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Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: Is the Tánaiste acquiescing in these jackboot tactics? What I would say to the Whip is that no one has an issue-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: Not agreed. Could I ask the Government Whip where the Taoiseach is? Surely at the commencement of the business of the House he should be proposing this motion, a motion that again reveals the utter contempt that the Government has for the Dáil and its proceedings. Is this going to be the pattern for the rest of this Dáil, suppressing legitimate debate and basic accountability?...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: These are basic questions, and I cannot understand for the life of me why the Government is so intent on shutting down the Dáil today.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is not.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: There is no Order of Business. We are being asked to vote-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----that there should be no Order of Business within the meaning of Standing Order 26. Can someone give me a rational explanation as to why?

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: Why is it that Leaders' Questions are being put back? Why is it that Oral Questions to the Taoiseach and Private Notice Questions are not being taken?

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: Anything that is potentially awkward for the Government is being put to one side and shelved. It really speaks to the intent of the Government in this Dáil to keep running, to keep ducking and diving and avoiding the hard questions.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: I do not know why the Deputies opposite are laughing, because that is what the Ministers have leaked to the media. They have said that their strategy is to hide the Taoiseach as often as they possibly can.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is what we are reading.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: We have been reading that for the last number of weeks - that they reduce-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: In fairness-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----I will say that the honourable exception to that rule is the Government Whip himself, who believes that the Taoiseach will rule forever and he will be looked after later.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: I put it to the Whip-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----that we are not going to accept this attitude and-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----contempt that the Government holds for the House-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----and the arrogance that is in the Government. I heard it from the Minister, Deputy Howlin, this morning: "We do not need to be answering questions about this. Move on quickly," and so on.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: The bottom line is that 18 months ago on Leaders' Questions-----

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----when I asked the Taoiseach about why a Secretary General was sent out to the former Garda Commissioner, the Taoiseach's stock response was that the Government had appointed a commission of investigation and that he could not answer any question until that had been brought to a conclusion.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: Again, there are to be no questions on that today. He will answer no questions. The only thing he did was to appear on "Six One News"-----