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- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Your language on it has changed.
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Yesterday, the Taoiseach mentioned that he spoke with President Trichet at the summit.
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: The mandate of the ECB should be reviewed urgently. The bank has shown that the sole role of low inflation as a policy target is increasingly unsuitable in terms of the economic needs of Europe. Targeting inflation is important, but when this leads to an overly-aggressive stance it is highly damaging. The ECB's rate increase in mid-2008 after the recession had already begun was an historic...
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Does the Tánaiste regret the comment he made during the general election campaign - this is in the context of the summit and the resolution of the Irish debt problem - that it was Frankfurt's way or the Labour Party's way? We now know that the bondholders have not been burned. There has been no unilateral action in regard to them. If anything, it seems the notion that Ireland must give...
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: I do not want to labour the point but much of what has been said about the policy situation is incorrect. I refer to the spin that robust tests were initiated by the current Government and that these are new. These were initiated long before the current Government came into office. We all know about the pillar banks and we all knew about the rationalisation of banks. That was clearly...
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (14 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the person to whom she has assigned responsibility for co-ordinating policy on drugs. [5809/11]
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach when he will publish details of his proposal to reduce the permanent rather than political staffing of his Department [6666/11]
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made in the restructuring of his Department including reduction in staff numbers for the entire Department rather than reassignments within the Department. [7685/11]
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the changes if any he has made or expects to make in spending allocations within his Department. [7686/11]
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if it is his intention to make any promotions to the civil service staff in his Department from outside the current ranks of the civil service during 2011 and which promotions are involved. [7689/11]
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the total estimated annual expenditure savings to his Department as a result of changes which he has implemented since his appointment. [7693/11]
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the units in his Department which he intends either cancelling or transferring to other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8192/11]
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach indicate the reasons he has not opened up the positions to which he alluded, namely, Secretary General to the Government and the new position of Secretary General to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform? Only a number of weeks ago it was clearly stated that the former position would be publicly advertised. Likewise, the new position, the creation of which I...
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: I understand the positions are not covered by TLAC and I am not asking about established practice because the Taoiseach promised to break from established practice in filling positions of this kind. He specifically said he would open these positions to applications from outside the public service and Civil Service. Why has he decided not to do that?
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is not the point.
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: I know they are important positions. It was the Taoiseach who made the promise that people from outside would be invited to apply for these positions. Despite this, he has decided on this occasion not to open up these positions to outside people. Why has the Taoiseach taken this decision given it was he who made the commitment? I know all about established practice and TLAC. Why did the...
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: My Question No. 1 asks when the Taoiseach will publish details of his proposal to reduce the permanent rather than the political staffing of his Department. Some months ago he made a commitment to reduce the staffing of the Department of the Taoiseach by one third. I have seen no evidence of that. I am not talking about transferring staff to another Department but rather the Taoiseach's...
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Given what the Taoiseach has just stated on the need for enhanced capacity within the Department of the Taoiseach from the European perspective, was it not unwise to commit some months ago to a reduction by one third of the Department's permanent staff?
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: That does not answer the question.
- Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach when the next North South Ministerial Council will take place; and if he will be attending [7502/11]