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Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: It has not happened yet.

Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: I have already received the note. It states that nothing has happened.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Requests (29 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: 150. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received in his Department which are currently being considered, in particular the requests to which replies have been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32765/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Meetings (29 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: 151. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the European Union summit held on 21 September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32767/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (29 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: 206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she sought advice from the National Adult Literacy Agency about the form that has been sent out to all householders for the water conservation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33260/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (29 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: 561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if regular meetings were, or are, being held in Government Buildings on water charges and Irish Water with his departmental officials and advisers in attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32766/15]

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am sure the Taoiseach is aware of the harrowing accounts in today's newspapers of the incredible trauma that Mark and Emma Corcoran had to endure at the hands of seven criminals who travelled from Dublin to burgle the Corcoran family home in Tipperary. Their daughters spoke of how they thought their Daddy was going to die at the hands of these criminals. The criminals wore balaclavas and...

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is a very weak response. The Taoiseach is speaking like a commentator who is helpless to do anything about it. His recent interview in the Irish Independent was quite remarkable. In it he declared to the nation that he had been told recently that the Garda that travelling gangs are evading gardaí by driving at high speed and wearing night-vision goggles. The headlines blared...

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: What will the Taoiseach do about it?

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: Will he listen to the people in rural Ireland? I mentioned John Comer of the ICMSA, Tim O'Leary of the IFA, the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors and local councillors from all parties.

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: What are they all saying? They are saying Garda presence matters.

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: Stations matter. They act as a deterrent. Presence on the ground acts as a deterrent and there is the capacity to gather local intelligence. When local people see somebody acting strangely, they can report it and get an immediate response but that is not happening. The Taoiseach is detached and out of touch.

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: To be honest with the Taoiseach, the people listening this morning to all this stuff about technology are not really worried about that.

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: They would much prefer to have a local garda with local knowledge on the ground.

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is not good enough to say, "It is not as good as we might like it to be", but that is what the Taoiseach is saying.

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: Approximately 28,000 burglaries are reported every year. The Taoiseach got it wrong in terms of the closure of Garda stations and he is out of touch with rural Ireland and with the lives of people on the ground.

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: Councillor Noel Gleeson summed it up best-----

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----when he said:Rural Ireland is being decimated as regards law and order, that’s the bottom line. We can’t say it often enough and hopefully someone might heed us... Will the Taoiseach heed what people across the country are saying?

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: Careful, Dinny. Look in your own corner.

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: Oh, yes. Their heads will roll.