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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: Both.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: May I ask a brief question?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: I welcome what Deputy Mathews said.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: He made a point about honest engagement and debate. The bottom line is that there is no transparency in what is happening. He referred to the 40 year bond. That was a headline in a newspaper today. We asked a basic question about it and the Taoiseach told us he does not speculate on headlines. He would not answer one single question about whether it is true, false or indifferent. That...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: I know all that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is the point we have been making for the last 12 months. I give some credit to Mario Draghi, in contrast with his predecessor.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: The troika paper has disappeared into thin air. Apparently it does not exist. It was meant to set out various scenarios. Everyone in this House-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----would be supportive in terms of debt sustainability but the position of not answering any questions in the House, not sharing information with the House-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----is not helping an honest debate in this country or across the eurozone in general. That is the basic point I have been trying to make.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: He is back at it again.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach accepted on the record that Europe made a mistake.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Discussions with European Leaders (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is back to adversarial and partisan politics.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Fiscal Advisory Council has published a weighty and substantive report on the current situation of the economy and, in particular, on debt sustainability and policy regarding consolidation of the public finances. It makes serious, if somewhat unpalatable, recommendations. What concerns me is that the only response from the Government to date has been to the effect that it is not bound...

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is somewhat disconcerting that there has been an almost nonchalant dismissal of the report because it raises serious issues in regard to our current trajectory. Whatever one's perspective, we need to discuss it. Will the Taoiseach indicate when he will publish the Thornhill report on property tax? The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government confirmed that it has...

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: Could it not be published now?

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: So much has been published by the Government, through leaks and otherwise, about this tax. The Government announced something else today. Surely, the easiest thing would be to publish it.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: This is obfuscation again.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is a matter for the Government.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is not a political decision. It is a definitive governmental decision to delegate authority to a Minister of State.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: When the Taoiseach announced the members of the Cabinet and the Ministers of State, he appointed Deputy Róisín Shortall as Minister of State with specific responsibility for primary care.