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Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Monetary Policy (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department have considered the comments of the President of the European Central Bank, Mr. Mario Draghi about being wary of quantitative easing having a negative impact on the distribution of wealth and, in some cases, causing more inequality; the action his Department is taking to prevent this from happening; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently published report by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22944/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Social Partnership Deals (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 293. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the sectoral parts of the new social partnership deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24777/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Social Partnership Deals (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if recent reports on the sectoral parts of the new social partnership deal are accurate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24778/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Social Partnership Deals (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there will be any increase in specialist allowances in the new social partnership deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24779/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 497. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the North and the threat to the Stormont assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24564/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she has taken following the meeting she had with a person (details supplied) and other victims of sexual abuse in December 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24497/15]

Deaths in Tunisia: Expressions of Sympathy (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son mo pháirtí, ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a dhéanamh le clanna agus cáirde go léir muintir Carty agus Hayes as ucht an dúnmharú uafásach a tharla i Tunisia laethanta ó shin. Is olc an scéal é. Dúnmharú uafásach ar fad a bhí ann. Déanaim comhbhrón le gach éinne...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Greek debt crisis is very serious, not just for the Greek people but for the entire eurozone and European Union. People need to approach the crisis from very credible perspectives. In that context, I refer to remarks the Taoiseach made during the week on the situation, and in particular the manner in which he entered the fray, hectoring and lecturing and offering advice to the Greek...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----with the public not just here but in Greece when he says such things as he said during the week. If he wants to advise people towards a saner and more stable approach the first point of departure is to tell them the truth and not to tell them things that are fiction or an invention or whatever else. Does the Taoiseach regret his comments? Will he withdraw them and will he acknowledge...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: No context was attached to any of this. Sometimes, it pays to say one was wrong.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Surely the Taoiseach cannot believe it is credible for him to say he did not increase VAT. He increased it from 21% to 23% in his first budget. Could he please acknowledge that it actually happened so that everybody else need not scratch their heads wondering whether it happened or whether it was a figment of their imaginations? The Taoiseach was very clear that it did not happen. Today...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin said we should tell the troika to go home and forget about the bailout, although it was needed to sustain education and social welfare spending. Although many falsehoods were propagated to the Irish people, what had to be done had to be done.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The same problem applies to Syriza in Greece.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Syriza made statements on which it could not possibly deliver, and we are in a crisis. I return to a very simple question I asked the Taoiseach. Does he accept that he got it wrong when he said VAT, income tax and PRSI were not increased? Does he accept that those three basic points were wrong?

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: What about VAT? Was it increased?

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: What about the pension levy?

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Were there VAT increases or not?

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Of course I am laughing at it. Nobody believes the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Security Committee (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: In light of the horrific and brutal murders in Tunisia, there clearly is a need for the national security committee to meet quite regularly because surveillance works. There is another side to the equation and while I understand the balance between surveillance and privacy rights for citizens, the most fundamental obligation of Government is to protect its citizens and that means proper...