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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (22 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: 25. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the 1916 commemorations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36524/14]

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: Last Saturday, more than 150,000 people marched in opposition to the Taoiseach’s Irish Water project. It is clear they are angry at his arrogance, at the detached nature of the Government and at its inability to listen, to be clear about anything and to simply understand that many people are not in a position to pay water charges. The former Minister of State, Deputy Fergus...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government should consult the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, who actually came up with the idea of establishing the utility which he named Irish Water in his NewERA document in 2009. I know he was well advised at the time. If one reads it, one will note how he was super-confident...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer my basic question. He can ignore what I say if he wishes. That is fine; that is politics.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I asked whether he agreed with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. Two Ministers, one former and one current, have essentially said Irish Water is a mess. The former Minister of State said it was an unmitigated disaster. The current Minister said there were serious errors in the company’s establishment - essentially a mess - and that he was not a member...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The meters are ticking and people still do not know what they will pay. We are now being told that the Government may go back to a flat rate system. Overall capital expenditure in the next two years only shows an increase of €100 million, with all the talk of off-balance-sheet funding. There is no timeline for expansion because there was no debate in this House at any stage. No one...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The danger with off-balance sheet accounting is that the Government spent €650 million without any discussion here or with the general public. There has been a complete lack of transparency. Will the Taoiseach facilitate a two or three hour debate in the House in order that the Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, can answer questions? He should outline his ideas concerning Irish Water and...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: Not one question could be asked here about that expenditure, as the Taoiseach knows.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I did not say that at all.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I never said that.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: Why not listen to people before you make another bags of it?

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is - the water charge is a tax.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: Why can we not have the debate before the Taoiseach makes a decision?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: On behalf of my party, I express appreciation to the Defence Forces for the work they have been doing in Lebanon for many years. The Irish nation, through its soldiers, has made a distinguished contribution to peace, particularly in Lebanon and the Golan Heights. The House does not often collectively acknowledge the practical contribution of the nation, as opposed to the Government, in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the position on the implementation of the recommendations of the Constitutional Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35202/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the position on the Constitutional Convention's recommendations; the actions that will be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35660/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I counted approximately five referendum proposals in the Taoiseach's comments. He promised an inclusive approach to these issues, but what has happened is that he has simply announced that the Government will decide what will happen and when it will happen. The Dáil will have no role other than to vote on what the Government decides and puts before it. That is a long way short of the...

Resignation of Member (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: On Saturday.

Resignation of Member (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: How opportune. His timing was impeccable. Just as 150,000 went to the streets, Phil was officially gone.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I have a number of issues to raise. First, at Leaders' Questions before the recess, I asked the Taoiseach if the Government would facilitate the Oireachtas with time to debate the allegations of abuse within the Sinn Féin-IRA movement at the time.