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- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: He does not have the courage to say he will publish it.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Will the Government publish it? What is the Government afraid of? Will it publish the ESRI report on universal health insurance?
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Is it because it exposes the Government's policy, which has been hopelessly flawed from day one? A big, big lie was told to the people and the Taoiseach knows it.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Deasy knows of the difficulties of Waterford University Hospital because of this Government's policies.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Minister for Health has been performing some extraordinary somersaults on Government health policy in recent times. This morning he was on "Morning Ireland" attempting to give the impression that the programme for Government was not as strong in terms of its commitment to universal health insurance as what was included in the Fine Gael manifesto in 2011. He also made comments to the...
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: It represents perhaps one of the biggest untruths before the general election.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy might allow me to speak. It is not a laughing matter when one considers that individual taxpayers could face a bill of up to €3,000 under the Government's proposals. 1 o’clock The Economic and Social Research Institute has undertaken a major study on this and it was presented to the Minister on 21 May. However, the document is being held back.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: What is the Taoiseach going to do about it?
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has the power to initiate legislation.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Today, 1 July, is the deadline for the banks to get back to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, on the provision of reductions for variable rate mortgages. The Taoiseach must accept that the Minister's initiative has been somewhat of a flop because only two of the six lenders have made minor reductions to their standard variable rate mortgages and one of those was made before the...
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: There are times when I genuinely do not know what planet the Taoiseach is living on.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: To be frank, the banks have told the Government where to go, and they have told the Minister where to go. Only two banks have responded. AIB made a reduction of 0.25%, a very minor reduction. The reduction announced by KBC was very convoluted and even more minor again in terms of its impact. Bank of Ireland has not reduced the SV rate. It has left it untouched. Ulster Bank has not...
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: What will be done about the situation? We have endeavoured to be constructive. Deputy Michael McGrath has produced well-researched legislation. A legislative response is required. At a very minimum, the 46,000 whose loans have been bought up by vulture funds are extraordinarily vulnerable to arbitrary hikes in the rates. Does the Taoiseach accept that legislation is required? I do not...
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is not agreed. Again, we object to the manner in which the Government is ramming this through the House. In particular, as I outlined earlier, the substance of the issue has to do with Irish Water and the method of extracting charges from people and also, essentially, the transfer of €540 million from property taxes to Irish Water. I object to the idea the Government would only...
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: On a point of order-----
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: This is a very serious matter.
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is wrong.
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: With the greatest respect, on a point of order-----
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am respecting the Chair, but I have a point of order that I wish to raise.
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: I can raise a point of order.