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Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: May I comment without interruption?

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: Since the general election, a basic principle I have adopted in this Dáil is that we must change the way in which we do politics and that political parties-----

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: Political parties should not believe they possess or own Parliament.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: They are great enthusiasts for parliamentary debate. The basic principle is that political parties should not think Parliament is their possession and that they can control anything that happens. To date, we have had such an experience, where Deputies have been removed from committees because they voted against the Government's line. This has happened to Deputies Peter Mathews and Lucinda...

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: Before the last general election we all stated we would change. However, there is absolutely no evidence on the Government side that Members are committed to that change and on that basis, I oppose the proposal.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: He was, yes.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: He did not agree to it.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: Maybe the Taoiseach should have talked to the Minister, Deputy Hogan, about Irish Water.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: I spoke to the Chief Whip. We discussed it and my party opposed it.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: We voted "Níl".

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: We do not agree with that.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach controls everything that goes on in here.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Bill was never enacted, committed or commenced.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: That is the very reason we oppose it. Every Government Deputy will produce a Bill and leave it there resting and doing nothing while nobody else can produce a similar Bill. That is the point.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: Who signed that?

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy is trying to raise a point of order.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday, when speaking about the health service, the Taoiseach said that, overall, the service provided had not diminished in its impact or effect and that while costs had been extracted from the delivery of health services, there had been no diminution in their quality. He said this on the very day the Irish Emergency Medicine Trainees Association sent a letter to HIQA stating current...

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: When?

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: When will it come in?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (22 Jan 2014)

Micheál Martin: 211. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 19 December 2013, if 20,000 medical cards were issued on a discretionary basis in 2013 to cardholders who did not hold a medical card on a discretionary basis in 2012. [3037/14]