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Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: It was not.

Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is a disgrace. That is something the Taoiseach started.

Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did that. He calculated it-----

Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach might not like to hear that but that is what he did.

Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am not making it up. The Taoiseach can read his Minister's replies to parliamentary questions.

Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, has said it. It is there in black and white.

Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: These are the Taoiseach's figures.

Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: He has been a very good commentator.

Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: Today, more than 530 patients are on trolleys in accident and emergency departments. In some hospitals the situation is truly chaotic, and it is extremely stressful for many patients throughout the country. In Beaumont Hospital 45 patients are on trolleys. I am reminded of the Minister's statement in December that the situation in Beaumont Hospital would be alleviated fairly quickly, but...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (10 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 330. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on her meeting on 28 January 2015 with a group of personal insolvency practitioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5892/15]

Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: They will be penalised if they mention a bank.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has no information on that.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: The terms "later this year" has been used for the past ten years in respect of this.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should tell that to the young women in hotel rooms.

Leaders' Questions (4 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: We have been silenced.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: Standing Order 1071 was removed from today’s schedule and, according to a late note to our office, it is proposed to bring it in tomorrow. The Standing Order is consequent on the passing of the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2014, which was passed last week and which states:Any member of either House of the Oireachtas to whom confidential information is provided under subsection (5)...

Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am asking the Taoiseach not to move it.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: He was told it was a fait accompli.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: If a Member mentioned, for example, Anglo Irish Bank as being in Central Bank documentation, could it be in breach of the privacy legislation? We need far more transparency about what is allowable and what is not because the public has not got a clue about it. The Act and the Standing Order could constitute a very restrictive mechanism on members of the inquiry, about which the Government...

Leaders' Questions (4 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: Last week I raised the issue of patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria, PNH, a life-threatening blood disease, being denied access to Soliris, a life-saving medicine. Some 35% of people with the condition die within five years, which is the life expectancy without treatment. It is a serious situation. In 2010, ten patients were put on treatment at St James's Hospital by the...