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Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer the question as to why we were dealing with it in this way.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: When the schedule was published on Friday, no Leaders' Questions was scheduled for Thursday. Our Whip, on behalf of our party, protested strongly. This is undermining the Parliament and the Dáil, and confidence in and respect for the House. There is no compelling urgency about this issue. There is no reason the debate on water cannot take place this week and next week. It is almost...

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: Nothing like this has happened before.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: It was 3.15 p.m.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: There is no Order of Business.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: What does that mean? There is no Order of Business tomorrow.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: Why is there no Order of Business tomorrow?

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: What is the problem?

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: There is no legislation coming before us tomorrow.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: Explain why we cannot have the Order of Business tomorrow.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, will make a statement to the Dáil tomorrow, indicating the decisions of the Government in respect of Irish Water.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is great that he is doing it in here, but when can we have an Order of Business?

Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: No. We received the latest iteration of the Government's proposals for the week at approximately 3.15 p.m. I believe in parliamentary democracy and that all Members should do everything possible to uphold the concept of parliamentary democracy and proper, ordered, regulated debate in Parliament. 5 o’clock I decry what happened last Thursday, when a vote of the Parliament was...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): JobBridge Scheme (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: No, I did not ask that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): JobBridge Scheme (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I put a question to the Taoiseach earlier relating to evaluations. He said that if he has any information he will bring it to me. I am surprised that there is no evaluation dimension built in as part of an application to the public service and Departments in particular under the JobBridge scheme. In other words, given that 330 interns have gone through the various Departments, I am...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): JobBridge Scheme (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department have recruited new staff recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35204/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): JobBridge Scheme (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding JobBridge interns in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35667/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): JobBridge Scheme (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff vacancies in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37634/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): JobBridge Scheme (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. There must have been glee among the civil servants when the tally was done and it was found that the number of whole-time equivalent staff stood at 179.98, given that the ceiling is set at 181. The real issue here is the JobBridge scheme. Across the economy there is a sense that the JobBridge scheme has been abused, though I do not suggest that this...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): JobBridge Scheme (18 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I asked whether there had been any evaluation of the 330 interns across the public service. Where have they gone? Has anyone analysed whether the scheme is working in terms of employability? The original idea was that the skills and experience acquired by JobBridge participants would give them a chance of a job after the internship, if not in the public service then in the private sector.