank and sovereign debts that forced Ireland into a programme in 2010, at a time when there was a different consensus in Europe on the merits of bailing in creditors of failed banks. Breaking this link...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...European Council meeting later this week is the first since the end of Ireland's successful Presidency of the EU Council. It will consider the digital economy, innovation and services, social and economic issues and ongoing work on the economic and monetary union. I have three equally important priorities at this summit: to contribute to a productive discussion on the digital economy,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (24 Sep 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...the question about the financial markets. They answered very clearly, 60% to 40%, in respect of the fiscal stability treaty, despite the fact that the Government was dealing with an unprecedented economic situation in this country. People in Ireland, in the most democratic way of all, by way of secret ballot in a referendum, gave a strong endorsement of being linked to the euro and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: On 29 June 2012, the Council did decide to break the link between sovereign and bank debt. The Council did decide that Ireland would receive particular treatment because of what it called its well-performing programme. This was recognised further in public statements by the French President and the German Chancellor. The work that followed in respect of putting together the architecture...

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...compact for growth and jobs, 12 months after its adoption. I am very pleased that my European Council colleagues also reaffirmed the imperative need to break the vicious circle between banks and sovereigns, making it clear that completing banking union remains the key priority in this regard in the short run. Thanks to the efforts of the Minister for Finance and his team, significant...