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Order of Business (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: There have been attempts to suppress this report. The report is being long-fingered. It is the intention to suppress this report, undermine its findings and the reputation of those involved. I hope the Government will not facilitate the continuance of that.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: I fully respect the Chair but the House deserves to be respected by the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: There have been attempts made to do that. They were not made by the Taoiseach but he knows what I mean. I was not referring to the Taoiseach and he knows that. There have been numerous attempts to undermine the tribunal and its chairman.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is very clear and the Taoiseach knows damn well what I am talking about.

Moriarty Tribunal Report (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is deeply disappointing the Taoiseach did not take questions on this matter. I accept what the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, said regarding this issue deserving a whole-Government response. For reasons outlined in my question I believe the Taoiseach should have answered questions before the House at this time in regard to the report, particularly those aspects relating to the pattern of...

Moriarty Tribunal Report (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: -----to the conclusion that something stinks to the highest heaven when one reads that aspect of the report. The Taoiseach needs to address that quickly and transparently. At the time it was reported that the Fine Gael Party cleared all its debts during the 1994-1995 period in Government and had a very aggressive fundraising campaign. The spotlight has been off that matter for the past few...

Moriarty Tribunal Report (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: When will the corporate donations Bill be introduced? The last Government had it in train but Fine Gael continued to oppose it until the eve of the election because it was busily raising funds on a continuing basis.

Moriarty Tribunal Report (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: These are fundamental issues that must be teased out further. This report belongs to the House, which initiated it.

Moriarty Tribunal Report (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: I hope the Minister does not suggest, as the Taoiseach did six times today, that because people will bring actions to the Supreme Court to try to bury the Moriarty tribunal that we will be constrained or that such attempts will prevent or restrain the House from debating in detail the findings of the report.

Moriarty Tribunal Report (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: What about supplementaries?

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: During the past decade the formal meetings of Heads of State and Government at the European Council have involved significantly less substantive negotiations. The formal agenda has become more focused on simply putting through matters decided in preparatory meetings, with the final communiqué issued frequently almost exactly as drafted before Council met. There have been times when the...

Corporation Tax: Motion (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: I propose to share time with Deputy O'Dea.

Corporation Tax: Motion (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: — confirms its absolute commitment to the maintenance of the 12.5% rate of corporation tax; — is opposed to any Irish participation in proposals to introduce a consolidated corporate tax base within either the eurozone or the European Union as a whole; — notes the clear evidence that investment attracted to Ireland by our policy on corporation tax is largely...

Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday, a deeply disturbing report was issued on the award of the most valuable commercial licence given by any Government in the history of the State. By any objective measure, it is a profoundly disturbing report, yet the principal response of the Government has been to not comment publicly while privately briefing that it is only really relevant to the actions of one man. This...

Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: Yes, I am coming to that. The Taoiseach must also have seen the role Fine Gael fund-raising played in the strategy to win the licence and he must surely have taken the time to reflect on Mr. Justice Moriarty's decision to take the word of Mr. Mark FitzGerald over that of Mr. Denis O'Brien and, critically, his colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is far more than just a report to the Clerk of the Dáil; it is a report on the most lucrative contract awarded in the history of the State. The Dáil record is full of examples of the Taoiseach demanding answers within much less than the 24 hours he has now had. The Taoiseach was in Government when the licence was awarded and he participated in fund-raising events targeted by Esat to...

Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: If the Taoiseach has not asked his colleagues about the specific point raised in the report regarding their individual and collective actions, people have a right to ask why. Fine Gael and its handlers appear to hope the story will get lost in the crush of events in the next week, but that will not happen. Does the Taoiseach accept that the findings of the Moriarty report are very serious...

Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: Quite clearly-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: Absolutely. This is not an issue for laughter.

Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is codding himself. His party raised money like hell up to the eve of the election. It raised massive funds in the past year. That is hypocrisy.