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- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: I tell the truth all of the time. I will lay it on the line.
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: The fundamental point is-----
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer my question. He never does. He just goes on a rant about something else.
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: I asked about the proposal in the programme for Government regarding a fundamental change in the funding model for the health service in terms of each hospital's secure funding. The Taoiseach did not answer my question.
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: I asked about the reason for the delay in the health sub-committee meeting and whether this means the programme's proposal will be delayed. The hospitals' funding model is a substantive issue. Turning to Question No. 5, the Government has made much of the Economic Management Council, so much so that many Government briefers, including the Labour Party's briefers, have stated that the...
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has been careful-----
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: I asked about the committee's structure. The House is not allowed to examine its work or its structure. The economic division of the Taoiseach's Department, which was open to parliamentary questions and freedom of information requests, seems to have been moved out and replaced by the Economic Management Council, which can hide every aspect of its work behind Cabinet confidentiality.
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach not agree that this is the exact opposite of the transparency and accountability promised in the Government's programme? How will the roles of those co-ordinating the work of this Cabinet sub-committee differ from the roles of those who co-ordinate other sub-committees? Will the Taoiseach agree to make its work open to parliamentary questions and freedom of information...
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: This is pathetic.
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: The programme for Government made all sorts of commitments about transparency and accountability. I asked the Taoiseach a simple question. Will he open up the work of this council to the Parliament via parliamentary questions? It is his decision, his choice. I do not need any further recitation of the Constitution. I am well aware of it. The Taoiseach chooses to hide the economic work...
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will he agree to open up the work to the Dáil? "Yes" or "No"?
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: That does not answer the question.
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: He does not want to answer it.
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is shutting everything down.
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: The never-never.
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is very limited.
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is not true. The opportunities are becoming fewer and fewer and the Taoiseach is avoiding the issue all the time.
- Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is reducing his time in the House.
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the details and contents of bilateral contacts he has had with leaders of Eurozone countries since the last emergency meeting of Eurozone leaders. [24700/11]
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he has had any contact with Mr Jean Claude Trichet or Mr Mario Draghi since the last meeting of EU leaders; the nature and extent of each of these contacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24701/11]