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Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----when he came into-----

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: To be fair to the Minister, he stated when he entered office that Food Harvest 2020, which was produced by the former Minister, Deputy Smith, was an excellent blueprint for the development of agriculture and food.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: He stated that he would not develop anything new. Rather, he would implement it.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: And that was the bottom line.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: The one change the Government has made in rural Ireland, and one that is shameful, is the dramatic cuts in the Leader programme-----

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----and the decision by Mr. Phil Hogan-----

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----to take away from communities on the ground-----

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----the autonomy of the Leader companies and local development funding.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Government removed their autonomy.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: In Cork county alone, the Government cut Leader funding by 71%. Go there and heckle the people of west and north-west Cork - they are outside my constituency - and east Cork if the Minister of State thinks it is so funny.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is the reality.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: No. The Government politically wanted to take control of giving out grants at local level away from Leader and cut it to the bone.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: On page 27 of the Spring Economic Statement, the Government claims to have set out its vision in Food Harvest 2020, but the Minister of State should, like the Minister, Deputy Coveney, did when he started, remember and acknowledge that this strategy was prepared and published by Deputy Smith in July 2010. It provides the blueprint for all developments in the food and agriculture sector,...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: Today trust levels are even lower than they were. It is the bloated, complacent and arrogant claims made in debates such as this which have caused this.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: The economy has been experiencing significant growth. Its medium and long-term growth prospects are good, especially when compared with many other countries. However, this recovery was not delivered by Fine Gael and the Labour Party. It was delivered by the Irish people. It was delivered by the skills, expertise, resilience and commitment which they developed over many years. If the...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: The spring economic statement was intended to open the next stage of the re-election campaign which has always been the Government's main concern. As the Taoiseach was honest enough to say in the past, its primary purpose was to allow the Government to announce tax cuts and spending increases well beyond anything it could implement during its current term. After six months of an increasingly...

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach stand by his civil servants?

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: Who had access to that?

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is being dishonest to the Dáil.

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: The election will prevent that. The Taoiseach knows that will never happen. Do not be dishonest and say legislation will be enacted before the autumn.