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- Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Would the Taoiseach not be more sensitive to the Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin?
- Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: That took the wind out of Deputy Bernard J. Durkan's sails.
- Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I draw the Taoiseach's attention to comments made by the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, in the Dáil last Wednesday in response to a parliamentary question on Health Service Executive funding for 2015. In the course of his reply, he stated:We need additional resources for the fair deal scheme, home care packages and home help provision. As the Minister of State, Deputy...
- Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Does that mean that there will be a reprioritisation of spending?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is one of Fianna Fáil's legacies.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I was in Mayo last week; the Taoiseach would want to do something in Castlebar.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: May I ask a brief supplementary question?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I did not have an opportunity to discuss the climate change agenda because I was focused on the Irish Water issue. I sought an acknowledgement from the Taoiseach that €5.5 billion was spent on water infrastructure during the period 200 to 2010, including a large number of waste water treatment plants. My own city of Cork needed one and while there was political opposition the work...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer Quetion No. 1 in my name. He appeared to be in a position to answer it according to the letter to Deputy Fleming, but does not appear to be in a position to answer it today.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I will read out the answer provided in the Taoiseach's letter. It states, "The CSO are working to finalise the report in the next two to three weeks". This is the report about the market corporation test. The preceding paragraphs tell us how expert the CSO staff are. The Taoiseach's letter states that the assessment will then be provided to EUROSTAT before going on to note that, "[The]...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The work was done by the local council. That is the point.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the position on the commitment in the programme for Government in regard to the Irish Water networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43800/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is a very curious reply. The Taoiseach seems to be avoiding the meat and substance of the question.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is more or less saying it is an issue for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. It is a very convoluted reply designed to obfuscate.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: In regard to Irish Water, the Taoiseach is remarkably reticent on the substance of the issue. I put it to him that, as chairman of the all-powerful Cabinet sub-committee on the economy - the Economic Management Committee - he was centrally involved in this unmitigated mess and debacle as it unfolded in the past two years. The Government was advised by PwC not to proceed in the way it...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Those in mortgage arrears should not have to go bankrupt. We do not want to go there, but that is what the Taoiseach is suggesting.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has a wonderful use of language. He stated, "it is disappointing I suppose..."
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I remember when the personal insolvency Bill was produced. The then Minister, Deputy Alan Shatter, and the Taoiseach claimed that it was historic and would do wonderful things. There have been 199 settlements. Of these, we do not know how many relate to family mortgages. There are more than 118,000 people in arrears. The Taoiseach says there is no harm in talking about the issue. In the...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Last week a couple approached me. They were both working in State jobs, with the potential for reasonable longevity.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I admit they were at the lower end of the income scale-----