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- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government Initiatives (15 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the Government's plans for the referendum committed to in the programme for Government on Article 41.2.1 of the Constitution. [7055/17]
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: My question is, in the first instance, to the Tánaiste and then to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. On the file, there is a reference of the counsellor who made the false report which was subsequently corrected which states: "Following our phone conversation yesterday, I am contacting you to inform you that I had another call in relation to the retrospective report which you...
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: It demands clarity from both Tusla and An Garda Síochána and does not have to await the establishment of an inquiry.
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: With the Chair's forebearance, I want to put something to the Minister, Deputy Zappone.
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: The sexual abuse regional team has reviewed Tusla's handling of the case. What is striking is that in one paragraph it says it is also not clear why a decision to proceed with the allegation was made without the co-operation and corroboration of the alleged victim and without having formed some opinion with regard to the credibility of the allegation referred.
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: This is extraordinary and demands more than the systemic type inquiry HIQA might do. There is something very untoward or - how to put it - very odd about all this in terms of the creation of this and the initiation.
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: My question is to the Minister, Deputy Zappone, and the Tánaiste. The interaction between gardaí on the one hand and Tusla on the other, and the counsellor, begs a lot of questions in terms of how this file was created and how it is described as a mere administrative error subsequently. The file screams out-----
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: -----an inertia. Does the Minister agree that it screams out an incredible casualness about a monumental mistake about a very well known-----
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: I apologise.
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: May I correct the record?
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: Can I make a correction?
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: With respect-----
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: I want to correct the record of the House. There have been enough smear campaigns going on and undermining-----
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: I wrote to the Taoiseach. I want to make this point because it is very important.
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: Either we live in a democracy in which we correct the record or we do not.
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: I want to make it clear. Whether the Deputy wants the truth or not-----
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: It is a matter of record that I sent a dossier of complaints that Maurice McCabe sent to me when I met him about Garda malpractice in Bailieborough at that time.
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: No, please. Subsequent to me sending the dossier, an individual approached me following articles in a newspaper about an allegation of sexual abuse that was dealt with by the DPP back in 2006 with regard to a case from 1997 or 1998. The alleged victim at the time said to me that the DPP had made a decision on it but was anxious that the Guerin investigation would cover the manner in which...
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: Yes. Maurice McCabe was made aware of this at the time because I made him aware of it. He was fully anxious that it be dealt with by the Guerin investigation. He spoke to Mr. Guerin about it as well-----
- Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: -----and made the background very clear. I believe it is important-----