Enda Kenny outside Government Buildings in Dublin. Image: RollingNews.ie Enda Kenny outside Government Buildings in Dublin. Image: RollingNews.ie THE GOVERNMENT HAS been urged to make a statement after The Observer published claims that former Taoiseach Enda Kenny offered to use Ireland’s position to lobby on behalf of Facebook on EU data legislation.
The memo claimed that Kenny stated that Ireland’s presidency of the EU provided “the opportunity to influence the European Data Directive decisions” and that Ireland could also influence other member states, “even though technically Ireland is supposed to remain neutral in this role”. Ireland held the presidency of the EU between January-June 2013 during Kenny’s first term as Taoiseach.
He didn’t stand to gain personally in fairness.