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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I did not know that the Taoiseach-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. At the start we should note that most of these questions were tabled over five months ago. The delay is not just because of the nature of Taoiseach's Question Time. The Taoiseach halved the number of Taoiseach's questions periods when he came into government four years ago, taking out one day of Taoiseach's questions. He also does not reschedule when...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Name the manager.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach was meant to take charge of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he was asked to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3274/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he met the President of Ukraine, Mr. Petro Poroshenko, while attending the World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4302/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: It has nothing to do with what I asked the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I was talking about the research environment generally.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: That was all developed before the Taoiseach's time. I am talking about what is happening now.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Research is fundamental to economic policy. I have spoken about it with many people recently. I was involved in it myself when implementing the Science Foundation Ireland strategy from 2006 to 2011. It is the cornerstone of the country’s future in economic potential, competitiveness and capacity to innovate but is going down the tubes under the Taoiseach’s Government because...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: No, that is not what happened.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet sub-committee meetings he has attended recently. [3273/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet sub-committees held in April 2015. [18118/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach. I refer to the Economic Management Council, which met six times.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Given the two issues that have emerged, I am interested, in particular, in the number of times the sub-committees have met. It seems to me that the issue of child poverty has reached alarming levels. The number of children in consistent poverty has almost doubled in two years under the Government's watch, from about 6% to 12%. It is a shocking statistic which has been commented on by the...

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is the lingo.

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should put aside those written notes that someone gives to him to read out in answer to Leaders' Questions. He should go out and meet the people who are affected. The Taoiseach is out of touch and completely detached from the reality on the ground. The policy is not working. In 2012, 60% of lone parents on the one-parent family payment were actually at work outside the home....

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Work is not demand-led. Nobody knocks on their employer's door and says, "I am going to work for an extra four hours next week."

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I have talked to people. That is the point. The Taoiseach should go to the family resource centres, community centres and community employment schemes. They will tell him. Lone parents are being targeted deliberately.

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: From July 2015, lone parents with children aged seven and older will no longer be entitled to the one-parent family payment. This has become known as the Burton cut but, more than that, it is a brutal cut that will plunge thousands more children into consistent poverty, on top of all the other cuts that have affected lone parent families. Up to 30,000 lone parent families will be affected...