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Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: That is what we would like first and foremost.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: That is our first priority. Could sick children get their cards back, please?

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: They are not in my ranks.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: Their enthusiasm for the points I am raising is heartfelt.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is a good start to the new year for Deputy Mattie McGrath. Under the reform programme, the legislative programme for the next session comprises four Bills. The health reform Bill has been signalled by the provision of a GP service for people aged five years and under and new structures for the health service. The health service plan has been published. I raised this matter on the Order...

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: We need a debate on this matter in the House as soon as possible.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: Give them back their cards.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Government is controlling public servants and making them work towards a political agenda.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: Like Irish Water before Christmas.

Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: On the health services plan.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: I merely leaned forward.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: It has been spending money for the past 12 months.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Government has been forced into that.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: People will be paying for it.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Government was advised not to do this by the body it commissioned.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: No, he has not.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: We put in freedom of information requests and got nothing.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: The manner in which Irish Water has been established under a cloak of secrecy has angered many people across the country. The people were not told by anyone in Government that the establishment of Irish Water would cost €180 million, €50 million of it for consultancies, a fact that we learned only from the Today with Sean O’Rourke radio programme last Thursday....

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: This was a deliberate, premeditated, conscious decision to hide information that he had in his possession from the Dáil. He made a decision not to give that information to the House when he was asked for it and by extension to deny it to the people of the country and our citizens. In short, our Parliament and our citizens have been treated with contempt by the Minister and the Government.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: There were further attempts to make sure that Irish Water was wrapped in a cloud of secrecy. There was a debacle before Christmas when the entire Opposition had to walk out because debate on Irish Water was shut down. There was a deliberate decision taken to exclude Irish Water from the parameters of the Freedom of Information Act and so forth. All last week Ministers pretended they did...