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- Tribunals of Inquiry (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach agree the costs are excessive? The Minister for Justice and Law Reform is not the party leader and should stay silent for a while. Accepting that the costs are very high and excessive, does the Taoiseach agree that those who failed to co-operate fully with the tribunal and obstructed the work of the tribunal should waive at least a portion of their costs and the moneys...
- Tribunals of Inquiry (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: It relates to the ultimate figure and the cost of the tribunal because failure to co-operate adds to the costs of the tribunal.
- Tribunals of Inquiry (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: Obstructing a tribunal adds to the cost of the tribunal. The parties in that position should waive some of their costs. Their legal advisers were probably paid the same rates outlined by the Taoiseach. They could take a cut as a result of the failure to be upfront with the tribunal from the beginning.
- Tribunals of Inquiry (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: Come on.
- Tribunals of Inquiry (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: We will read it.
- Ministerial Staff (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach the number of advisors he has appointed or will appoint to work in his Department [5910/11]
- Ministerial Staff (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach the names of the advisors and programme managers he has appointed to date and their specific role within his Department [5911/11]
- Ministerial Staff (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: Special advisers have a very constructive role to play in modern Governments and modern policy formulation. They date back to 1992 when the then Fianna Fáil-Labour Government initiated the concept of programme managers. The easiest political game to play is to attack the concept of advisers.
- Ministerial Staff (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Adams would have benefited from some programme advisers in a different context in terms of working out political issues associated with the peace process and so on. In the peace process, advisers played a noble and significant part. Regarding political reform and modern systems of government, does the Taoiseach agree that political parties, be they in or out of government, need...
- Ministerial Staff (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: In agreeing with the Taoiseach, I point out to him that the Opposition parties are not yet in a position to appoint special advisers or a team because of the absence of any commission or the failure to establish one. It is a pressing issue in terms of how the Oireachtas works. We should address this fairly quickly.
- Ministerial Staff (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is great.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: Three weeks ago the Taoiseach promised the House that he would operate his Government according to new standards of accountability and openness. He said nobody would be exempt from the need to be fully honest about his or her actions, past or present. He is now faced with turning these words into action. For the last week with the Minister, Deputy Hogan, and others, he has avoided making...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach might answer whether the Minister, Deputy Hogan, saw a draft of the unpublished Moriarty report before he made his statement. The statement is very clear. It was made on 6 February last. It said that the Mahon and Moriarty tribunals would be given a strict deadline to issue their final reports within months of the new Government coming into office. It said that both public...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: Very briefly, a Cheann Comhairle-----
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am within my time limit.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: I do.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: I just want to say-----
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: We will indeed.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: I want to put it on the record that it is not a view or a perception.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: There was an actual statement by Deputy Hogan that he would rewrite the terms of reference and that one of his first priorities would be to write to the tribunal to inform it of that.