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Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Stagg wrote that he would continue trying to convince the Tánaiste-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----who was wrong, to reverse the bad decision.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: The lone parents and children who are suffering do not give a damn about Joan Burton having a cut off Micheál Martin. To them, that sums up the detachment from politics of those in government. What they really want to hear is who will bridge the gap for them-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----who will pay to enable them to get their children to school next September and who will enable them to get petrol to get to work in order to provide funding for child care.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: Sorry, but I am not worried. They do not really-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: They are not into the argy bargy of politics. It is meaningless to them.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: That type of stuff the Tánaiste is going on with is meaningless to them.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: What they really want to hear is whether there is any glimmer of hope that the Tánaiste will see the light and accept that this measure, which she introduced on 1 July, is having a devastating impact on a significant number of lone parents and their children.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: Will the Tánaiste do something to change this? Everyone in the House is saying it, but she refuses to be convinced. Even her own party is saying it.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am on the ground. The Tánaiste is not. That is the problem with her.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am not making up this. These are the very people who-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: FIS is not available to them.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: Someone said she communicated with the Tánaiste but did not hear a dicky bird back.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: People have said they have gone to the Tánaiste. They have listened to her.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: They were far better off.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: The income disregard is down. The Tánaiste is pathetic.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste needs to forget about the politics, but she cannot do so.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Minister is out of touch.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: Last week I asked some questions about the sale of the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA’s Northern Ireland loan book to Cerberus, the circumstances surrounding it and the need for a commission of investigation to examine it. Prior to that, we had tabled several questions on the issue to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan. We note that representatives of NAMA...

Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: Did it occur to anybody that the entire process should be withdrawn and that the deal should be pulled back from? One month later it was sold on to Cerberus following a competitive bid. The bottom line, however, is that the same two legal firms were involved. What happened after the sale? We learned about an offshore account in which £7 million had been placed. We learned that a...