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- Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: You could not make it up.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Government has not. The new water charges must be paid through a bank account. Did the Taoiseach know that?
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The post office is excluded.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: No, they have no choice.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Fiscal Advisory Council report is irrelevant.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had meetings in respect of progress on the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35591/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that the Northern Ireland Executive is working effectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35592/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scottish Referendum (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 401. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government have assessed the ramifications for the Good Friday Agreement following the Scottish referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35589/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scottish Referendum (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 413. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent Scottish referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35587/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 416. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met the Israeli ambassador to discuss developments in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35668/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 409. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding proposed changes to the status and powers to the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36514/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 410. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has concerns about the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36515/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 414. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has concerns regarding the workings of the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35605/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 411. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met Secretary of State Villiers recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35658/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Missions (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 412. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the triple lock system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35641/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 415. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the progress being made on all aspects of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35608/14]
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: When I asked the Taoiseach a number of questions yesterday about Irish Water, following Deputy Fergus O'Dowd's comments that it has been an unmitigated disaster, an abject failure and much more, the Taoiseach responded that, in his view, Deputy O'Dowd was simply saying it had teething problems. That response illustrated how out of touch the Taoiseach is with the situation on the ground and...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: That is not true.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: It is typical of the Taoiseach that he never answers the questions he is asked in this House but instead makes false assertions and makes it up as he goes along. He is incorrect on a specific point. There never was a proposal for a €400 charge in any document produced by my party.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The central point I am trying to make, and which the Taoiseach deliberately refuses to deal with, was set out clearly by the previous Government in the EU-IMF agreement and the national recovery plan, namely, that water charges would be introduced on the basis of "ensuring that lower-income groups remain supported". The Taoiseach has not done that in the regime his Government is introducing....