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Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: "Punching above our weight," was how he put it.

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is certainly straying now.

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach answered my previous question about the Pelosi-Geithner issue straight up eventually. Why did he not raise the role of the Secretary of the Treasury in vetoing any attempt to burn bank bondholders in 2010? Why is there a reluctance to raise the issue with anybody in the American Administration?

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Why not?

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am intrigued as to why the matter was not raised. When we ask in this House about meetings with President Obama or the Minister for Finance's meeting with the Treasury Secretary, Mr. Geithner, we are told that nobody mentioned the G word or the word "veto" in respect of the possible role played by Mr. Geithner prior to Ireland's bailout. I am very interested to discover the position of...

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Joan Burton, asked the Taoiseach to make that comment. I would prefer if he would answer the question I asked.

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: We never shied away from any issue.

Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Is this questions to the Taoiseach or questions to the Leader of the Opposition?

Order of Business (19 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: What is the status of the health governance Bill? Many hospitals are in a very serious situation in terms of their capacity to pay bills and we are seeing overruns in budgets throughout the State. I understand management at Beaumont hospital, among others, has indicated that it may not be in a position to pay staff in the autumn because of the crisis that is emerging in its finances. Since...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach confirm that it is the Government that will decide the timetable, not Deputy Boyd Barrett or anybody else?

Order of Business (19 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: The point is that Deputy Boyd Barrett is not, in fact, determining anything in this regard.

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (19 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health the discussions he has held with the Data Protection Commissioner regarding insurance companies accessing the files of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29457/12]

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday, Ryanair launched a third bid to buy the remaining shares of Aer Lingus. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, obviously conscious of Deputy Keaveney breathing down his neck, has responded by saying he will consult his Government colleagues. The Minister said earlier this year or last year that the sale of the 25% share of Aer Lingus would only go ahead to the right buyer...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: I find it extraordinary the Taoiseach would confirm to the House that he has not considered the competition dimension of this bid.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach just said he did not consider it and the Government did not consider it.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: The European Commission did a thorough investigative analysis and assessment of the competition implications of a Ryanair takeover of Aer Lingus. That is central to this in terms of the impact on the country and the impact on consumers through the creation of a dominant monopoly position. It is an indictment of the Government, given it declared long before it came into office that it wanted...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: What is the Government's position on this?

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: We disposed of 60%.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Which Fine Gael supported at the time.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: What is the Taoiseach's position on the sale of Aer Lingus?