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- Business of Dáil (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: On a point of order-----
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: Caithfidh polasaithe an Rialtais agus a Airí a bheith mar threoir bhunúsach nuair a dhéantar aon athrú ar mBinse Tosaigh. Is é seo croílár na hoibre inniu. Gan amhras, caithfear a thuiscint agus a chur san áireamh cé chomh tábhachtach is atá an lá inniu do Theachtaí Dála áirithe. Tá sé mar shólás...
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: This is the pinnacle of a long career. It is absolutely clear that she has benefited from the exceptional support and encouragement of her family. We extend to her our congratulations on her achievement again. It is natural that much of the coverage of today’s reshuffle will be about personalities. The winners and losers will be raked over and undoubtedly stories will emerge of...
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: They think that they may have communicated badly, they may have made a few mistakes, but they do not see what the rest of the country sees, a Government which has been deeply unfair and which has created a two-tiered recovery-----
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----a Government which abandoned most of its promises on the day after the election-----
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----and a Government which has put politics first in everything it does. According to them, they are unpopular because of tough decisions. This is nonsense.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: They are unpopular because so many of their decisions have been unfair, have caused avoidable damage and have been about managing the news cycle rather than shaping a better future for all parts of our society. If we look back at the budgets and major announcements of this Government, we find a constant effort to make claims which were the direct opposite of the truth. Every one of them...
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: The people who claim to have delivered a democratic revolution while at the same time actively and significantly tightening Government control over the Oireachtas are not being listened to by a public which has grown cynical of everything it says.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: The long list of issues which the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have sought to claim credit for in their speeches is yet more of the same. As the OECD recently reported, the overwhelming reason for improvements in the economy has been a combination of international circumstances and the long-term strengths of the Irish economy, particularly the skills of our people. Public finances have...
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----that it could not point to a specific effect the Government’s jobs plans have had on employment.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: That was a diplomatic way of saying "don’t try and use us to back up your claims to have created thousands of jobs." However both Irish and international studies agree that Fine Gael and Labour have had a significant impact in one area, they have made fiscal policy dramatically more regressive. They replaced a policy of putting the biggest burden on those with the most to one of...
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: I would like to point out that I allowed the Taoiseach and Tánaiste their opportunity to speak without any interruption.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: I would like if we could have some gesture towards democracy-----
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----from the very rattled Labour Party backbenchers who are looking more rattled by the day. The facts are so clear that this year, for the first time in 20 years, the budget documentation this year did not include figures on the impact of changes on different income levels. As new taxes and charges mount, we should remember there were ten new tax increases in 2012, 20 in 2013, and a...
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: As confirmed last Monday by the Minister, Deputy Noonan, all the public is getting is another public relations campaign. He let the cat out of the bag when he said that all that was being discussed was a nuancing of the programme for Government agreed three and a half years ago.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: There will be an effort to show some concern on a handful of issues, but the core policy programme remains the same. The Tánaiste has talked at length over the past month about a new approach to the Labour Party's participation in this Government. She has implied that major changes are on the way. The detail of what has been announced shows this to be more empty rhetoric.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste sought the Commissioner position for Deputy Gilmore and ministerial responsibility for the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, but all she has successfully negotiated responsibility for is the property tax and water charges by securing ministerial responsibility for the Department for the Environment, Community and Local Government.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: These were two major issues which the Labour Party opposed in opposition and said they would not implement.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: How often does the Labour Party have to roll over in this Government?
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: It is incredible what it has negotiated versus what it sought in advance of the negotiations on the reshuffle of the Cabinet. What is most striking is that the Tánaiste has identified as priorities areas in which she personally played a significant role in creating problems.