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- Order of Business. (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: There is to be a debate.
- Order of Business. (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: This is just playing games.
- Order of Business. (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Surely the Taoiseach is not claiming credit for that.
- Order of Business. (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach update us on the banning of corporate donations Bill which was committed to by the Government? The Opposition brought forward such a Bill, but it was voted down by the Government parties. I presume the reason was to allow corporate donations to flow in for the presidential campaign. Will the Taoiseach outline the timetable for the Bill which was committed to by the...
- Order of Business. (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Bill is available.
- Order of Business. (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach could have accepted our very comprehensive Bill.
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: I had hoped to begin.
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: We intend to share time between us.
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: I asked for a debate on this two weeks ago. I asked the Taoiseach yesterday whether he would speak, and he said he would. He actually took me to task for suggesting he would not speak. We then had a discussion this morning about questions. I came to the House not knowing this and believing we would share time together. It is incredible that a crisis of this scale is happening and we are...
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is pathetic.
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The position this morning was that the Taoiseach intended to speak.
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: On a point of order, we debated this yesterday and the Taoiseach said-----
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach took me to task yesterday-----
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: We raised the matter of who would ask questions and the Taoiseach made it clear we would not be asking questions and that the spokespeople would ask the questions.
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The spokespersons would ask the questions.
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is incredible that the leaders of the Opposition parties are not allowed debate the eurozone crisis - it is beyond belief.
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is not at all satisfactory.
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is farcical.
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: In that case, I wish to share time with Deputy Michael McGrath.
- Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Over the past seven months we have had a series of extremely limited debates on the eurozone crisis. We have heard repeatedly from the Government about how decisions just taken show that the Union will quickly overcome the crisis or, as we heard again today, how such decisions will happen soon. The fact is that the crisis stumbles on. Every time the leaders of the Union fail to take action...