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Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: Promises were made in the programme for Government.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy should allow me raise the matter.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: Of what should I be ashamed?

Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am not playing politics with the issue.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am dealing with it properly.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: If Deputy Jerry Buttimer had dealt with it properly, I would not have to do this.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: I know that it might be a sensitive issue for Deputy Jerry Buttimer-----

Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: Of what should I be ashamed - raising the cause of people with disabilities?

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: We got the answer yesterday. It will be Fine Gael’s way.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is a great relief.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach bring in the Army to mind the ATMs?

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: Last February we were all shocked that a 100 year old woman spent 24 hours on a trolley and the Taoiseach said the same thing last February.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: Last January the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, produced his 25 priorities when he published a budget, which provided for reducing accident and emergency department waiting times for the number of people waiting for longer than nine hours to more than one third. The Taoiseach has come in here today and said that he would love to know why this is happening, after he said two years ago that he...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: If the Taoiseach listened to the staff he would know that they are absolutely at the end of their tether in terms of the stress and strain in emergency departments. I saw a series on accident and emergency services on RTE last Monday week and the staff said it was appalling, from their perspective, to watch patients in such distressing conditions and under such stress and strain.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is not good enough for the Taoiseach to say that the staff are resisting change or that people by resisting change are slowing down progress, or for him to wonder aloud-----

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----why this is happening. It is his job. He must accept responsibility and the Minister must accept responsibility. It is not about saying the staff must accept responsibility. The staff are accepting it. It is really the Taoiseach's job to accept it and he should be explaining it to me.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: I did not get an answer to the first question I asked the Taoiseach. The first question I put to him was------

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----why has the situation got worse in the past two years.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: I would like to know why that has happened because if we could find that out, then the Taoiseach might have some chance or people might believe there is a prospect of him getting to grips with what is a chaotic situation.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: October just gone was the worst month on record.