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- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Policy (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: 295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and his Department will be preparing for the new social dialogue announced recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11113/15]
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Do not tell Joan that.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Sorry?
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy has 16 more minutes. He should not become part of the Sinn Féin agenda of suppressing legitimate articulation of views and perspectives. Will the Minister clarify the matter and tell me when we can expect the education Bill?
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Yes.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Minister for Finance did not promise it.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Given that the teachers' unions have not found favour with Dr. Travers' recent proposals relating to junior certificate reform, given the botched manner in which this was dealt with historically, particularly by the Minister's predecessor, Deputy Quinn, who in a very ham-fisted way ignored the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment's original recommendations on this issue, and given...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is why allegations of abuse have to be investigated - to show that children are not exposed to potential abuse. In terms of any information that is held by Sinn Féin or its associates, therefore, there is a legal obligation that this knowledge or information should be provided now to Tusla and to the Garda in order to protect children who could potentially be exposed to further...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----that, as we know, some commissions of inquiry have held their hearings in confidential settings and then produced comprehensive reports to shine a light on the practices, what happened and did not happen and who was complicit in the cover-up of grave allegations. The bottom line is that in 2002, which is not too long ago, all of this was deliberately, premeditatively kept from the Garda...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is just not credible, but in 2009 we learned that the leader of Sinn Féin, on his own admission, knew about this and did not refer it to the HSE or the Garda at the time.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is as plain, simple and straightforward as that, and no satisfactory response or explanation has come from the leader of Sinn Féin, and none will come because we are tired of the mantra of "Please come forward".
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: These people themselves know, so a statutory basis is the only way forward now in terms of trying to get to the bottom of this and getting the truth.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am sure the Minister will accept that since the 1990s this House has debated many scandals, allegations and issues surrounding sexual abuse, particularly of children and young people, and the rape of young people, which happened across the country in different contexts within the church from diocese to diocese, within sport, particularly in swimming, and within schools. There is an ongoing...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: This is fundamentally not the case. There are two elements to this: there is the issue of a criminal investigation, and the issue of reporting this to the HSE, at the time, and now to Tusla. There is a fundamental issue with regard to protecting children right now. Those who abused people are still at large and could abuse others within their families, neighbourhoods or communities. The...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The only way it can come forward now is through a commission of inquiry. It could be done on a module-by-module basis and in this jurisdiction alone it could be very revealing. Surely people would come forward in the context of a commission of inquiry and say who was involved in that kangaroo court in 2002. Who were the people who attended it and carried out the internal investigation, who...
- Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is not illegal for the Taoiseach to comment.
- Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Rubbish. What is the Taoiseach talking about? What propaganda is he putting forward now? His spin doctor has spun that.
- Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should have answered questions in the Dáil in a very simple manner but he refused.
- Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is some democratic revolution. He obfuscates and he hid behind the truth.
- Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach give Government time to discuss a very important matter, the right of the Oireachtas and the public to hear about the circumstances surrounding the removal of the former Garda Commissioner? It has been 12 months since the Dáil was advised that this was to be the subject of a commission of investigation, along with other terms of reference dealing with telephone...