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- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Will the Government restore funding for Leader groups?
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Answer the question I asked.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: He is wandering all over to avoid the question.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: He clearly does not think they are fabulous anymore.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is a smash and grab job.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Government changed its stance 13 times because of marching feet.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Despite the incredible spin on the part of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Kelly, on Monday last and by the Government in the context of various announcements regarding the rural development programme, the reality is that Leader funding for rural communities throughout the country has been slashed in an incredible manner by the Government in its...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: County Kilkenny is going to lose up to 50% of its funding, as will counties Donegal, Meath, Kerry and Tipperary. The Minister, Deputy Kelly, proudly proclaimed on "Morning Ireland" that he has brought €10 million to County Tipperary. Some €25 million was allocated in respect of that county under the previous programme. To add insult to injury, the independence and autonomy of...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----the essential ethos of the programme, which was previously about independent companies empowering local communities, as part of a politicisation of it. That process of politicisation was begun by the former Minister, Phil Hogan, who went off to the European Commission, and continued by the current Minister, Deputy Kelly. The way in which the Government has dealt with this matter is...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach speak up? We cannot hear him on this side of the House.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I will tell the Taoiseach what Leader companies in a particular area are saying. I am not going to mention the area in question because the companies that operate there might be punished by the Government. People are afraid of the Government's tendencies in this regard and of how it gets to them in the end.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The allocation of funding to the Leader companies in the area to which I refer is the lowest I can remember since the introduction of the scheme in 1996.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not address the core issue I put to him. Cuts in allocations are happening throughout the country.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is an insult to people when the Taoiseach says that they did fabulous work, particularly when he then seeks to screw them. He is undermining their authority, autonomy and independence.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should please stop insulting people by uttering meaningless platitudes.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach stated that - miraculously - the position has now changed. It did not just now change. The former Minister, Phil Hogan, saw this as a political issue and he wanted to gain control of the funds in order that he might divvy them up. There are two issues which arise.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: In the first instance, overall Pillar 2 funding was reduced and, in the second, the Government did not live up to its promise on 50-50 funding. In the context of matching funding in respect of Leader programmes, only 37% is being provided by the Government. The reduction in funding in all of the counties to which I refer has been quite severe. Will the Taoiseach please address the...
- European Council: Statements (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Last week's summit involved no significant breakthrough on any of the major issues facing the European Union. While there are very important policies being rolled out or discussed at the moment, they were not on the agenda, rendering the summit itself more of a sideshow than a main event. A defining feature of the last four years has been the Government's non-stop effort to spin everything...
- European Council: Statements (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Clearly, the decision to seek room for an additional €1.5 billion is the first move towards the spring statement and is intended to allow the announcement of as many initiatives as possible. The European semester process that the Taoiseach signed off on last week is designed to give transparency and certainty to policy. Due to the Taoiseach's approach, though, we are getting...
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Ballyhale Shamrocks.