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Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is not the Chief Whip's job to chair the Dáil. He should not try to heckle the Chair to put him under pressure.

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: There are key issues about regional connectivity and jobs.

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: All I am asking-----

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Thank you. The Government has come in at the eleventh hour and asked us to change the entire schedule for today in order to ram through a motion on the sale of Aer Lingus. I am entitled to oppose that proposition and speak about it-----

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: I do not like the attitude of the Government that it wants to suppress my right to speak as a Dáil Deputy about the changing of the scheduling of business. The reason I am doing this is we know that the Labour Party received a briefing on the issue privately. We have been told that the Labour 7 are on board, with the possible exception of Deputy Michael McNamara, although I do not know...

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, the Chief Whip has been dishonest in his presentation. An email was sent from his office. From my knowledge, he did not ring our Whip or anyone else in the House or the Independents. He did not show that basic courtesy. The Chief Whip came into the House yesterday and everybody thought there was a certain amount of business to be conducted today.

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: It happened late last night. We only learned about the deal on the evening news and relatively late last night. I will not argue about whether 9 p.m. is considered late because that would be a bit petty.

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: The bottom line is that this proposal should be put to the Oireachtas committee. At the very minimum, time should have been made available for a proper presentation of documentation and an analysis to be given to Deputies who would be asked to vote on the proposal. Members will get up and make statements. It is contemptible. The Government talked about reform-----

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: This goes to the heart of reform of the House. The Government is falling short yet again on a commitment to make this institution meaningful and relevant. It is the last place in the country to be briefed on anything by it. It has no time for this place. I have no doubt that between now and the general election its whole strategy will be to shut down the House as often as it possibly can.

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: The strategy will be to prevent a detailed analysis of any serious issue. That is what it is doing on this issue. It does not want the deal to be questioned; nor does it want Labour Party Deputies to become windy over a period of time. Therefore, it is being rammed and run through. Let us be straight. I would like to test the yardstick that Deputy Costello put when he described this deal...

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is not agreed to. I object in the strongest possible terms to the manner in which the Government is trying to ram and railroad this proposal through the Dáil without adequate analysis or any due respect for the institution of the House. There has been no contact from Whip to Whip about it. The Chief Whip did not even have the basic courtesy to ring our Whip to discuss the proposal....

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am asking the Chief Whip to withdraw his proposal because the measure requires detailed analysis. I do not know whether the Government was made aware - certainly, the Dáil was not - of the analysis that was commissioned last February by Aer Lingus and IAG in terms of the cost savings that would arise in the event of a merger. That is set out in the NIRAS report, but we have had no...

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: We will not be having any debate.

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: We have had the proposals from the Government without any consultation or discussion whatsoever. I raise the NIRAS report as just one example and illustration of the need for detailed analysis and clarity as to what the agenda is. Was Aer Lingus forthcoming to the Government about that report? Has the Minister seen it and, if so, when? The Dáil has not seen it. The analysis in the...

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am within Standing Orders.

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Twelve weeks pay was taken from existing pensioners. Why did that happen? It happened because the Government was preparing Aer Lingus for sale. It got rid of the pension deficit and got its 25.1% stake sorted.

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am about to conclude. There are a lot of stakeholder groups, such as the pensioners, who would like an opportunity to put their case before the transport committee of the Oireachtas.

Business of Dáil: Motion (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: There are a lot of people from the regions and a lot of Deputies who would like to hear a better analysis. While Deputies made a valuable contribution, Independent Senator Sean D. Barrett, for example, a very well informed expert on aviation, made very telling points at the Oireachtas committee. I do not see why the Government-----

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: 73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he or his Department has received representations from employees of a factory (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21005/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (27 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: 74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware that employees have been made redundant from a factory (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21006/15]