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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the position on the commitment in the programme for Government in regard to the Irish Water networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43800/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is a very curious reply. The Taoiseach seems to be avoiding the meat and substance of the question.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is more or less saying it is an issue for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. It is a very convoluted reply designed to obfuscate.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: In regard to Irish Water, the Taoiseach is remarkably reticent on the substance of the issue. I put it to him that, as chairman of the all-powerful Cabinet sub-committee on the economy - the Economic Management Committee - he was centrally involved in this unmitigated mess and debacle as it unfolded in the past two years. The Government was advised by PwC not to proceed in the way it...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The work was done by the local council. That is the point.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer Quetion No. 1 in my name. He appeared to be in a position to answer it according to the letter to Deputy Fleming, but does not appear to be in a position to answer it today.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I will read out the answer provided in the Taoiseach's letter. It states, "The CSO are working to finalise the report in the next two to three weeks". This is the report about the market corporation test. The preceding paragraphs tell us how expert the CSO staff are. The Taoiseach's letter states that the assessment will then be provided to EUROSTAT before going on to note that, "[The]...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is one of Fianna Fáil's legacies.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I was in Mayo last week; the Taoiseach would want to do something in Castlebar.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: May I ask a brief supplementary question?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I did not have an opportunity to discuss the climate change agenda because I was focused on the Irish Water issue. I sought an acknowledgement from the Taoiseach that €5.5 billion was spent on water infrastructure during the period 200 to 2010, including a large number of waste water treatment plants. My own city of Cork needed one and while there was political opposition the work...
- Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I draw the Taoiseach's attention to comments made by the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, in the Dáil last Wednesday in response to a parliamentary question on Health Service Executive funding for 2015. In the course of his reply, he stated:We need additional resources for the fair deal scheme, home care packages and home help provision. As the Minister of State, Deputy...
- Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Does that mean that there will be a reprioritisation of spending?
- Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should have done it in the past four years.
- Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It was neglect.
- Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is a little late now.
- Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: That was a sharp answer to the Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin.
- Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: A monosyllabic retort.
- Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: When will he start out?
- Order of Business (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Would the Taoiseach not be more sensitive to the Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin?