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Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: Do not read it-----

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: Stop, please.

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: That was not in the script.

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: That was not in the script.

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: No, I am not. That was not in the script.

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Government rewrote that script today. The Minister could not say that yesterday.

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, normally the ministerial script is circulated during Private Members' business.

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: This is a normal courtesy. It was de rigueur in our time.

Irish Water: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: That is accountability.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Kirk was a very liberal Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: There is a survey in today's newspapers showing that 666,000 subscribers could drop their health insurance in the event of there being an increase in premiums of between 1% and 10%. The Health Insurance Authority has confirmed that for the first time in a decade, the number with health insurance will drop below 2 million. Government policies have been responsible for a lot of that but,...

Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: The story of Ms Maíria Cahill is one that has generated enormous interest on the island, created a lot of anger and touched many. We have held strong and comprehensive debates in this House on the issue of sex abuse perpetrated by institutions, such as the Catholic Church and others. There was the Ferns inquiry and the Cloyne diocese and Dublin archdiocese reports, and these were...

Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: In my view, the issue of Ms Maíria Cahill is similar and merits a debate in the House. Will the Government make time available over the next week or so to facilitate such a debate? On the criminal law (sexual offences) Bill, politicians in Northern Ireland have approved sex buyer laws, that is, laws to deal with those who purchase sex and thereby facilitate the trafficking. We need...

Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: -----in essence, to deal with the trafficking into the country of women who are exploited in brothels and by pimps. The stories have been horrendous. Ruhama, along with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, has led the charge on this issue, and survivors of prostitution continue to make the case for a sex buyer law in this country.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach confirm when that legislation will be introduced into the House because it has been promised by the Government?

Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: I do not accept that. I think there has been a cover-up.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: I make that charge here on the floor of the House.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: I will not take any more of that stuff from Deputy Adams.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: The E-3.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)

Micheál Martin: That is not true.