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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: The reason I tabled this question is that for the past five years the Taoiseach has been saying there would need to be reform of Taoiseach's questions and that he would bring proposals to the leaders of the Opposition. Of course, he never did that; he just kept saying it week after week. One of the first measures he took when he became Taoiseach was to halve the amount of time for...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----but he will not do the "Six One" news, particularly when there is an inquiry report to be published. He might give the old newsreader 20 minutes to try to decipher a couple of hundred pages. If questions were answered here, there might be less need for inquiries. If questions were answered about IBRC write-downs, there would be less need for inquiries. If questions had been...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: All of that inability and inadequacy in responding to Dáil questions leads to unnecessary inquiries. We actually never needed Mr. Justice Fennelly to inquire into the sacking of the former Garda Commissioner; we simply needed honest, straightforward answers from the Taoiseach to those particular questions. Deputy Catherine Murphy deserves great credit for her work on Siteserv and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: There are 55 minutes left.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: No sooner had I gone up to my office than the report was being released. The Taoiseach's attitude to the Dáil is that it does not matter. He will leak Government memos and stories, but the last place to find out about anything is Dáil Éireann, even when questions are asked about specific topics. Why is that?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach just keeps making up stories.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: Vincent Browne?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: "And others". The Taoiseach has it stitched up with RTE already.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: No, I do not.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: You do.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach does not debate publicly with anybody anywhere.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: No, we did not. The Taoiseach should not be telling untruths.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: Why?

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Government cut their pay dramatically.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: It was the Government that cut their pay.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: They have had enough of the broken promises on this issue. It is a national campaign and, they say, a last resort against a daily acceptance by Government of emergency department overcrowding. Does the Taoiseach accept that morale is at an all-time low in our hospital emergency departments? Does he accept that staff retention and recruitment is extremely difficult, that patient safety is...

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer the questions I put to him, including the question about whether the Government has under-resourced the health service over the last number of years and particularly the area under discussion. Equally, I note the Taoiseach's use of language in stating that this is a "challenge" or a "problem." He has no sense of the crisis. It is not a challenge or a problem...

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Reilly knew it was a false budget. It is very clear from the interview that he now feels he was shafted by the Taoiseach and is continuing to be shafted by the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, whose only response is "It is his fault."

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is interesting to note that universal health insurance, which was supposed to solve all problems and was used as a cover for the Government to say it would take care of everything, has been shelved. The Government told the Irish people it would get everybody off trolleys. I had to answer questions from journalists who kept asking me if Deputy Reilly got it wrong.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: They did not ask whether Fine Gael had got it wrong or whether the Taoiseach or Deputy Varadkar had got it wrong, but whether Deputy Reilly had got it wrong.