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- Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----in essence, to deal with the trafficking into the country of women who are exploited in brothels and by pimps. The stories have been horrendous. Ruhama, along with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, has led the charge on this issue, and survivors of prostitution continue to make the case for a sex buyer law in this country.
- Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach confirm when that legislation will be introduced into the House because it has been promised by the Government?
- Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: I do not accept that. I think there has been a cover-up.
- Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: I make that charge here on the floor of the House.
- Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: I will not take any more of that stuff from Deputy Adams.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The E-3.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: That is not true.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: That is rubbish. What is the Taoiseach talking about?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Yes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: No, it did not.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: It did not. It was the most resilient sector during the recession.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: I tabled five questions in this group of ten. They cover climate change, the undocumented Irish and meetings with the various US mayors. Governor Brown is out of order. I do not accept the American position on this. We live in a globalised society. We do not control it from Ireland. We are not responsible for the global order that now exists, in the free market economy and the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he had any bilateral meetings while attending the UN climate change conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36520/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his visit to Rhode Island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36522/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the undocumented Irish while he was on his recent trip to New York; if there was progress on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36523/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he met with the Mayor of Boston when he visited here; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37646/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he met President Obama on his most recent trip to New York while addressing the UN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37648/14]
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----of sniping and underhand indications that his position was coming under threat. Has any member of the Government or anyone in government approached the chairperson of Irish Water with a view to the CEO stepping down? We had many briefings yesterday from five or six Ministers across the board, all of them refusing in any shape or form to endorse the management.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Given the debacle we have and given that 1 million people have not even signed up, will the Taoiseach consider suspending the application of water charges pending a full independent review of the structures the Government has set up-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----and in terms of developing a proper plan with ability to pay central to it?