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- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----and the Taoiseach said he would not introduce legislation although earlier he said he would consider bringing in legislation, irrespective of what the regulator said. That is the problem. I am hearing the Taoiseach loud and clear now and I accept what he is saying. When the Bill establishing the Department of the Minister, Deputy Howlin, was before the Oireachtas we were told that the...
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is critical to the way the Dáil is treated.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: In terms of the commitment in the programme for Government-----
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I have raised it on Leaders' Questions. This is the Order of Business.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: The manner in which the budget-----
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is not something-----
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I would like you to have some respect - this did not just come into my head. This is something the Taoiseach said on the floor of this House.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: It relates to the programme for Government in terms of the budget and how the budget will be dealt with here.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: We have had announcements from the Taoiseach on the Order of Business about the budget and how it will be presented. All I am asking is that in future on this issue and on the other instalments in regard to the budget and debate, announcements will be made in this House on fundamental issues that go to the core of what this House is about.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach give that commitment because he made a big noise about it when he was in Opposition on this side of the House?
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Stop.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: For God's sake, stop.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: We know all about that.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: He means nothing he says.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: He said this in June.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is up to him not to wait.
- Written Answers — Health Service Reform: Health Service Reform (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish legislation to abolish the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32992/11]
- Leaders Questions (9 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: The head of the IMF, Ms Christine Lagarde, said the global economy is facing a lost decade as forecasts on global growth are now very low. The predictions of the Government's fiscal plan include economic growth of 1.6% next year. The connection with unemployment is quite significant because, in April, the Taoiseach targeted a 10% unemployment rate by 2015. Despite the launch of the jobs...
- Leaders Questions (9 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: To be fair to the Taoiseach, he instanced the incredible performance of our export sectors in recent years. Since 2003, the performance of Irish industry, indigenous and foreign direct investment companies, has been extraordinary in the teeth of a global recession. The Taoiseach's belated and long overdue endorsement of the previous Government's industrial policy is accepted and merited. I...
- Leaders Questions (9 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is correct that our growth is based on export-led recovery but the eurozone crisis and the global projections are so low that it poses a threat to an export-led recovery. We know the domestic economy is on the floor-----