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Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: We have not had a committee meeting yet.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: You will change nothing.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: You need not think you are codding anybody.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: We have heard all about the comprehensive spending review.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: A companies Bill is on the agenda.

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on discussions at the British Irish Council. [17281/11]

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will give details of the issues raised during his bilateral talks with British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at the recent meeting of the British Irish Council [17282/11]

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his comprehensive reply. I welcome the constructive nature of the meeting of the British-Irish Council. It reflects the ongoing progress in the sets of relationships between all participants. Did the Taoiseach take the opportunity in his bilateral meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Clegg, to discuss Ireland's European Union negotiations, particularly our...

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach ask for a reduction in the interest rate on the bilateral loan?

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: I have two brief questions.

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: I asked the first two questions on this issue. Specifically, I asked whether the Taoiseach asked the Deputy Prime Minister for a reduction in the interest rate on the bilateral loan. The Taoiseach's response initially was that he referred to the issue. Then he stated that he indicated to him our desire for the reduction. With the greatest of respect, that is verbiage. On decoding, it...

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: ----- to raise the Geithner question. This issue simply is not raised when Government members meet people. To date, no direct submission has been made to the British leaders seeking a reduction in the interest rate on the bilateral loan, which would have an important impact on the wider issue.

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will publish details of the proposed text on the interest rate paid for by Ireland circulated by President Van Rumpoy at the summit meeting of 11 March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18231/11]

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach his further plans for substantive bilateral meetings with other heads of Government which he has for the remainder of 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18388/11]

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the manner in which he approached discussions regarding the European Central Bank at the recent European Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18394/11]

Official Engagements (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: The three questions I tabled in this group refer to three completely different issues. Grouping them in this fashion leaving marginal time for questions only serves again to allow the Taoiseach to avoid answering specifically the questions that have been raised. I seek specific answers to the specific questions I am about to ask. First and specifically, the Taoiseach confirmed only last...

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: Last night the deputy leader of Fine Gael talked at length about his reasons for pushing ahead with the removal of services from Roscommon hospital, and signalled that this will continue with other hospitals. He said he was startled by the quality of treatment at the hospital, although to be startled is an odd reaction given the fact every single one of the issues he mentioned was fully...

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: Instead of the moral outrage-----

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: Instead of the moral outrage, when the Taoiseach is asked questions-----

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2011)

Micheál Martin: Instead of the moral outrage, Taoiseach-----