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- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: That is why we have the excessive costs associated with the establishment of Irish Water.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Only two weeks ago the Taoiseach said in the Dáil that no bonuses were paid. He gave a strong indication that no bonuses would be paid and he skirted around it. The "This Week" programme on RTE Radio 1-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Apologies, a Cheann Comhairle. That programme revealed the bonus culture. One million people have not signed up. People do not know whether they are coming or going regarding the water charges regime. They only finally learnt about a day before the charges were applied.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The thing is a mess and it is causing huge social upheaval and a lot of anger.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: This is the final point I will make. The Government rammed this through the House last Christmas with three hours of debate. For the first and only time, the Opposition combined to walk out of the House. The Government Deputies laughed at us for walking out of the House.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: They are not laughing today.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: They will not be laughing for a long time to come because of that jackboot type of tactic.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: These issues could have been teased out and could have been debated properly, but-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----because of the Taoiseach and the Government Whip, Deputy Kehoe, we never got a chance to debate it for even more than two hours.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Fine Gael voted for it.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Government was warned not to go down this route because it could not control it.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not tell us they would be getting it.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The media were looking for the information all week and for some reason it was not available.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: In 2009 the now Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, published the NewERA policy platform of Fine Gael, which committed Fine Gael to establishing Irish Water as a utility to charge for water. This was the clear stated policy of Fine Gael at the time. I would like to know who advised Deputy Coveney at the time on this policy and whether his policy advisers had...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----although they had already paid €12,000 to the local authority in development levies for water infrastructure. What is the Taoiseach's response to all of this? It is shabby and sleveen to undermine the chief executive officer, a process that started at last week's parliamentary party meeting when unparliamentary things were said about him behind closed doors, but cleverly leaked...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is in a position to aid young students from the North of Ireland to seek placements in universities in the USA on the young leaders programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40260/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support available from any North-South programmes to assist students from the North of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40261/14]
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: I asked about Oireachtas scrutiny. It took 12 months for the document to be obtained from the HSE through a freedom of information request.
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: I was somewhat surprised this morning that the Tánaiste did not condemn any letter emanating from any local authority threatening eviction for people if they had difficulty paying water charges. She should make it clear that that is not acceptable practice. I do not think anybody in the House would justify that but she did not take the opportunity afforded to her to do that. When...
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Labour Party apparently met Irish Water two weeks ago.