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Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: This is obfuscation again.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is a matter for the Government.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is not a political decision. It is a definitive governmental decision to delegate authority to a Minister of State.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: When the Taoiseach announced the members of the Cabinet and the Ministers of State, he appointed Deputy Róisín Shortall as Minister of State with specific responsibility for primary care.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach made a wrong statement. He said this is a personal decision for the Minister for Health.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is a Government decision and the Taoiseach is the Head of the Government.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: He should not try to push the decision down the line.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: Why has it not happened? Deputy Kenny is the Taoiseach. The Government has been in office for 18 months.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: No. It goes before the Cabinet.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Cabinet has to agree the decision.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is extraordinary that a Minister of State, in writing to her Minister, says she has asked, time and time again, for delegated authority and has not been given it. The Taoiseach is the Head of the Government. He knows the responsibilities he allocated to each Minister of State when he appointed them. Now, a year and a half later, we find that one Minister of State has no delegated...

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am not making a mountain out of anything. The Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, has put this in writing to her Minister. It is in the public domain, thanks to freedom of information legislation.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is the usual old rubbish from the Taoiseach. He should have some respect.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Kenny is the Taoiseach. When will the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, be delegated statutory authority by the Government?

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: When will the referendum take place?

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is not on its own initiative.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: There is no legal basis for the council's action.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is quite different.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Government has the means to deal with non-payment.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: I do not want to be disorderly, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, but it is appropriate on the Order of Business to ask if there is a legal basis for the county council demand. Unless some statutory instrument has been laid by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, there is no legal basis for it. The Taoiseach has confirmed there is not. In that case, neither the House...