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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (10 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: 624. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the plans for the 1916 commemoration celebrations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6608/15]

Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: Tá geallúint i gclár an Rialtais an méid daltaí atá ag tabhairt faoin Ghaolainn san Ardteist ag ardleibhéal a dhúbailt le linn tréimhse an Rialtais. Conas atá ag éirí leis an Rialtas maidir leis an geallúint sin? Cé mhéad daltaí atá ag déanamh an Ghaolainn ag ardleibhéal san Ardteist faoi...

Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: An bhfuil aon tuairim ag an Taoiseach é féin?

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Minister of State, Deputy Simon Harris-----

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: They are false budgets.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is an absolute disgrace.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is playing election slogans while people are being treated on trolleys.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: I raise the question of how we are treating elderly people in our hospital system and the complete absence of dignity in such treatment. We were all appalled last week when we heard the story of Gerry Feeney, who spent more than five days in the emergency department in Beaumont and was denied the basics of daily living, such as eating, dressing, bathing and getting out of bed, when he was...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Minister said that he made the Taoiseach aware of the budgetary issues and that a spending plan could be brought forward later in the year. Does the Taoiseach intend to act now? The Gerry Feeney case arose some weeks ago and that doctor's letter was written in December.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: Will the Government make the decision to provide the necessary spending plan to take people out of their misery and give some dignity back to elderly people in our hospitals?

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said that the situation is not "satisfactory". That is a mild word given the content of letter from the specialist registrar and the experience of people attending emergency departments. The Minister for Health told the Joint Committee on Health and Children last week that additional resources are needed for the fair deal scheme. He outlined two realistic options, namely,...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: I will.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Minister said he cannot make the decision on the spending plan on his own.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: He said that it must be done in conjunction with the Cabinet committee on health and the Economic Management Council, the members of which are fully appraised of the situation since last November. Does the Taoiseach accept that the funding levels are not adequate to deal with this situation in the coming months, including in respect of delayed discharges and their impact on emergency...

Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should have done it in the past four years.

Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: It was neglect.

Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is a little late now.

Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: That was a sharp answer to the Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin.

Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: A monosyllabic retort.

Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: When will he start out?