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- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: I did not just mention bank repossessions and the bank veto, they were the main part of the question I put to the Taoiseach, but he chose to ignore them until the very end of his reply. The statistics revealed yesterday showed there were more than 586 repossessions since January, and 383 of those related to homes. We know from research by Professor Seamus Coffey in UCC that 1,000...
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said the banks bring people to court because they have not engaged prior to that, but many people engage before they get any legal letter, and they still get the legal letters, with all the anxiety that goes with that.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: For four years the Taoiseach has been asked to end the veto the banks have over the entire process. The Bill that introduced personal insolvency practitioners did not work. The Taoiseach called them in to hear from them approximately six months ago. Something must happen to change the status quo. Is the Taoiseach going to change the veto the banks have over the entire process - "Yes" or "No"?
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: How is it beneath me?
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach about the bank veto.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not say that earlier.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: Why not? Why could the Taoiseach not announce them last week?
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is just all spinning. It is not because the Taoiseach had other things to do.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is more news management. It is all spinning.
- Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: He is far more popular in Kilkenny than Phil Hogan is.
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: The HSE's financial deficit more than doubled in February, to €56 million. It is now predicted that there will be an overrun of hundreds of millions of euro by the end of the year. It looks like the first-quarter financial deficit - that is, the deficit built up by the end of March - will be €100 million. The Minister told a Cabinet sub-committee last week that the HSE will...
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is known. It is only one third; it is only €18 million of the €56 million.
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: Does that mean the Taoiseach is not ruling out a Supplementary Estimate?
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach saying there has to be one?
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: What is the Taoiseach saying?
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: Can he monitor it?
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: We are trying to get some clarity.
- Order of Business (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach promised this 15 years ago.
- Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: I wish to address four key issues in respect of this affair. First, the sale of Siteserv itself; second, the relationship between IBRC and the Department of Finance; third, the nature and narrow remit of the proposed inquiry; and, fourth, why vital concerns raised by Department of Finance officials were effectively withheld from the Dáil for so long. The sale of Siteserv is an...
- Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is not relevant.