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Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...take and receive the full support of my own Department, as well as that of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. In presenting this budget the Government knows that many lives have been blighted by the economic carnage left behind by our predecessors. We appreciate the struggles and hardships so many have endured. The past few years have been painful and challenging and left...

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...This month's summit took place in an atmosphere of relative calm but its deliberations were no less important for that. As is traditional at the spring European Council, our focus was strongly on economic policy with a particular focus on how we can ensure a return to sustainable growth and job creation. Ahead of the meeting I informed the House that implementation would be a key...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...Gaeltacht. It will also be assigned responsibility for the roll-out of rural broadband and the development of the post office network. In addition, this new Department will be assigned responsibility for the Leader programme, an expanded town and village renewal scheme and the Tidy Towns scheme, the Western Development Commission, the implementation of the report of the Commission for...

Pre-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...locations such as Mali and Lebanon. In the light of international developments, the situation in Syria and, possibly, Ukraine may also feature. The European Council will examine a number of economic and financial issues. We will take stock of discussions to date on the five Presidents' report on Economic and Monetary Union. We will also consider developments in the Internal Market...

Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...of the European Council next week. The outcome of the UK referendum will, of course, determine the focus of the meeting. The current migration situation will also be discussed, as will a range of economic issues. There will also be a discussion on some foreign and security policy issues which the Minister of State, Deputy Dara Murphy, will address in his closing remarks. On Thursday,...

European Council: Statements (24 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...Hollande and Chancellor Merkel following the tragedy. Last week's European Council meeting focused on three very important issues for the European Union, namely, building an energy union, the economic situation in the European Union, including the European semester 2015; external relations, including the situation in Ukraine; preparations for the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga in...

European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...position of Greece has escalated. More importantly, the very real strains on the Greek people have only been intensified by the ongoing uncertainty and instability and their knock-on effects on economic activity. I am glad to say that, after much too long a stalemate, there now appears to be a reasonable prospect of an agreement between Greece and its creditors over the next few days....

Macro-Economic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Enda Kenny: ...of thousands of people have genuine fears and concerns about their future and security. They have concerns about their resolve to keep a roof above their heads and about jobs, employment and an economic future for themselves and their families. The reason for all this is the Government cannot be believed and has no credibility or truth left. On the day Deputy Cowen was appointed...

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...began on Thursday evening over dinner, when President Van Rompuy set out the results of the work he has undertaken on foot of the mandate we gave him in October to identify steps to strengthen economic union. In taking this task forward, he worked closely with the president of the euro group and the President of the Commission. He also consulted all member states on the best way forward....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jan 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...should give the Northern Ireland Executive the right to reduce corporation tax rate in Northern Ireland to something approaching or the same as the corporate tax rate here. That would make the economic entity of Ireland, from a foreign direct investment point of view, an island attraction in its own right. To be honest, following the discussion I had with the Prime Minister, Mr. Cameron,...

Homelessness: Statements (10 Dec 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...people and all of those who attend around us. When one meets these people in these circumstances and they look at one through yellowed eyes or have shivering hands, it is not the bond yields, the debt equity or the economic sovereignty in which they are interested but another opportunity for five more minutes of oblivion. As many people have pointed out, these are very complex and...

Establishment of Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Motion (14 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...suffered pay cuts, while more again have been forced to emigrate. A generation of people has suffered the consequences of negative equity and the following collapse of the construction sector. Ireland lost its economic sovereignty and had to be bailed out. The country was placed under the supervision of the troika while difficult decisions were taken to return the public finances to...

European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Mar 2012)

Enda Kenny: ...to more sustainable levels. This is work we would be doing in the interests of the people with or without the new treaty. It is the only responsible way forward. We are determined to restore our economic sovereignty and return to borrowing on the open markets. We do not want to be subject to a programme for a second longer than is necessary. Having a stable and secure environment is...