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EU Summits (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...originally made is adhered to. If a more comprehensive solution is put on the table, we will discuss that comprehensively and support it in the interests of our people who were deprived of their economic sovereignty for the first time in 90 years by the previous Government.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...the people on understanding that there are challenging times ahead but that the prospect of emerging from the bailout brings with it the opportunity for real growth and a restoration of Ireland's economic sovereignty. This is why the Government has set it ceilings for the next number of years in terms of spending and we will adhere to these. We will have the effective management of the...

Programmes for Government (15 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...'s measure. That will remain the situation until we get our public finances in order and our country headed in the direction, and to the extent, that we would like. We are not in control of our economic sovereignty. The fundamental reason for that is that somebody wrote a blank cheque without knowing the extent of the problems.

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

Enda Kenny: ...could influence what is being talked about here. I want an assurance from Deputy Cowen as Head of Government and Taoiseach of this country that in no circumstances will the Government hand over sovereignty of the running of our economy to anybody else who might have a different view. For example, other countries might well be jealous of our low rate of corporation tax which we have all...

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...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...only next year but also in the following year. The Government and I, as Taoiseach, have succeeded, by working in partnership with the people, in bringing our country back from the brink of the economic abyss. We remain fully focused on our plan for Ireland's recovery. Nothing will distract us from the important work of improving the lives of our people. We will finish the task we were...

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...is that the Minister, Deputy Reilly, and his Ministers of State follow Government policy and the mandate given to the Government was to sort out the public finances of the country, restore our economic sovereignty and give an opportunity for this country to provide jobs, employment and careers for our people and young people in particular and not to have them travel to other lands by...

Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...are unemployed within the context of the live register is unacceptable to me and to the Government. That is why the entire focus of this Government is to rectify our public finances, restore our economic sovereignty, grow jobs, put out a very clear understanding that this Government is open for business, is pro-business and pro-initiative, and within the course of this Dáil session will...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...a single inch. The argument he has come up with this morning has been trotted out many times. I have made no secret of the fact that I wish to lead the Government that will retrieve Ireland's economic sovereignty. The way to do this is to get our own house in order, to provide an impetus and a stimulus that will provide jobs and opportunity, will allow our people to use their creativity...

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Enda Kenny: ...liquidity, and his Minister for Finance said that also, but that was not the case. He was not straight with the people when he said that the ECB and the IMF were at our shores to take away our economic sovereignty, cast away by his party, the great Republican party, after all these years. He has not been straight with the people in telling them about what he calls employment...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...and employment. That is why on a series of parallel fronts, including the bank issue, Europe, employment and the budgetary deficit, we must examine options in a way that can restore our country's economic independence and sovereignty. It is not an easy challenge. Within those constraints, the Deputy can take it that the focus of the Government will be to continue to bring about a...

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...week, will centre specifically on this issue. Our taxpayers have taken a major hit due to this crisis, which was brought about by the previous Government of Fianna Fáil and the Green Party. The economic burden on our people is already severe. It is not that we want to get into a programme; we are in a programme - the IMF-EU deal - which is exceptionally challenging and has seriously...

Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...has made it perfectly clear that Germany will continue to support the euro and that the eurozone has to work together to get out of these difficulties. For the first time ever, a measure of economic sovereignty has been removed from this Parliament. We are not in a position to determine all the things we would like to do now. If we comply with the conditions of the bailout deal and get...

National Recovery Plan 2011 - 2014: Statements. (25 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: This Minister presided over the greatest economic catastrophe in this nation's history and along with the Taoiseach, he has invited people from abroad and the IMF to this country because the Government has led us to a position where we have never been before. The founders of the Taoiseach's party never envisaged that our economic sovereignty would be cast away. The Minister for Finance came...

National Recovery Plan 2011 - 2014: Statements. (25 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: This Minister presided over the greatest economic catastrophe in this nation's history and along with the Taoiseach, he has invited people from abroad and the IMF to this country because the Government has led us to a position where we have never been before. The founders of the Taoiseach's party never envisaged that our economic sovereignty would be cast away. The Minister for Finance came...

Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...a "Yes" on that referendum strongly. However, remember that in November 2010, when the Government of which Deputy Martin was a member made a decision at Cabinet in respect of handing over the economic sovereignty of our State, that was followed by a period of denial where Minister after Minister said that everything was rosy in the garden, there were green shoots, we had turned the corner...

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...

Official Engagements (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...harmonisation. Question No. 30 concerns the role and mandate of the ECB within the eurozone and the answer is "Yes". I made the point that the institution is a credible backstop with unlimited economic potential to deal with contagion. Chancellor Merkel has a different view and she expressed that. We are not the same as Iceland as Iceland is not a member of the eurozone. Even Deputy...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...of Government, including Chancellor Merkel, on 29 June. I do not want this country to see any pretensions about a second bailout. We want out of this bailout as quickly as we can so we can fly economically and run our country as efficiently as I know is possible. The promissory note issue, which has been there a while, means there is a requirement to pay €3.1 billion every year...

European Council Meetings (1 Jun 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...conditions and commitments. The Deputy should focus on where we stand as a consequence of entering the IMF-EU bailout deal. We want to return to a position where Ireland has full control over its economic sovereignty in the shortest possible time. The details of the conditions of our participation in the IMF-EU deal are set out and published and are now being complied with in respect of...