The Taoiseach's holding a private meeting with the German chancellor Angela Merkel this afternoon.
Enda Kenny and Angela Merkel are expected to discuss Ireland's hopes for a deal on its legacy banking debts.
Earlier the Taoiseach said Ireland's plan for fixing its budget resulted in deep pain for the Irish public.
Speaking at the European Peoples Party summit in Dublin, the Taoiseach warned other leaders not to allow their economies to fall into the same problems as Ireland did:
