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Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: That is not true.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: There is €35 million allocated in the budget for mental health services, but that is approximately €15 million short of what should be in place by now if programme for Government commitments had been honoured. The relevant Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, indicated last year that she had a promise from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform that the €15...

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: This suggests a sinister turn in politics and there has been a pattern in the Government's behaviour in this regard. It is whether it concerned Deputy Mick Wallace and the former Minister, Deputy Alan Shatter-----

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: -----or the hospital chief executive officers who wrote to the Government and subsequently saw details of pay in the media and the public domain.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: Now a Deputy from the Taoiseach's party who commented on the McNulty appointment-----

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: There are details on the front of a newspaper, but from where did they come? How did they get into the public domain? It is sinister.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is a very serious matter. Across society people are afraid to speak out against the Government.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: In the health service, people are afraid to speak out.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Minister of State should stop his trivial, infantile interjections. This is a serious matter.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: There should be an inquiry, as people want to be able to write to the Taoiseach's office with a degree of certainty that the issues would be confidential. It is a very sinister development.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should check it out.

Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: That is the opposite, as every commentator has acknowledged.

Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach have an estimate for it?

Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday's budget was strong on rhetoric and somewhat poor on substance. There are many issues one could discuss such as the lack of initiatives on small-to-medium-sized enterprise, the lack of transparency on the health Estimate, water charges and the lack of a substantial public investment programme, but my focus this morning is on the tax changes introduced yesterday. Without question,...

Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer the specific question I put to him. Is it fair that someone on €18,000 gets €174 a year before he or she has to pay the water charges while someone on €100,000 gets €746? That is the basic proposition I put to the Taoiseach and I asked him a very simple question. Is that fair? I asked the Taoiseach a second question, namely what is...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, I will make a serious point. I have been here a long time in Leinster House and the Dáil.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: I have never before witnessed the discourtesy displayed by the Government side to the Opposition on budget day.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: There is not a single Minister or Minister of State on the other side of the House.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is a disgrace and I have not seen the likes of it before. Something should be done and at the very minimum, the Government should show respect and have a presence here when Opposition Members from all parties are commenting on the budget presentations by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister for Finance. This reveals the absolute contempt for parliamentary...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: Sacrificed again. Excluded again.