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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...

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 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....

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...be ratified in various ways by individual countries. The fact that Ireland is in a programme supersedes all of this. Deputy Adams's statement that I want to be the Taoiseach to retrieve Ireland's sovereignty is true. We do not have our economic sovereignty in the way the Deputy and I would wish because we cannot propose programmes at Government level without securing approval from the...

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...for the economy and the people. It took office with great ambition for this country and its people. It was voted into office, with the largest ever majority, by the people to restore our economic sovereignty, get Ireland working again, return our economy to growth and to radically reform our politics and public services. This week, we have taken another major step in delivering on this...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and that we are not the masters of our own destiny as we would like to be. Until we get to the point where we are in control of our economic sovereignty and independence, we cannot do all the things we would like to do, but we are making preparations and are at the start of a four year strategy and programme.

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: The objective of our political direction is to retrieve economic sovereignty for our people and our country. That has been lost in the sense that we have been subject to a bailout in the troika programme. As I have said previously on many occasions, I have no intention of agreeing to anything on tax harmonisation. We have been clear about our corporate tax rate, as has everybody else in...

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...

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: As I stated, it would be lovely to be able to stand up and state it has all been sorted and everybody will be better off. If we are to have our country and economic sovereignty back, we cannot go on in the way we did and we will not do so. Therefore, we must make decisions which, on the one hand, will meet that target and, on the other, do everything possible to return people to work and...

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.

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...and on market circumstances. The leverage effect of both options will vary, but could be up to four or five. This is expected to yield in the region of €1 trillion. That represents serious economic fire power for the EFSF. Crucially for Ireland it represents a secure and credible firewall. I have said many times that we should neither underestimate nor under-sell the extensive range...

Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2011)

Enda Kenny: ...interest rate, the savings that would accrue to the taxpayer would be substantial. The facility agreed to last Sunday will allow that to happen. In a situation where we are not in control of our economic sovereignty, it is critical that the conditions we have signed up to and those we have renegotiated and changed be adhered to. While the economic turmoil and confusion are challenging...

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: I am not sure if Deputy Higgins understands the reality of this country's loss of economic sovereignty. Does he understand who pays gardaí, nurses, teachers and public servants?

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Enda Kenny: For the first time in the history of this State, our economic sovereignty is not under our direct control. If we want to make major or minor changes, in most cases we have to renegotiate a memorandum of understanding that was signed off some time ago.

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...

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 (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...

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 (13 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: We have to grapple with an economic challenge that no Government in the history of the State has had to deal with. We have lost our economic sovereignty. Perhaps some Deputies do not understand that, but it is a fact of life. We are being examined on the conditions of the IMF-EU bailout deal by the troika and we are meeting those challenges. Every one of the European institutions has...

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...