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Order of Business (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is not true.

Order of Business (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has a habit of telling untruths. I cannot use the word "lie".

Order of Business (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is acting the blackguard.

Order of Business (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Why can we not debate it at a normal hour?

Order of Business (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Government spent a week congratulating itself in its spring statements.

Order of Business (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Why did the Dáil only start at 2 p.m?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach serious?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Wake me from my slumber.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice reform last met. [3272/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. The Taoiseach will agree that the Cabinet committee on justice reform was established because the Government had allowed the sector to slide into crisis after crisis and was a sign that the Government was looking for a way out. In particular the background to the justice reform committee was the way the Taoiseach and the then Minister for Justice and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: No matter what the report says, the Taoiseach will declare himself to have been cleared, rush it through a debate in the Dáil and then try to smother it in other leaks and announcements. Does the Taoiseach intend to bring it before the Cabinet committee on justice reform, will he agree in advance with the House a timetable for releasing and debating the report after it has been...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: What charges?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: However, the Taoiseach said he wanted to give as much information as possible in answering questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Does he remember that from last week?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I did not ask for details-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears last met. [3271/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said that the Cabinet committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears met six times over the past 12 months. He might indicate whether he agrees that far greater frequency was required given that he had originally insisted that everything was in hand in respect of the housing crisis, especially in respect of housing supply and household debt. The...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I met with Clerys staff, suppliers and workers at midday on O'Connell Street today. I will speak in a non-partisan way on what has been a shocking, cold and callous way of closing an iconic and historic store. There is no doubt that the workers were treated in an appalling manner, as were the suppliers. Indeed, other jobs could be at risk due to the manner in which suppliers were treated,...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I take it from the Taoiseach's reply that every effort will be made to fast-track payments to the workers affected and, in particular, their welfare entitlements. In addition, the Taoiseach might comment on the needs of suppliers. Their position is in considerable jeopardy as a result of what happened and the manner in which it happened. We would be willing to co-operate with the...

Deaths of Irish students in California: Expressions of Sympathy (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I join the Taoiseach in offering on my own behalf and that of my party our deepest sympathy to the families and friends of all those killed and injured in Berkeley, California. Our hearts and minds go out to the families, particularly the parents. Their young children have had their lives taken from them in their prime and in the beauty of an American summer as they looked forward to...