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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Overseas Visits (9 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the Prime Minister of Denmark, Ms Helle Thorning-Schmidt, since the two fatal shootings in Copenhagen in Denmark on 15 February 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7710/15]

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: We told the Government that a month ago, but it voted us down.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I believe Deputy Murphy used that privilege responsibly. Judging from the Taoiseach's remarks, he does not. He seems to be siding with Mr. O'Brien on that argument. I did not ask the Taoiseach about the recalling of the Dáil. I asked him why he remained silent on fundamental principles that go to the heart of a functioning parliamentary democracy, namely, the right of media to report...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2015)

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

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I can remember four years ago when the Moriarty tribunal published its report. The Taoiseach ducked and dived on that occasion before he had to come in here and belatedly accept its findings. I do not know what it is.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The silence over the last week was unacceptable and unedifying. The Taoiseach's response to my question today was extraordinary. We did not need the judge to tell us we had absolute privilege under Article 15. It is extraordinary that the Taoiseach would come in and say that. The idea that both sides would use his arguments, somehow, in the ensuing court case, is bogus. He was opening...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am the only party leader who debated the issue on the public airwaves. The Taoiseach did not. He refused to debate that too. He refused to go on the airwaves to debate.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: There was no court case-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Last Thursday week, 29 May, Deputy Catherine Murphy gave the background to her reasons for believing an independent commission of inquiry should be established relating to transactions in IBRC since 2009. Deputy Murphy had sources, which she believed were reliable and robust, who told her that very low interest rates had been given to Mr. O'Brien. Within minutes of this being reported, the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (9 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon, in relation to that person's application for a carer's allowance; the benefits that the person may be entitled to; her views on the financial difficulty of that person's situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22142/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (9 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 691. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department is aware that funding is not available for a new cancer drug called TDM1, also known as Kadcyla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21588/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (9 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 939. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the findings of a new survey of guidance counsellors (details supplied) which found that 69% of respondents in the free education scheme reported a decrease in guidance hours in 2012-13 compared to 44% in the fee-charging sector and that the cuts to guidance counselling services are affecting students with the greatest need for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (9 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 1074. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of meetings he has attended since January 2015 at which the the increasing number of homeless persons was considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19223/15]

Order of Business (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is not true.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: It was successful. It worked.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: A shareholding of 25.1% is valuable. It is legally more valuable.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Yes.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is the advice the Government got. He is right.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is a Cork phrase. It is a colloquial expression. The Government is pretending everything is rosy in the garden and everything is going to be all right but it is very clear that this is not the real story. It is quite shocking. The Taoiseach would not tell us about this the other day in the Dáil. He had to have an orchestrated and managed public relations exercise on Tuesday night...