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Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: No, I do not. They have been announced.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Government has announced a fiscal plan and a capital programme.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Government has broken every commitment it made. We were told it would be Frankfurt's way or Labour's way, but Columb Barracks in Mullingar is to close. It goes on.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: Mortgages, third level fees-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: There have been five-tonne whoppers.

Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is not agreed. We are extremely concerned that sufficient time is not being provided for a debate on the infrastructure and capital investment programme. We are surprised at the degree to which the Government has been resisting our calls for a wider, more expansive debate on these very important issues and on which many Members wish to contribute. A tendency and a pattern has been...

Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: -----under the comprehensive spending review which will be announced outside the Dáil. We want more time to discuss the capital programme and Members want more time and we do not want a guillotine.

Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, we agreed with the Government amendment to Standing Orders, but it was never intended that the time taken for votes would count towards the 30 minutes allowed under Standing Orders. I ask the Government to examine that situation as a matter of urgency.

Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is not acceptable that Taoiseach's questions are being taken just once a week and that the Order of Business is being curtailed if a vote is called on it, as is the legitimate right of parliamentarians.

Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: If Dáil reform is to mean anything, at least 30 minutes should be allowed for the Order of Business.

Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: I think it is a fair request.

Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Ceann Comhairle is as interested in this Parliament as anybody else. That is not what was intended and it should be changed immediately.

Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: Do Standing Orders state that-----

Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: Does that includes votes?

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria applied in selecting the head offices for the proposed new vocational education committee entities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34773/11]

Written Answers — Public Capital Programme: Public Capital Programme (16 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32724/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (17 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to protect key front-line services such as health, gardaí and fire services in order that they will not be decimated through early retirements; if he will prioritise protecting these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35125/11]

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (17 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the register for lobbyists and rules concerning the practice of lobbying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34358/11]

Written Answers — Constitutional Amendments: Constitutional Amendments (17 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ask an all-party Oireachtas committee to review the outcome of the recent referendum on Oireachtas inquiries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34357/11]

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, I seek the guidance of the Chair and I seek the adjournment of the House on the business before us to allow the Taoiseach to come to the House to explain how the finance committee of the Bundestag received detailed information about the forthcoming budget in advance of Irish parliamentarians. It is an unprecedented and a very serious situation and the Taoiseach, as Head...