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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: That was under a previous government.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: I do not think we will. We never have these discussions.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: It is not what I am at.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: What county was it in?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: Correct.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: NewERA is the old era.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: About what will it be?

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: I am demonstrating a bit of vigilance.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach may recall how, on last Wednesday's Order of Business, I put to him the comments of the HSE's national director of acute hospitals, Mr. Ian Carter, who warned of further dysfunction if the Government kept taking money out of the system. I raised that issue in the context of the Health Service Executive (financial matters) Bill. I was asking the Taoiseach basic questions about...

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Kehoe is not the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and should not try to be.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: Yes, I am trying to correct the record of the House.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: I am also trying to raise a legislative matter. This is an important matter under Standing Orders concerning a budget that was prepared for the House. Whenever Estimates are published-----

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: They have not, actually. They have to be independently verified.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: That is my point. Does Deputy Stagg not get it?

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: I will seek the guidance of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on this.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: I have never before come across a situation where budget figures are put before the House and passed, yet two days later we are told by all the authorities involved that they are not the real figures because they have not been verified.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: Yes. The HSE's director has said it and so has the Minister, Deputy Reilly. The Minister said that with the help of the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, they would verify whether it is €666 million or €1 billion.

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: The point is that the House was presented by Ministers with a solemn budget that contained the €666 million figure. Is the figure €666 million or €1 billion? Which is it?

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach answer that question and say when the legislation will be published?

Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Micheál Martin: What does the Taoiseach mean by that?