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Order of Business (11 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: If you could.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: I would like to hear it. We have only-----

Order of Business (11 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: So it is not a patient safety authority.

Order of Business (11 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: When will that be?

Order of Business (11 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: There is a delay.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: In his address on Sunday night, the Taoiseach stated that the banks must do more to deal with mortgage distress. It was probably the understatement of the year, particularly given that one in five residential mortgages remain in arrears. The figures are quite dramatic. It is as if the Government is on the sidelines and is helpless in refereeing a match over which it has no control. Under...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said to me in July that repossessions would be the last resort. He said "that has to be the last resort" and that families would be offered solutions that did not involve house repossessions. Is he comfortable with a figure of approximately 20,000 family homes being repossessed? What will the Government do to intervene to provide for those in mortgage distress? He...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: Words no longer mean anything in here. The Taoiseach can keep on denying whatever he wants to deny but it does not strike a chord with the reality on the ground. He spoke about the Central Bank targets. Does he know the figure for the threat of legal repossession under those targets? Sixty per cent of the sustainable solutions offered were with the threat of legal repossession. Those are...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: They are out of control. Deputy Mathews is correct.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: The point is that these figures-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: We will take this on just the substance and the facts, Deputy O'Donovan, not smart alec comments about individuals or personalities. I put it to the Taoiseach that the bottom line-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: At least Peter is here.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: These are official figures in terms of court proceedings issued during the quarter. In quarter two of 2013 the Taoiseach was looking at a figure of 270. In quarter three of 2013-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: -----he was looking at a figure of 1,830. Those are facts; they are figures that I did not make up but that are on the official record. Whatever record the Taoiseach wants to take officially, it is telling a story that repossessions are dramatically on the increase and that he has sat on the sidelines on this issue. The most he can say in a much hyped televised address to the nation is...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: What vote was that last week?

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: What vote was that last week?

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: I just want to find out on what did we vote last week. I did not realise that we had a vote on exiting the bailout programme.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: Did we have a vote last week on exiting the bailout programme?

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: They gave the power to the banks.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2013)

Micheál Martin: Actually, come to think of it, the Taoiseach voted against the troika.