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Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: May I ask a supplementary question?

Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I have a supplementary question which I signalled. I acknowledge that Davos represents a very important networking event. I had the privilege of attending it and I know that some of the events there broaden the mind and broaden the horizons if one is prepared to be open and listen to what people have to say. It is a good networking event with people who can create many jobs in the country....

Official Engagements (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach accept that such a consensus emerged from the discussions at Davos? If he listened to those, are they reflected in any of the Government's policies, particularly in the context of the fiscal treaty?

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I have one quick question.

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach explain why he has kept the unit in existence having spent nine years attacking it?

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: He kept calling it a propaganda fiction.

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: He demanded its abolition for nine years.

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is a fair question. The question sought a report on the costs.

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am curious about why www.MerrionStreet.ie is being used by the Government every day.

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born.

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if the Economic Management Council has met recently. [8002/12]

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Committee on Climate Change and the Green Economy have met in the past year. [10752/12]

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I submitted two questions, one on the economic management council and the other on the issue of climate change and the green economy. However, that second question has somehow got mixed up with the four questions on the economic management council. The people are very angry about the banks. In particular, given the recapitalisation, the people are angry the banks are not doing what the...

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Yes. The Taoiseach said he might meet the banks again in a couple of months. I think he needs to meet them far more urgently. I would meet them in the next week or two to get something sorted.

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am concerned about the Government's lack of enthusiasm for dealing with the climate change issue, the environment generally and the green economy. These are serious issues.

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: They will not go away.

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: It may be politically expedient in the short term to put them to one side. I do not get any sense that the Government is engaging with the fundamental energy and climate change challenges that will face this country and the world as a whole in the years ahead. The fact the Cabinet sub-committee has met on just two occasions is a manifestation of the Government's inertia on these issues. It...

Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I seek the guidance of the Chair on a matter. We have read with some astonishment this morning about €50,000 worth of toners being procured from the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Has the Oireachtas a means of inquiring into this matter because I find it incredible that one individual would use this quantity?

Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I acknowledge that changes have been made but I ask if the changes were made as a result of this practice. Either one entire political party was using the toners because it is incomprehensible that one individual would use €50,000 worth of toners-----