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Departmental Staff (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: I welcome the Taoiseach's response and take it from his statement that what emanates from the Government website and the Government Information Service is not propaganda or partisan in party political terms, and that he withdraws from all the attacks he made on the service repeatedly for over two years. I acknowledge his withdrawal of the remarks he made.

Departmental Staff (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is about the future. There is no better practitioner of the art of spinning than the leader of Sinn Féin.

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if, following the transfer of staff and the establishment of a new economic secretariat in his Department, his Department will play any substantive or distinct role in the process of evaluating which State assets should be sold. [9865/11]

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: I have asked the question on the basis that the small economic unit has been transferred from the Department of the Taoiseach to the emerging Department under Deputy Brendan Howlin. The sale of State assets is a fundamental issue that the Government has indicated it will address. Will the Taoiseach have available to him within his Department independent advice to enable him to take a...

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach articulate to the House what he considers to be a strategic and a non-strategic asset?

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: Can I have the Taoiseach's opinion?

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: There has been change.

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, the Taoiseach is misleading the House. I quoted verbatim from the EU and IMF deal negotiated by the Government and it does not state anything of the sort. It actually states the opposite.

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should check the record.

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: I am aware of the-----

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is important that the record be corrected. I am alerting the House to a serious error.

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is there in black and white.

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: That makes absolutely no sense.

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: I do not want to do so.

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: The agreement produced by the Ministers is different to that which was put before the House and debated. That is the complete opposite of what the Taoiseach has just said. That is treating the House with disrespect.

State Assets (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: This is absolutely unbelievable. There should be some respect.

Written Answers — State Visits: State Visits (18 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the security implications of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Ireland; and if he is satisfied that all security precautions have been taken. [10468/11]

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (19 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: Do chuir an nuacht gur cailleadh Garret FitzGerald inniu an-bhrón orm go pearsanta. Polaiteoir, fear léinn agus iriseoir den chéad scoth a bhí ann. Bhí sé an-tiomanta i leith choincheap na seirbhíse poiblí agus d'fhreastal sé go stuama agus go gnaíúil ar son phobal na hÉireann. Bhí suim ar leith aige i ngnóthaí eachtracha agus Eorpacha, agus thuig sé tábhacht na hEorpa...

Official Engagements (24 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach in view of his comments of 8 April 2011, that he would be discussing job creation with British Prime Minister David Cameron, if he will detail the outcome of discussions on this specific matter. [9867/11]

Official Engagements (24 May 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the issues that he discussed with the British Prime Minister David Cameron during the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland. [11595/11]