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Order of Business (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: The hospital care purchase agency.

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: The statement the Taoiseach has just delivered claims that the past six months has seen enormous progress. Even more than is usual for a government given to daily praising its own actions, he has presented a picture of Ministers having delivered Europe to a new frontier. The Union is, he claims, growing stronger because of this leadership. In the middle of this it is striking just how...

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: Whereas predecessors of different parties saw their role as having a substantial national role above party politics, the Taoiseach has completely rejected this. He has now added to this and become the first Taoiseach of any party to use a Presidency of the EU to play domestic political games. He started this earlier in the year when he travelled to London and delivered a series of partisan...

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: If we put aside the lengthy statements and interviews, including those given in the House, this claim of the Taoiseach is transparent, partisan nonsense. For two and a half years he and his Ministers have been in full control of Government. They have had absolute access to the many records of events, especially those contained in all of the documents retained in the Department of Finance....

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: In the Taoiseach's case, for an entire year he had at his side the most senior official present during that night.

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach expecting us to believe that he never asked the official any questions about the meetings he attended? The next most senior official, who was in the room that night as well, worked closely with this Government for well over a year. He regularly attended the Economic Management Council with the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, and the...

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: They have no wish to risk an inquiry that does not support their political agenda. Naturally, one thing the Taoiseach especially does not like referring to is that he voted for the same guarantee he says was the product of collusion. He sought outside advice and, in the cold light of day, supported it. He also went to his own private briefing at Anglo Irish Bank headquarters and seems to...

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: Even today's edition of The Irish Times points out: "As yet there is scant progress on breaking the vicious circle between banks and sovereign states which so excited the Government last year."

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: Some Ministers are claiming the effort to secure ESM funding retrospectively for Irish banks has been damaged. What they have not done is to explain what Ireland has been seeking. The Minister, Deputy Noonan, told a Dáil committee last year that he could not see the benefit from selling our bank stakes to the ESM. Has this position changed? During this Presidency, Ireland fulfilled...

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: I will do so. They did not try to push a move away from failed policies or towards badly-needed reforms of the Union.

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: Nothing was done which gives any sense that Europe is actively working to help its 27 million citizens who are unemployed. Unfortunately, this was a lost opportunity.

European Council in Brussels: Statements (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is good at firing this days.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has raised with his UK counterparts their plans for the future of Ulster Bank; his views on the importance of the institution to banking here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31914/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Stability Mechanism (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that there was enough progress on banking debt during the Irish Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31474/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether banking regulation has got tighter here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23707/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned about the rate of corporation tax here within the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25194/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance if Prime Minister Cameron has expressed concerns to him regarding tax structures of global companies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25196/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance if he was consulted regarding the recent nomination to the board of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30041/13]

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: Last night Ulster Bank confirmed that it would close 40 more branches and lay off additional staff. In that bank alone we are looking at the loss of employment of between 1,400 and 1,800 jobs, which is a staggering blow to those employees and their families. In a presentation to investors, the chief risk officer went further and said that the bank is anxious to break even by 2014 and to...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Minister referred to expressing sympathy. People need more than that at this stage. I asked him a basic question, whether he shared the Ulster Bank’s view that up to 35% of those in arrears were due to strategic considerations. I do not share the view. That is an extraordinary figure. Anybody who has called to people’s houses or talked to those in arrears knows how much...