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Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: There was no bank guarantee in Spain, yet the Spanish citizens and the Spanish Government have to cough up €100 billion on the balance sheet. The Taoiseach has just given the House a non-answer. At the beginning of his reply he said that I have no right to speak on behalf of the Spanish Government. It is not a Spanish problem; it is a European problem.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is not just an Irish problem; it is a eurozone crisis and that is the point. The Taoiseach contradicted himself by saying he wrote to all the leaders saying it should be a European mechanism and the link should be severed from the national. He cannot have it both ways. It is not just a Spanish problem anymore. That is the issue and it goes to the core. The Taoiseach should not distort...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: ------sought a European mechanism to deal with the bank debt and the recapitalisation of the banks. He was saying it was a mistake on the part of the European authorities and they still have lessons to learn about the crisis which has escalated over the past 15 months to become a genuine, eurozone-wide crisis. Even the European Commission-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----has said-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----it wants to create mechanisms for the eurozone. The Taoiseach studiously avoided answering my question about the publication of the technical paper. He did not deal with that basic question. Will he publish the technical paper and will he let us know, in an open and clear way, what exactly he is looking for as regards the promissory note issue? There were no European facilities such...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: There is a danger that it will spread to every country, one by one, until we really are in the middle of an existential crisis for the euro. There should be less of the PR, less of the spin, less of the smart alec politics from the Taoiseach and let us get down to reality. It is too late to be writing letters - get at it and sort it out. Will he publish the technical paper?

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach voted for it at the time.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Spain had no bank guarantee and they have €100 billion recapitalisation.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should stop trying to spin his way out of this.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: He did not say that. This is distortion and it is the Taoiseach's stock in trade. He should not mislead the House.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Come off it; just publish it.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach serious?

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: What did you say to Chancellor Angela Merkel on the telephone?

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he has had any contact with politicians in the United States of America in relation to a full public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12195/12]

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he highlighted the need for an inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane during his recent visit to the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12196/12]

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the meetings he attended in Chicago, USA; the groups that he met; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16197/12]

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he had meetings with those who attended the New York Stock Exchange with him on 19 March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16198/12]

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: The grouping contains 17 questions covering anything which may or may not have been raised during the Taoiseach's St. Patrick's day visit to the United States of America. This is a wide range of questions with no real link to each other, which is very unsatisfactory and stems from the fact the Taoiseach is very determined to reduce the amount of time he must spend answering questions in the...

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----and hence should explain his subsequent comments. Did the Taoiseach raise with President Obama the intervention of the Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner, and his complete opposition to the burning of bank bondholders? The Taoiseach's election commitment was to burn bank bondholders. It is reported that Mr. Geithner steadfastly, strongly and robustly opposed it. Did the...

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: If we had the normal two days we once had.