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- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (28 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: It happened in the 1970s.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (28 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: Therefore, Finian has got a better deal than John Halligan.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (28 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. When we refer to Deputy Lowry and he talks about understandings, we know what he is talking about - it is an inside track, in terms of getting things done. The Taoiseach said clearly that Deputy Lowry does not have an inside track and, essentially, without the Taoiseach actually saying it, it is being suggested that Deputy Lowry is fibbing and not...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (28 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if there are understandings rather than actual agreements with any particular Independent Deputies. [27013/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (28 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: I appreciate the Taoiseach's reply. With regard to the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, and the letter issued to him, he clearly believes that was a clear breach of the understanding he had arrived at with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney, and others at the time. The Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, is clear that the Minister for...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: It was about the Valuation Act and the programme for Government commitment to implement it so efficient local authorities can adopt a commercial rates policy that helps sustain existing businesses and encourages new start-ups. I know it is a weighty document and there is a lot in it.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: He is in Paris.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: As the Taoiseach will be aware many businesses remain under significant pressure, particularly in the cities and towns across the country. Commercial rates are a significant burden on businesses. They are also an outdated model in terms of garnering revenue for county and city councils. In the era of the Internet, it is particularly noteworthy that it is people with fixed buildings that...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach accept that such a proposal as I have described is unfair and discriminatory to Irish graduates here in Ireland – yes or no?
- Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: It cannot be all kinds of everything.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: Sorry.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: In fairness to the Taoiseach, he has developed a skill, well-honed over the years, for answering questions that he has not been asked. It is accepted that the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, has made this proposal. Nobody, including the Taoiseach, is denying that and the Minister's spokesperson essentially confirmed it this morning. The question...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: In yesterday's Irish Independent, there was the revelation of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, proposing that there would be a special 30% tax rate for Irish graduates abroad who would be returning to Ireland. Her spokesman has essentially confirmed as much in his comments this morning in response to the story. It beggars belief that such a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: How many Cabinet committee meetings have been held?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: Was it one or two?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: I presume there has been one.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the restructuring plans in his Department to deal with Brexit; the way these changes will relate to other Departments, particularly the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; the reporting relationships and the recruitment plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26581/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the dates and attendance at meetings of his Department's task force on Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27309/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to publish a strategy for Ireland and the way it can benefit most from the opportunities the Brexit result presents for Ireland; the way in which Ireland will increase its presence in other EU markets to increase exports and intensify trade arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27311/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach stated he had recently attended a Cabinet meeting.