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- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach could not or would not say that yesterday.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: A spokesman subsequently stated that the Tánaiste was expressing a "personal view". However, Fine Gael Cabinet sources stated that they were appalled at the Tánaiste's intervention, saying that such a charge would, for some reason, be a disaster for the economy.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: Fine Gael Ministers are apparently insisting that the minimum charge must now be €250. A ministerial source told the media, specifically the Irish Daily Mail, The concern is that Joan's figure is just too low - and that it could throw the whole lot back onto the national accounts. If that happens then it blows the arithmetic .... That would be a disaster.That was a Fine Gael...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: This latest episode illustrates the shambles that this has become for the Government. There have been about nine different instances of climb-downs from the original water charge regime proposed by the Government.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Government was warned about the savage impact that the charges regime would have on families with four adults, or those with two or more adult children. I and others warned the Taoiseach time and again in the Dáil, but the Government simply ignored the issue and carried on. The meters have been ticking for the past five weeks. This means charging began on 1 October, but nobody has...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: No audit has been carried out of the water infrastructure.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: We did not have a proper debate and there was no transparency around this from the beginning. There was no accountability to the Dáil. John Tierney told a journalist, Sean O'Rourke, about consultancy costs and nobody was told about that in here. In short, the establishment of Irish Water and everything to do with it has been a telling narrative of the Government's disdain for the...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: What is the minimum level of revenue required to enable the Government to borrow off-balance-sheet and invest in water infrastructure? That is the bottom line, and the Taoiseach is not telling us the details.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: What is the revenue figure required?
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste was not speaking in a personal capacity yesterday. She was speaking as deputy leader of the Government during official Question Time with regard to her brief of social protection. She answered clearly that a family with four adults would pay less than €200. The Taoiseach is the leader of the Government. He has come in the following day to say that the Government...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach a simple question. Is the figure of less than €200 for a four-adult family correct? Will he answer that question? We have all heard about the famous off-balance-sheet mechanism, which is essentially an accounting mechanism. One needs 50% revenue from non-State sources, which essentially means charges. What is the level of revenue required by the Government...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: We actually have addressed that. Can the Taoiseach answer the straight question I asked? What level of revenue is required?
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: I cannot hear what the Taoiseach is saying. The Taoiseach is speaking but he is inaudible. Will the Taoiseach tell us the figure for God's sake? This is ridiculous - he is mumbling under his breath.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: This is ridiculous - the Taoiseach is mumbling under his breath. Is binn béal ina thost. Sin an tuairim atá ag an Taoiseach.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: That is not the case.
- Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: We oppose it. The Government must take on board the huge disquiet among the public about this issue and provide time for a proper debate in the House on it.
- Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: I know. I am saying that before we take the Order of Business-----
- Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: I am saying I do not agree to it and that I wish to give my reason.
- Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: Yes.
- Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
Micheál Martin: The reason is that 150,000 people marched last Saturday.