Results 41-60 of 69 for economic sovereign speaker:Enda Kenny

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: The meeting of the European Council in Brussels on Thursday and Friday of this week will represent a welcome opportunity to take stock of developments in relation to a range of economic policy matters. The meeting will also provide leaders with an opportunity for an exchange of views on the European Union's relations with its strategic partners without the constraint of seeking to agree a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...note legacy, which as the Deputy knows required a payment of €3 billion a year for ten years, and in regard to the major decision made by the 27 Heads of Government to break the link between sovereign debt and bank debt. That was considerable progress made by the European Union and we now need to see it implemented in terms of what it can mean for this country. Nobody from this...

Address by H.E. Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament (4 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...in this House will be well aware, Ireland will take up the role of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the seventh time and we will also celebrate the 40th anniversary of Ireland's joining what was then the European Economic Community from next January. During our Presidency, we will do our utmost to advance the work of the Council. This visit and today's address to...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: First, it is important to appreciate the scale of the challenge the European Union and the eurozone faces. We are now in the fourth year of economic challenges and difficulties. The Deputy spoke of a clear and honest articulation. My job as Taoiseach and Head of Government is to deal with the other 26 EU Heads of Government when they meet in formal session. The decision taken on 29 June...

Seanad: Developments in the European Union and Ireland's Presidency of the European Council: Statements with An Taoiseach (18 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...and jobs and the summit agreed a number of important steps aimed at addressing the immediate crisis in the euro area, including the imperative need to break the vicious circle between banks and sovereigns. As I said at the time, if these decisions are to have an impact in the markets, we must now show commitment and resolve in implementing them in good faith and in good time. We also...

Seanad: Developments in the European Union and Ireland's Presidency of the European Council: Statements with An Taoiseach (18 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: ..., as well as the analysis they would like to carry out in respect of European legislation. Senators are clearly aware of the steps that President Van Rompuy has set out in respect of fiscal, economic and monetary union. In conducting its own business, the Seanad is quite entitled to reflect on these steps and give its views. I was interested in Senator O'Brien's comments. The problem we...

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...the summit in question: first, reaching agreement on a growth pact for Europe and, second, reaching agreement on a European response to the banking crisis that broke the link between banking and sovereign debt. I am pleased to report to the House that significant progress was made on both fronts. The European Council agreed a compact on growth and jobs and the Euro Summit agreed a number...

European Council Meetings (3 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...explained our position regarding our efforts to reduce the costs to the State as a result of promissory notes. I was pleased by his comments in support of our continuing efforts in pursuit of our economic recovery. I also met him at the British-Irish Council summit in Edinburgh on Friday, 22 June. I spoke by telephone to Chancellor Merkel, Prime Minister Monti, Prime Minister Rajoy,...

European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: .... While a top-class credit rating is important, its maintenance cannot be allowed to become an end in itself. It is a means to an end. President Van Rompuy has tabled the report on strengthening economic union that we commissioned from him when we met at the end of May. His paper reflects the consultations he has had in the intervening period with Presidents Barroso, Draghi and Juncker....

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...of the Spanish situation, when he participated in the conference held last weekend. I will make three points to Deputy Martin. First, this country is saddled with the legacy of the greatest economic disaster ever perpetrated on the Irish people and Deputy Martin was the Minister for Foreign Affairs at the time. It ill behoves him now to talk about the negotiations being carried on by...

European Council: Statements (6 Jun 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...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 serious about tackling its problems, securing its recovery and charting a clear...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...drive for growth and we need to seize the opportunity to make real and substantial progress. It is my sincere hope that tomorrow's discussion will begin the process of looking ahead to the type of economic and monetary union, EMU, which may best serve the euro area and the European Union in the years and decades ahead. In his letter ahead of the meeting, President Van Rompuy has called...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...Deputy's proposition that it is foisting austerity on the people. The country is in a programme until the end of 2013 and the intention is that we will emerge from it and be in charge of our own economic affairs. To do this, we will have to go back to the markets. Markets do not react; they anticipate. One rating agency has indicated that if Ireland was to vote against the treaty, the...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...is a funding arrangement and that it is not necessary to hold a referendum on it because it is a funding arrangement that is entirely compatible with the Constitution. It does not in any way limit sovereignty of the State in the exercise of its economic affairs, but merely indicates the State's willingness to participate as an equal sovereign nation in the permanent stability mechanism. I...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Enda Kenny: On 31 May next, the people of Ireland can allow the country to take another important step on the road towards economic recovery, stability and increased investment. The decision we will take collectively on the referendum on the European stability treaty will have serious and real consequences for this country and its people. There is a responsibility on all Members of this House, as...

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...that Greece requires an exceptional and unique solution. As we did in July, euro area member states reaffirmed their determination that each member state will honour fully its own individual sovereign debt and the Government welcomes this. As I said to the House last week we are working our way through our programme. Any uncertainty as to our intention to repay what we owe can only have...

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...in the markets and stability in our economies. That is what I will be working to achieve. A number of important decisions were taken at Sunday's meeting. While the focus was naturally on economic policy, especially the situation within the euro area, we also agreed the EU's position going into two very important international meetings, the G20 Summit in Cannes next month and the Durban...

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: ..., that it is essential that leaders take the time to take a longer term perspective to ensure that Europe has the right policies in place to generate growth and job creation and to deliver greater economic stability in the future. Next week's meeting will be important in that regard. When we meet, we will discuss economic policy, including growth enhancing measures, economic governance...

Commission of Investigation Report in the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (20 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: ..., the Cloyne report has proved to be of a different order because for the first time in this country a report on child sexual abuse exposes an attempt by the Holy See to frustrate an inquiry in a sovereign, democratic republic as little as three years ago, not three decades ago. In doing so the report excavates the dysfunction, disconnection and elitism that dominates the culture of the...

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy has put his finger on the button. The reason we are in this quandary is a relatively small number of people brought the country to the edge of economic ruin. The Government complied by transferring bank debt to sovereign debt, meaning €30 billion will be put into Anglo Irish Bank in the next ten years. The Government and the people have been put at a serious disadvantage...