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Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: What about the pension levy?

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Were there VAT increases or not?

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Of course I am laughing at it. Nobody believes the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Greek debt crisis is very serious, not just for the Greek people but for the entire eurozone and European Union. People need to approach the crisis from very credible perspectives. In that context, I refer to remarks the Taoiseach made during the week on the situation, and in particular the manner in which he entered the fray, hectoring and lecturing and offering advice to the Greek...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----with the public not just here but in Greece when he says such things as he said during the week. If he wants to advise people towards a saner and more stable approach the first point of departure is to tell them the truth and not to tell them things that are fiction or an invention or whatever else. Does the Taoiseach regret his comments? Will he withdraw them and will he acknowledge...

Deaths in Tunisia: Expressions of Sympathy (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son mo pháirtí, ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a dhéanamh le clanna agus cáirde go léir muintir Carty agus Hayes as ucht an dúnmharú uafásach a tharla i Tunisia laethanta ó shin. Is olc an scéal é. Dúnmharú uafásach ar fad a bhí ann. Déanaim comhbhrón le gach éinne...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Eurozone Crisis (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 151. To ask the Taoiseach if the Greek Prime Minister, Mr. Alexis Tsipras, has been in contact with him since 22 June 2015 on the Eurogroup's talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26428/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Eurozone Crisis (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 270. To ask the Minister for Finance if the German Finance Minister made contact with him before the European Union Council on 25 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26430/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Eurozone Crisis (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Greek Finance Minister was in contact with him before the European Union Finance Council on 25 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26431/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Monitoring of Communications (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 352. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her officials were ever informed, or if they were suspicious, of their mobile phones being monitored by the authorities of the United States of America or others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26429/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 366. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her officials have received a copy of the recently published report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26040/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 367. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her officials are considering setting up an independent inquiry into the Magdalen laundries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26041/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 368. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality whether she or her Department believe there will be any prosecutions made following the McAleese report on the Magdalen laundries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26042/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 374. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her officials have been asked to meet persons (details supplied) to discuss the reason they were not made aware of video footage and other evidence in relation to those persons' relative that is apparently stored in Portlaoise Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26141/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 375. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a witness statement in Clara Garda station in County Offaly, on the disappearance of a person (details supplied), was hidden from the person's family for over 13 years; if it has been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26142/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 616. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the late payment of the non-principal private residence charge, if he is satisfied that communications of the charge and of the late payment procedures and penalties were sufficient enough to alert overseas owners in view of the potential costs concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25941/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 617. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the non-principal private residence tax penalties and charges; the options open to property owners who cannot afford to meet the charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25942/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 618. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason persons who only ever owned one home here and who due to circumstances beyond their control live abroad, have been issued with outstanding liabilities for non-principal private residence tax; his views on whether such persons were ever the intended target of the tax; if he will bring forward legislation to...

European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach would love me to throw it away. He would love me to throw away the memories of that false declaration-----

European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach broke no link. He did nothing, but claimed something that did not happen. He and his Ministers claimed that billions were potentially on the way. At a press conference dominated by the Ministers, Deputies Noonan and Howlin, during which they giggled about how they had just brought home the goose which would be laying golden eggs, it was speculated that Ireland might get over...