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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (3 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a copy of the study from the Central Bank of Ireland on lending and access to credit to small and medium businesses across the EU which concludes that Irish small and medium enterprises have the highest rejection rate from banks; the actions he will take following the reports findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39023/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the way in which the previous administration had jeopardised Ireland's corporation tax level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39024/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Promissory Note Negotiations (3 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made contact with any of the EU leaders recently in relation to the promissory note; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40098/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Promissory Note Negotiations (3 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has undertaken any initiative relating to arranging bilateral meetings for the principal purpose of putting Ireland's case relating to the funding of bank related debt. [40258/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (3 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings he has requested or held with the President of the European Central Bank since 1 July 2012. [40252/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues (3 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any specific cuts being implemented by him about which he has written to the EU, IMF or ECB previous to their implementation. [40272/12]

Address by H.E. Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament (4 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: Cuirim fáilte faoi leith roimh Uachtarán Pharlaimint na hEorpa chuig ár bParlaimint. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis as ucht an méid atá bainte amach aige i rith a shaoil agus go háirithe, i gcomhthéacs obair Pharlaimint na hEorpa. I wish to join with colleagues in welcoming the President to Dáil Éireann. It is a very fitting time for his visit,...

Address by H.E. Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament (4 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: It also was a good example of the passion, candour and frankness of the President's approach. The seriousness of the issues facing Europe at present is such that I am glad we have not allowed today's session merely to be an exchange of formalities. In recent years, perhaps there has been too much formality, too much of going through the motions and nowhere near enough leadership or urgency....

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: The ongoing saga of the selection of primary care centres, particularly in north County Dublin, continues unabated. The more the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, endeavours to explain himself, the more the number of questions that need to be answered. When one stands back to consider the situation, what emerges is the fact that a Labour Party Minister of State has resigned. The public...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: I find that an extraordinary response. Do not tell us we must depend on freedom of information; I am asking the Tánaiste, as deputy leader of the Government, to see to it that all the documentation will be published in the next couple of days. There is no reason it should not be. I do not want Secretaries General stating that correspondence with Ministers is confidential. On this...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: We should not wait for two or three months for this storm to abate, with documentation then fed out with some of it redacted, as all previous experiences with freedom of information requests to the Government have shown.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: I want the documentation published. Nobody stated that a Minister was involved in a selection of a site except the Minister for Education and Skills.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: We are talking about the adding on of centres. The mention of a stimulus package is a feeble response, as the former Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, was anxious that those most in need would get the allocation, and hence the list. Dundalk was 21st on the list and Swords was 144th on it. Does the Tánaiste stand over that? There could have been another 15 on Deputy Shortall's list...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: Sorry, could the Tánaiste answer the question?

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: People are fed up with this nonsense.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: He should stop ducking and diving.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: Answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: Are we to blame for the former Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, resigning on the Tánaiste's watch-----

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----and without his support? Am I to blame for that? Keep repeating the mantra.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Government is reforming nothing.