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Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: I welcome that the Taoiseach has indicated he will publish the module of the Fennelly commission dealing with the resignation of the former Garda Commissioner immediately it is received.

Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: I do not believe the motivation for Government including that module was the Oireachtas committee request.

Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: I can only surmise about the choreography that went on behind the scenes. It seems to me that essentially this bought time for the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach could have prevented all that if he had answered the simple and straightforward questions which I and others in this House put to him on the floor of this House about what he said to the Secretary General, what the Secretary General said to the former Garda Commissioner and so on.

Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: However, the Taoiseach chose not to do so. Again, parliamentary accountability was the loser in terms of the sequence of events that have unfolded. The reason I put the question regarding the publication of this report is because the progress report was not available on the website, or to the media, until six weeks after it had been received.

Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach might often have heard it said that there would be no need for the establishment of statutory inquiries to inquire into issues if we had clear and transparent statements on the floor of Parliament from the Taoiseach or indeed Government Ministers about specific issues. The Taoiseach will recall that on 25 March 2014, he informed the House that the former Garda Commissioner was...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Debt Conference (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: 266. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding holding a debt conference in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5473/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance if he met the Governor of the Bank of England, Mr. Mark Carney, when he was in Dublin on 27 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5476/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Programme for Government Initiatives (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: 396. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to help homeowners in distress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9971/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: 615. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain the reason he and his Department came to the decision to allocate Leader programme funding on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12738/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: 616. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the allocation under the Leader rural development programme for 2014 to 2020 to each county that he and his Department made; and the way it compares to the allocation in the previous Leader round of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12739/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: 619. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain the rationale of using and allocating funding to a sub-regional area; the extra areas that received funding under this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12742/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: 622. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a cost benefit analysis was carried out on the impact the new allocation of Leader funding will have in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12745/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: 617. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the allocation of Leader funding to the County Cork region is 32.4% less than the previous round of funding; his views on the equitability of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12740/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: 618. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the average of the national allocation of Leader programme funding that County Cork received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12741/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: 620. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how the criteria of sub-regional areas were applied to the County Cork area given that the population of the Cork county area is twice the population of the Cork city area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12743/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: 621. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he and his Department have received complaints from Leader companies regarding the funding that has been allocated to them; the way these complaints will be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12744/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: 623. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has been informed that the new allocation of Leader funding by his Department will result in job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12746/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Establishment (26 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: 8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the low pay commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9968/15]

Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Micheál Martin: I refer the Taoiseach to page 3 of the programme for Government which contains a very important legislative commitment. In that context, no notes or records were kept of the series of high level meetings about Irish Water in 2012 between the then Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Commissioner Phil Hogan and the Bord Gáis chairperson, Rose Hynes. The briefing...