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Leaders' Questions (11 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: The advices.

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: The advice attached to it is what I am looking for.

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: There is no reason it should not be given.

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach publish the advices? It is a very simple question.

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: Will he publish the advices?

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: Will he publish the advices?

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach used to be. The Minister, Deputy Bruton tried-----

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is waxing lyrical.

Order of Business (11 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: The business of the House is being arranged in a stop-gap way with a large amount of time given to statements but little to legislation. There will be statements all this week. We started on Monday with a rather damp squib of a debate on Europe. There are a mounting number of measures which the Government has indicated it will introduce and publish over the next two months. Members would...

Order of Business (11 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: I appreciate the difficulties with drafting legislation but a schedule would be useful. There is a sense of filling space in the business of the House over the past several weeks with various statements. I must add that Fianna Fáil has drafted a comprehensive and sound political donations Bill. If the Taoiseach accepted it, it could be moved to Committee Stage and by the summer recess...

Order of Business (11 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: I did not, I said the opposite.

Order of Business (11 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: Our Bill covers all the Moriarty tribunal report recommendations.

Order of Business (11 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: Sorry, but there was no admission of any inadequacy. I do not know from where the Taoiseach is picking that up.

Order of Business (11 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is wrong. He should accept the legislation. Amendments can be made on Committee Stage. It is politics as usual.

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Donations) Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage (10 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Donations) Bill 2011: Second Stage (10 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share my time with Deputy Niall Collins. I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Donations) Bill 2011 and to urge its acceptance by the House. This proposed legislation puts forward a structured, comprehensive and legally sound basis for transforming how politics is funded in our...

Adjournment Debate Matters (10 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: Earlier today, Commissioner Rehn made it clear that he expects Ireland to receive a reduction in interest payments relating to the support loan. He all but announced a reduction earlier today and it has been clear since the beginning of the year that this would happen. As expected, it appears from his statement to form part of a wider restructuring of support programmes for Greece and...

Adjournment Debate Matters (10 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: The EU-IMF programme states that anything realised from the sale of State assets would be used to pay down the debt, but my question was about the reduction in the interest rate, the savings arising from that and how they will be used. Problematically, confusion is developing about the clear statements in the programme for Government and the revised EU-IMF agreement. In terms of the...

Adjournment Debate Matters (10 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: I am asking one in light of the matter raised. Given that there has been no change in the fiscal situation to force a change in the policies agreed ten weeks ago, will the Taoiseach explain the current status of the coalition's tax promise? The programme for Government states clearly that bands and credits will be maintained, but the Cabinet published a document last week stating that the...

Adjournment Debate Matters (10 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: Is this a straightforward-----