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Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Defence if there is any prospect of a Defence Forces mission in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6197/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (12 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to request a special meeting with Secretary of State Villiers to discuss the Independent Report on the murder of Mr. Finucane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55216/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (12 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received many requests from the Justice for the Forgotten Group for a meeting with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55445/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (12 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a briefing on the report chaired by Sir Desmond de Silva on the murder of Mr Pat Finucane in 1989; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56522/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (12 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach his views on whether an independent public inquiry should now be held into the murder of Mr Pat Finucane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56523/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (12 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister Cameron about the Sir Desmond de Silva report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56524/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (12 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he will be meeting with the Finucane family regarding the Sir Desmond de Silva report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56525/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to request any bilaterals with the G8 leaders when they attend the G8 Summit in Fermanagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55446/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Negotiations (12 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has met any of the farming organisations recently in relation to common agricultural policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3964/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Negotiations (12 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to meet the farming organisations in relation to the future common agriculture policy negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2315/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Meetings (12 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he has held a bilateral with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6775/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Meetings (12 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to meet new U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6776/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Meetings (12 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on any meetings he has had with any church leaders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6778/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Internship Scheme Placements (12 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on whether there have been applications to his Department for the jobbridge scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6780/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Foreign Conflicts (12 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on any discussions that were held at the EU Council on the situation in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6781/13]

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: In the words of the Governor of the Central Bank, Mr. Honohan, household debt and financial distress is at an unprecedented level. We now have more than 180,000 residential mortgages in some form of distress or difficulty. Some 20,000 mortgages are in arrears for over two years and some 86,000 mortgages are in arrears for over 90 days. The situation is serious at a personal, social,...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Governor says the situation is getting worse. On Sunday he said there are many people who cannot pay and that distressed mortgages are not being dealt with in significant numbers. He said this was the reason he and others in the Central Bank were tearing their hair out. I suggest many people across the country are tearing their hair out at the lack of any progress on this issue. The...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his response, but I remain unconvinced of the impact of what the Taoiseach has said is happening. Up to now, the standard response has been the interest-only payment approach, comprising 99% of restructures to date. I put it to the Taoiseach that as the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, said last week, the banks have been given the money to write down, write...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: They want to pay their debts, but they need the space and capacity to do so. We need innovative and radical solutions. Some economists have suggested a permanent interest rate reduction, which would enable the banks to get all of their capital back at a more affordable monthly rate. The question of split mortgages should have been followed through on long before now. It is unclear whether...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)

Micheál Martin: Everything is grand.