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Lá na Gaeilge: Statements (7 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil le gach duine a d'eagraigh go mbeadh béim áirithe ar an nGaeilge inniu sa Dáil. Is féidir a rá gan dabht go bhfuil sé tábhachtach dúinn mar Pharlaimint agus mar thír go mbainfimis úsáid as an nGaeilge chomh minic agus is féidir. Fáiltím mar sin an seans labhairt san am atá tugtha inniu sa Dáil. Ba mhaith liom freisin a rá...

Lá na Gaeilge: Statements (7 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Thosaigh mé an phlean sin, ach níor éirigh leis i rith na blianta. B'fhéidir gur chóir dúinn díriú air arís.

Lá na Gaeilge: Statements (7 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Bhí mé imithe go dtí an Roinn Sláinte agus Leanaí faoin am sin. Tá a fhios ag an Taoiseach cad a tharla ina dhiadh sin.

Lá na Gaeilge: Statements (7 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Bhí airgead ann ag an am, ach bhí rudaí eile ag tarlú. Pé scéal é, táimid ag labhairt faoin Ghaeilge inniu. Tá ionad den tsaghas sin, a cuireadh áiseanna, téacsanna agus gach rud a bhaineann le múineadh na Gaeilge ar fáil, in easnamh faoi láthair. Ba cheart go mbeadh a leithéid d'ionad in áit éigin.

Lá na Gaeilge: Statements (7 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Gan amhras. larraim ar an Taoiseach agus na hAirí eagsúla iarracht nua a dhéanamh dul chun cinn a dhéanamh maidir leis an tionscadal seo. Mar is eol dúinn, bhí plean ann ionad a bhunú i mBaile Bhúirne i nGaeltacht Mhúscraí agus is fíú féachaint ar seo athuair. Tá go leor dul chun cinn déanta maidir le labhairt na Gaeilge le blianta beaga anuas. Ní hé seo an t-am stad a...

Lá na Gaeilge: Statements (7 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Is olc an scéal é

European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: What about report cards?

European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: What about the domestic report cards we heard of when the Taoiseach spoke to Ryan Tubridy?

European Council: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Cé nach raibh cúlra géarchéime taobh thiar den chruinniú seo an tseachtain seo caite, i mo thuairim, is oth liom a rá, níor thuig ceannairí na hEorpa cé chomh práinneach is atá an sceál fós ó thaobh cúrsaí eacnamaíochta de, go háirithe easpa creidmheasa, mar a dúirt mé ar maidin, do chomhlachtaí beaga agus meánmhéide, ní amháin ar fud na tíre seo ach ar fud na...

Semi-State Companies (7 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will rule out the State bearing the full incidence of funding the deficits of ESB and Bord Gais when they are part privatised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12876/12]

Retail Sector Developments (8 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 6: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he has any pans to amend and strengthen the sequential test in the draft retail planning guidelines; when the final guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13217/12]

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Everyone in this House agrees that public service broadcasting is a central part of a democratic society and RTE has served Ireland well over the 50 years since its foundation. However, a conclusion of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland last week has raised serious questions on the performance of our public service broadcaster with regard to the conduct of the presidential election....

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: He seemed to offer the view that there was no need for any review. Clearly, there are differences between the approach of the Government parties to the issue. Putting those competing views to one side, does the Taoiseach agree that objectivity on the part of the public service broadcaster is paramount? What is the Government going to do to ensure the public service broadcaster will operate...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. My basic and abiding interest is the preservation of the principle of public sector broadcasting as a central tenet of our democracy. Notwithstanding the smiles of the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, that is from where I am coming.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: With respect to the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, his political history has a long tradition of cherishing that principle. Can the Taoiseach outline his views on this matter? I am not saying the Oireachtas is the ideal forum for this inquiry, because of the natural tensions between the Oireachtas and the fourth estate which should be always there. It is Ministers who have broadened the debate....

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: It was the members of the Cabinet who were overjoyed.

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet Committee on Social Protection has met recently. [13654/12]

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: According to the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, an enormous programme of profound change is under way in the health service. Would the Taoiseach not agree that, if that was the case, the Cabinet sub-committee would meet much more often than it does? From the meetings outlined by the Taoiseach, of which there were three last year, I get the sense that what we are witnessing is a kind of...

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----that the special delivery unit has somehow had a dramatic impact on waiting times. The SDU subsumed the €80 million that had been allocated to the National Treatment Purchase Fund, which was essentially abolished or subsumed into this arrangement, with disastrous results for waiting lists, given the increase already of approximately 40% in numbers of those waiting between three and 12...

Cabinet Sub-committee Meetings (13 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: It has not met since the budget.