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Departmental Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Advisers. There were significant negative briefings against the person who is believed to have advised the Taoiseach on his speech, stating the person was responsible for the non-attribution in the speech. It was unfair and such commentary should not be part or parcel of briefings. Clearly, someone in the Taoiseach's office briefed against the adviser responsible for the speech.

Departmental Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the process which he has followed in relation to filling the positions of Secretary General and Second Secretary General in his Department. [12099/11]

Departmental Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach. The last time I raised this issue he said no external applications would be invited and there would be no independent involvement in filling these posts, even though this directly contradicts stated Fine Gael policy. His only justification then was that this is the way it has always been. Both jobs are being filled at the same time. The process is important as it...

Departmental Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: I asked who has taken the role of assessing the potential appointees. Has the Taoiseach put any guidelines in place for the selection process? Is the process similar to that followed for appointments to the Department of public expenditure and reform? The process seems similar but it is taking much longer. Has the Taoiseach considered the procedure followed by the Minister without...

Official Engagements (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline his discussions with the US President Barack Obama during his recent visit here. [12830/11]

Official Engagements (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of American support for Ireland's efforts to lower the interest rate on the EU/IMF programme of support during his meeting with US President Barack Obama; and if not, the reason therefor. [13627/11]

Official Engagements (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he raised the issue of Ireland's corporation tax with US President Barack Obama during his recent meeting with him; and if not, the reason therefor. [13628/11]

Official Engagements (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he will give details of the discussions he had with US President Barack Obama on the Middle East during his recent visit. [13630/11]

Official Engagements (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he had on Northern Ireland with US President Barack Obama during his recent visit. [13631/11]

Official Engagements (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the response of US President Barack Obama's response to his proposed diaspora finders fee scheme announced as part of the jobs initiative. [13634/11]

Official Engagements (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: I have a group of six questions.

Official Engagements (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: I know. Sin é. The visit was welcome and successful. I was delighted with it. I am sure the Taoiseach will acknowledge the work undertaken by his predecessor, Brian Cowen, in conjunction with ambassadors Rooney and Collins in working to get President Obama to agree to visit our country. On the economic issues to which the Taoiseach alluded in his reply, which I raised in my questions, in...

Official Engagements (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: The bank bondholder debt is a fundamental issue. Did the Taoiseach specifically raise that with the President, particularly given the commentary around the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Geithner, and his alleged intervention at the G8, in terms of clarifying - if that is the case - that there was to be no burning of bondholders or no substantive restructuring? This is important in terms of...

Official Engagements (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: That was happening already.

Sports Capital Programme (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will elaborate on his comments regarding the sports capital programme delivered to the recent GAA Congress [9561/11]

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his approach to relations with the European Commission. [9567/11]

Written Answers — EU Enlargement: EU Enlargement (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his approach to enlargement discussions at EU Council level. [12094/11]

Written Answers — Establishment of Department: Establishment of Department (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Department of Children and Youth Affairs will be set-up and when that Minister will become personally accountable to Dáil Éireann rather than through him. [13623/11]

Departmental Expenditure (7 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will identify any red line issues in his Department in terms of the forthcoming spending review. [12834/11]

Departmental Expenditure (7 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach will be aware that previously he promised to find significant savings in the Department of the Taoiseach immediately. When I asked a question on this matter on a previous occasion, the Taoiseach was not in a position to point to a single area in which a significant cost saving had been implemented. He accepted at the time that the transfer of a section of the Department of the...