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Order of Business (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is not true.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: It was successful. It worked.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: A shareholding of 25.1% is valuable. It is legally more valuable.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Yes.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is the advice the Government got. He is right.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is a Cork phrase. It is a colloquial expression. The Government is pretending everything is rosy in the garden and everything is going to be all right but it is very clear that this is not the real story. It is quite shocking. The Taoiseach would not tell us about this the other day in the Dáil. He had to have an orchestrated and managed public relations exercise on Tuesday night...

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: I have yet to hear from the Government a compelling rationale for the sale of the State's 25.1% share in Aer Lingus. The manner in which the Government has handled the Dáil in this debate has been shameful and shocking, given the fact that there has been a lack of any transparency and honesty in the presentation of the facts, particularly as they relate to workers. Given the...

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: I gave the Taoiseach a document over one year ago, but I have received no response.

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: There was contact.

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Yes, there was.

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl contacted the Minister of State's office this morning to object to the proposal.

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: More untruths.

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Is it acceptable to the Taoiseach that it was only circulated late yesterday evening?

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Yes, there was.

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Chief Whip stated this morning that the documentation was available in the Oireachtas Library.

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is my point. It transpired that it was not in the Oireachtas Library, despite being told that it was.

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is incredible that the House is being asked to debate something without any of the briefing documentation being available. It makes a complete farce of the debate.

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am not speaking about the motion.

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: That says it all.