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- Order of Business (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: People would have been alarmed by comments made at the weekend by the chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. This is a body established to give advice to Government in respect of budgetary and fiscal policy. There is no question that the advice of the council has been studiously ignored over the past three years. This weekend, the chairman of the council, Professor John McHale...
- Order of Business (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: That is not good enough. The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council is a specific statutory body. The Taoiseach should not mix it up with the European Commission or anything.
- Order of Business (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: I am looking for a specific debate on the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The correction of the record is a valid point to raise under Standing Orders.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is prepared to correct it now.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: In a hurry.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: He was the chosen one.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: We have spent two days asking who sent the CV to the Minister, but the Taoiseach will not provide an answer.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: On a point of order-----
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: It is a correction of the Dáil record. Yesterday, we had a statement from the Taoiseach which conflicts with his statement today in regard to the interview he had with Mr. McNulty. He said:I interviewed John McNulty, felt he was an excellent, outstanding candidate who was well qualified. During the course of the process of validating his eligibility, he expressed the wish to serve on...
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----to appoint Mr. McNulty to the board. Fine Gael officials decided out of the blue to suggest to the Minister that he should be appointed. Apparently they were not mandated by anybody. It is a complete mystery. Correspondents asked the Taoiseach's spokesperson yesterday who asked the Fine Gael officials to tell the Minister to nominate Mr. McNulty. The reply from the Taoiseach's...
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Perhaps if we had got it early on last week, there would be no need for any of this. Will the Taoiseach just return to the basic question: who asked the Fine Gael officials to ask the Minister to appoint Mr. McNulty to the board of IMMA?
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Go back to it for what?
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: But the Taoiseach told the officials he was the candidate.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: No, it does not.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: I tabled a special notice question last week and it was refused.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: If the Taoiseach had told the truth last week, we would not be here discussing this.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: For what?
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: I want to ask the Taoiseach a number of questions concerning the appointment of Mr. McNulty to the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Heather Humphreys. Yesterday, the Taoiseach's attempt in the Dáil to bring clarity to the matter did not succeed and has raised far more questions than answers. There has been a lack of...
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach one question.