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Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: So it is just the board. It will not be the executive.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: That is the board. What about the HSE? That was the promise he made.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: The promise was to abolish the entire HSE.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: No, I listened very carefully to what the man said.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: We probably took him and the Taoiseach too much at face value. We are genuinely seeking clarity on the issue. Is the legislation to abolish the board or the entire HSE?

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is avoiding the issue.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: Your role as Cheann Comhairle is to protect the rights of the Members of the House.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: This is a very serious issue. We asked the Taoiseach a question when we allowed this debate to take place. We put it to him clearly that more time should be allowed and that all documentation should be provided to Members before the motion amending the terms of reference came before the House. No such documentation was provided. The Government pressed ahead and guillotined the debate....

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: This inquiry was established by the collective membership of this House. Serious documentation was withheld from the Members. Some attempt should be made to-----

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is factual. It happened.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: The issue eventually came out through freedom of information.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: The judge-----

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is not.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: You withheld the documentation.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: If any other Government behaved like that-----

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: -----there would be blue murder and you know it.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: You must be joking.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: You must be joking.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: You are joking.