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Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should tell his Ministers that.

Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Thank the Greeks for that.

Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is on the public record.

Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: We will read in the newspapers tomorrow morning.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: One could say that I am in search of clarity and certainty on a number of issues this morning.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am getting none so far. Regarding the forthcoming fiscal compact treaty and the legislation that is required to facilitate it, it is fair to say at this stage that, in the context of the entire constitutional reform programme, there is an absence-----

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: In terms of the constitutional reform programme, there seems to be an absence of any clarity or certainty from the Government. My question relates to the legislation to facilitate the referendum on the fiscal compact treaty. Yesterday, the Taoiseach was not in a position to answer the question on whether the legislation to establish the European Stability Mechanism, ESM, would be introduced...

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach already did.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach stated it as recently as one month ago.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach publish a realistic indicative timeline? The referendum on the fiscal compact treaty clearly has to take place. We need to know whether it will then be possible to hold the referendum on children's rights and when that will be held, and then there is the referendum on the Seanad. The Taoiseach has an opportunity to include the Seanad issue in the remit of the...

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said he was up for that.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: I just want a timeline on all three.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Government has indicated the timeline.

Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Minister said it take place this year. That is why I am asking.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: At the outset, I wish to take this opportunity to extend my sympathies and those of my party to the family of the late, great Jim Stynes, who passed away on Tuesday after a long illness. He was a true sportsman who used his other skills to help others, particularly children and young people, who were disadvantaged. He was a proud Dublin man and an Irishman who became an Australian national...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am sure the Tánaiste will agree this approach simply is not working. It is no way to treat the vast majority of law-abiding reasonable, responsible people who wish to obey the law. The Tánaiste should remember that before the election, the Labour Party sought exemptions for those in negative equity, those who had paid stamp duty and so on. Yet, when Fianna Fáil tabled amendments to...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Fianna Fáil tabled further amendments on welfare dependants and medical card holders, which also were voted down by Fine Gael and the Labour Party. The Tánaiste might clarify whether it is possible to pay via the post office. I understand that Seán O'Rourke was obliged to clarify this point on the "News at One" radio programme after interviewing the Tánaiste. I believe the Tánaiste...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: I suggest to the Tánaiste that one reason there is a difficulty with this charge is that both the Labour Party and the Fine Gael Party made cast-iron guarantees and promises to people that such a charge would not be introduced. At the time, the present Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, stated that a flat charge "is the unfairest possible way of all to introduce a property tax"....

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Basically, can the Tánaiste explain what is his present position? This morning, I heard the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, state she thought there should be far easier ways to pay this charge than has been the case heretofore.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste has now acknowledged the change in respect of the post office. He should spell out to the Dáil what he said to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan. In coded language, the Tánaiste has criticised the operation of this charge thus far. Is it his view that an extension should be put in place and facilitated?