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- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: I apologise for interrupting but did the Taoiseach state that AIB has passed on variable interest rate reductions to all its customers? It has not done so.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: It did not pass them on to those on the standard variable rate.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: What did AIB pass on?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: AIB did not pass anything on. Perhaps the Taoiseach will correct the record.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that for many families the most significant financial outlay is their monthly mortgage payment. It has a huge impact and can create enormous pressure in their lives. We have a situation where over 300,000 households are on standard variable rate mortgages which clearly are exorbitant and exerting enormous pressure on their capacity to sustain their lives...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is the Government's line when it suits it, but in November 2011 the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, made much of the fact that he had persuaded AIB to reduce its rates by 0.25% following a cut by the ECB. When it suited, the Government sought to claim credit for putting pressure on a bank to reduce its interest rates. In addition, the last meeting between the Governor of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: 593. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government on the fair deal system of financing nursing home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9969/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: 594. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government on providing more residential places, home care packages and community care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9970/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: 721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in a situation involving a school in County Kilkenny to resolve a lengthy dispute between the parents of a child (details supplied) and the board of management of that school; the best method of resolving this dispute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14620/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Investigation (2 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: 34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the outstanding allegations of sexual abuse by members of the IRA, both in the Republic and in the North of Ireland; if this was discussed at Prime Ministerial level; if any specific actions will be taken, cross-Border or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12771/15]
- Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach indicate when the Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No.2 ) Bill will be introduced? It is a Bill to provide any legislative changes required to deal with the bargaining rights of trade unions, and it is included in the programme for Government. If it was in place, it would assist the Dunnes Stores workers who will be on strike tomorrow. Can the Taoiseach confirm when the...
- Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: These are crucial issues and we need a fuller debate in the House on them, or at least some explanation of the content and substance of those remarks.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: The company is making vast profits as well.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: Tomorrow morning thousands of workers from Dunnes Stores will go on strike across the country. They do not want to do this but they are being forced. This reflects a broader casualisation of the workforce, a regressive trend towards lower pay and less security of hours. The strike tomorrow is essentially about low-hour contracts that have become the norm in certain sectors of the economy....
- Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: The reason I ask the Taoiseach to say he supports the Dunnes Stores workers unequivocally is because I genuinely believe a message must go out to the employer in this instance. As a former Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, I know all the usual processes and mechanisms. Dunnes Stores has refused to engage with the Labour Relations Commission or Labour Court, or to adopt its...
- Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach obviously got it out the wrong way today.
- Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The groups cannot devote more than 20% of their funds to these purposes. The Taoiseach undermined them and misled people. He does this all the time.
- Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is nasty stuff.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council (31 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is wrong.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council (31 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Two thirds of the decisions.