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Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is what we are reading.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: We have been reading that for the last number of weeks - that they reduce-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: In fairness-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----I will say that the honourable exception to that rule is the Government Whip himself, who believes that the Taoiseach will rule forever and he will be looked after later.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: I put it to the Whip-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----that we are not going to accept this attitude and-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----contempt that the Government holds for the House-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----and the arrogance that is in the Government. I heard it from the Minister, Deputy Howlin, this morning: "We do not need to be answering questions about this. Move on quickly," and so on.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: The bottom line is that 18 months ago on Leaders' Questions-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----when I asked the Taoiseach about why a Secretary General was sent out to the former Garda Commissioner, the Taoiseach's stock response was that the Government had appointed a commission of investigation and that he could not answer any question until that had been brought to a conclusion.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: Again, there are to be no questions on that today. He will answer no questions. The only thing he did was to appear on "Six One News"-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----ten minutes after the 300-odd pages were disseminated.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is all he did. He has run from this report ever since. By the way, the whole objective is to avoid being questioned on it. The Labour Party is so vulnerable and exposed by the Attorney General's behaviour in this scenario that it is ponying up support for the Taoiseach in a quid pro quooperation.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is cynicism at its worst and it is contemptuous.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: Before you put the amendment, a Cheann Comhairle, I would like to put a number of questions to the Chief Whip. Why is the Tánaiste not fronting this proposition today? The Taoiseach is not here. Normally, when the Taoiseach is not here, the Tánaiste steps in.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: Is the Tánaiste acquiescing in these jackboot tactics? What I would say to the Whip is that no one has an issue-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: I put it to the Government Whip-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----and to the Tánaiste that no one has an issue-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: They are shouting down people now.