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Standing Order 112 Select Committee: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: It was then rammed through a second time in an amending Bill without due consideration or any detailed examination. My point is that Dáil reform is essential in terms of how we deal with issues that are critical to people's lives, including health. We have had a lot of discussion in the last while about having proper parliamentary engagement on that issue. Let us not just pour scorn,...

Nomination of Taoiseach (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: It is wrong to say that-----

Election of Ceann Comhairle (Resumed) (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: I dtús báire, a Cheann Comhairle, ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh leat as ucht a bheith tofa don oifig thábhachtach seo. Ta sé soiléir dúinn gur lá stairiúil agus ócáid stairiúil é seo. Tá gach uile dhuine sa Teach seo sásta a chuid nó a cuid tacaíochta a thabhairt duit, a Cheann Comhairle, agus...

Establishment of a Statutory Commission of Investigation into a Foster Home in the South East: Statements (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: We need to be very straight regarding what exactly is the position. Is it the case that the outcome of this commission of investigation cannot be published until the Garda inquiry is concluded? Is it also the case that witnesses may not co-operate with the commission of investigation for fear of prejudicing matters and so on? Is that a concern? The terms of reference can be agreed. We...

Establishment of a Statutory Commission of Investigation into a Foster Home in the South East: Statements (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: I ask the Taoiseach that, painful as it might prove to be, a proactive programme of engagement be entered into with those families. This matter is very painful for the families concerned. However, I think something proactive and comprehensive must happen in respect of the conclusions in the Resilience Ireland report and with regard to how the State can make decent recompense. I am not...

Establishment of a Statutory Commission of Investigation into a Foster Home in the South East: Statements (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: This case is harrowing and shocks people to the core, particularly given the fact that such a young child was left in a vulnerable position for such a prolonged period between 1996 and 2009. She was not in a position to speak or to defend herself and the whistleblower is clear that the most appalling acts of abuse were perpetrated in this case. We have a dark history in respect of child...

Establishment of a Statutory Commission of Investigation into a Foster Home in the South East: Statements (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: The Ryan inquiry was set up under separate legislation. I established the commission, which initially was the Laffoy commission and later became the Ryan commission. It was a generic investigation largely; it was not an investigation into specific abuse. Given our experience of the Siteserv-IBRC investigation and the issues raised by the judge in terms of his sense of the limitations of...

Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: A ringing endorsement of the democratic revolution.

Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has changed his tune.

Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach about it last week and he refused to accede to my request----- (Interruptions).

Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, has the Labour Party returned from Mullingar? I am worried about it because none of its Members are present in the Chamber now.

Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: It is on the Order Paper.

Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: A bit of transparency would not go astray here. It is like the third secret of Fatima.

Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: This is Deputy Higgins’s last chance.

Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: As the Taoiseach knows, there has been much debate and there were many provisions in the programme for Government about the self-employed needing far more support and protection under the social welfare system. Last week on Joe Duffy's radio show, Ms Martina Kelly spoke harrowingly about her experience as a self-employed person. She outlined how a sudden and debilitating condition...

Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: Fine Gael and the Labour Party promised to do it five years ago. Nobody else did so.

Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: However, the Government said it would deliver it five years ago.

Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: So the Government was not realistic then.

Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: I agree 100% but the Taoiseach should have said it the way it was five years ago.

Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Micheál Martin: He is talking to himself and saying that he should be more realistic in the future.