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- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Yes, the Taoiseach certainly does.
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has been disallowing questions-----
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach was in touch with people telling them that certain questions are not for his Department.
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: There is an extraordinary desire on the part of the Taoiseach not to answer questions. Hence, they get referred to the Ceann Comhairle's office.
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: I have four questions in this group on the same broad topic but I seek some specific points of information. I welcome the appointment of Geraldine Byrne-Nason as second Secretary General, who is a high calibre person, and I wish her well in her appointment. On 8 April, the Government briefed the media that the current Secretary General had been asked to step down a few months earlier...
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: In terms of both the new Secretary General to the Department of the Minister, Deputy Howlin, and this appointment it is clear the Taoiseach did not facilitate outside appointments to those positions. What is his position on the broader range of the highest level of Government in terms of opening it up genuinely to outside competition and to people from outside of the system to apply for...
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is not open to the people outside the system. That is the problem. Will it be open to people outside the public service?
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: It has not been to date, despite all the Taoiseach's commitments and promises.
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Some newspapers are more accurate than others from the Taoiseach's recollection.
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: No, I did not.
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: To be fair to the Taoiseach, he has a very good habit of answering questions he was not asked and not answering questions he was asked.
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: My question was not about the composition of TLAC, which has always had external members when assessing applicants. The fundamental question I had concerns the very specific commitments made in advance of the election to the effect that all the posts in question would be opened up to people outside the public service who would be enabled to compete therefor. They have not been allowed to...
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Cabinet confidentiality.
- Scientific Research (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the nature and extent of the involvement of his Department on the Interdepartmental Group on Science, Technology and Innovation; the instructions he has given to his representative on this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18386/11]
- Scientific Research (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: This is a very important issue. Throughout the years, the office of the Taoiseach and previous taoisigh took a central and vital leadership role in science, technology and innovation. I was involved in devising the strategy for science, technology and innovation, SSTI, which was hailed across the board as a significant strategic step forward in investment in research and development and...
- Scientific Research (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach agree there appears to be a marginalisation of basic research without which there can be no applied research? Has the Taoiseach met his officials on this matter and will he seek opportunities to address these concerns of the research community?
- Scientific Research (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: The interdepartmental group plays a central role in monitoring the implementation of Government policy and research activity, and the role of the Taoiseach's Department is essential in terms of cross-governmental statistics. Does the Taoiseach agree that the evidence shows that Ireland's research reputation is at its highest in its history? From his discussions with his representatives on...
- Official Engagements (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am sure the Taoiseach will agree this is an important issue in terms of the protection of hundreds of thousands of low paid workers. In his discussions with the trade union movement, it is clear the movement, in the first instance, sought that this decision would be appealed. Has the Government received advices from the Attorney General in this regard? Why has an appeal not been lodged...
- European Council Meetings (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he will elaborate on the clarification given to him by EU leaders at the European Council in June that if anything untoward were to happen in Greece that Ireland would be protected. [20075/11]
- European Council Meetings (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach agree that, in essence, the Council has signally failed to contain the Greek crisis because it has delayed everything it does, and it continues to delay? Since early March many statements have been made but no action has been taken. It is now more than four months since the interest rate on this country's loan was held to be unsustainable by the Council. That was part of...