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Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: I accept that today's meeting is extremely important. However, the debate here is equally important. I read in The Irish Times this morning that the Taoiseach's spokesman confirmed last night that the Taoiseach had received a request from RTE to participate in a leaders' debate.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: The spokesman said the Taoiseach had received numerous requests. I asked the Taoiseach if he would confirm that he had received a request from RTE to participate in a debate. Fianna Fáil has inquired of RTE if there is to be a debate but has received no response in that regard. It is a fair question. I am not getting involved in any issue between the Taoiseach and Sinn Féin. Sinn Féin...

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----which I believe is the context of the invitation to the Taoiseach to do a broadcast. It is an unusual set of circumstances because normally political parties holding ard-fheiseanna are informed by RTE that if an Ard-Fheis takes place six weeks in advance of any general election there will be no coverage of it.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: That would normally be the case but this is a change of tack in regard to how Sinn Féin is being treated. The Taoiseach has been invited but that is not really my point. That is for another day and other parties will also have issues about it in the fullness of time.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: What I am trying to get at here is the need for a genuine political debate between the political leaders on both sides who are advocating positions on the treaty. It is the fairest way to resolve any claims or counter-claims about lack of balance in how particular parties are treated or in terms of the campaign. More important, we should have the confidence in our position to be able to go...

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach confirm that RTE has invited him to participate in a debate, as his spokesman stated last night?

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Has RTE invited the Taoiseach?

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Let us have it.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: I just wanted to confirm if RTE had invited the Taoiseach. That is all.

Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday I raised an issue pertaining to promised legislation and the significant variation in the growth rates projected by the Government last April compared to its figures for this year, which project not only lower growth rates but also lower GDP, GNP, job creation and higher unemployment and public debt between 2012 and 2015. Alarmingly, there has been a significant reduction in the...

Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is politicisation of the Army -----

Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: ----- and we need to be careful about it.

Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach indicated that he would clarify the matter with the Minister. It is an important issue that will not go away.

Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: I appreciate that. I am merely asking the Taoiseach to revert to me today on the question about Custume barracks.

Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach revert to me on it?

Written Answers — Project Bonds: Project Bonds (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his European colleagues regarding the possible use of project bonds as a means to co-finance infrastructure projects across the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25686/12]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if has discussed banking regulation and cooperation between the International Financial Services Centre here and in London City with Prime Minister Cameron recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24828/12]

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a replacement prosthetic limb; if he will provide funding to allow the prosthetic limb to be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25876/12]

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (23 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to reduce the waiting list for provision of prosthesis and orthotics in Cork by the Health Service Executive, in view of the fact that 100 persons are currently on a waiting list in Cork with an average wait of nine to twelve months; the provision that will be made particularly for children and adolescents who have...

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (24 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on funding for the DIT campus at Grangegorman, Dublin, following the recent approval by An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25901/12]