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Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Secretary General should not be precluded from answering questions.

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: I asked about universal primary care.

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is saying "No" first.

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is saying "No" in advance of everybody having their say.

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: That sums up how the Taoiseach does things.

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is a second slap for the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, in two days.

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: I think it is because of the-----

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: So the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, is going off the rails.

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, is very offended.

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is imminent according to the Minister, Deputy Quinn.

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, said it would be next week.

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: They are not rumours. They are in the report.

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Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is goading her.

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: With respect, the Taoiseach said she should be ashamed of herself. The Taoiseach should explain why she should be ashamed of herself.

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: Why should Deputy Shortall be ashamed of saying what she said?

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: Why should she be ashamed to say what she did?

Order of Business (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: I was talking to the Taoiseach.

Establishment of Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Motion (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: On at least half a dozen occasions since this Dáil was convened, the Government has announced the imminent start of an Oireachtas inquiry into the banking crisis. Now that such an inquiry will finally happen, we need to be very clear about what the inquiry will seek to achieve. My party welcomes an inquiry and has said from the first day of this Dáil that we believe it has an...

Establishment of Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Motion (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: In addition, there has been the active promotion of conspiracies and a refusal to accept clear evidence which disproves these conspiracies. Most cynically, there has been the constant attack on the motives of individuals and the making of snide, misleading and cynical comments. This is not a limited concern. All the evidence is that the public have grown wary of how parties in this House...

Establishment of Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Motion (14 May 2014)

Micheál Martin: Nearly every significant debate involved calls for policies to spend more and tax less. The manifestos of the main parties, including my own, for the 2007 general election were all silent on the impending crisis. As I stated, if the inquiry is allowed by the Government to be independent and expert in its work and operate under broad rather than narrow terms of reference, it could make a...