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- Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is incredible that the Taoiseach would come forward in that manner.
- Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: I ask the Taoiseach to consult the Tánaiste and find out why this is in the programme for Government and perhaps he might enlighten the Members of the House on that because he clearly does not know that now-----
- Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----but he might find that out and tell us what is intended by the provision in the programme for Government which commits to legislation on Cabinet confidentiality. We know all about articles in the Constitution. This is a commitment to introduce legislation on the subject of Cabinet confidentiality. The Taoiseach does not seem to have a notion why that commitment is in it.
- Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Could the Taoiseach provide me with an answer?
- Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am not. I cannot claim to be a know-all on this.
- Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: I just do not know what you are up to.
- Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Come off the stage, Taoiseach.
- Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Answer the question.
- Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach does not know what is in his own programme for Government.
- Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is blustering.
- Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is a case of when in doubt, lash out.
- Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is blustering.
- Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is filibustering.
- Order of Business (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Every Member will agree that what occurred in the Phoenix Park on Saturday night, the deaths of three young people, nine stabbings and many more assaults, was appalling. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter is awaiting a report from the Garda Commissioner-----
- Order of Business (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----and we need assurances that the requisite legislation to deal with such situations will be accelerated, that an in-depth inquiry will be held and which will involve the security provider to report on -----
- Order of Business (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: ----the Garda presence and resources. I refer to the access to alcohol and drugs. When is it proposed to introduce the sale of alcohol Bill and the criminal justice Bill? On a point of clarification, did the Taoiseach indicate during Leaders' Questions that tomorrow's Order Paper would facilitate the Minister, Deputy James Reilly, to make a statement to the House? I ask for confirmation...
- Boston College Belfast Project Papers (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: On 6 July, the Federal Court of Appeal for the First Circuit in the US upheld the subpoena issued by the British Government relating to the Northern Ireland oral history project held in Boston College. As a result, Boston College must give police the recordings by its researchers of oral history project discussions and talks with Dolours Price by next month, after an appeals court in the US...
- Boston College Belfast Project Papers (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: I accept the Minister of State's statement that the Government's view is that the peace process is sufficiently firmly bedded down to enable it to withstand whatever pressures are brought to bear upon it. Increasingly, however, the needs of victims and the bereaved are surfacing, on all sides. Issues are surfacing through the historical inquiries team, with some very limited success in some...
- Constitutional Convention: Motion (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: One of the central messages conveyed by the people to every Member of this House last year was that they want a change in the way that politics is done in this country. They want us to focus on getting Ireland through to recovery, but they also demand that we implement wide-ranging and credible reform. This is a very clear challenge to us all and, in particular, to a Government which has an...
- Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (10 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions she is taking to address the serious issues of alcohol misuse as identified in a child welfare case and highlighted in the report of the Independent Child Death Review Group as a factor in multiple cases; her liaisons with the Department of Health in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33391/12]