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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the position on the Constitutional Convention's recommendations; the actions that will be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35660/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: On behalf of my party, I express appreciation to the Defence Forces for the work they have been doing in Lebanon for many years. The Irish nation, through its soldiers, has made a distinguished contribution to peace, particularly in Lebanon and the Golan Heights. The House does not often collectively acknowledge the practical contribution of the nation, as opposed to the Government, in...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: Why can we not have the debate before the Taoiseach makes a decision?

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The meters are ticking and people still do not know what they will pay. We are now being told that the Government may go back to a flat rate system. Overall capital expenditure in the next two years only shows an increase of €100 million, with all the talk of off-balance-sheet funding. There is no timeline for expansion because there was no debate in this House at any stage. No one...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The danger with off-balance sheet accounting is that the Government spent €650 million without any discussion here or with the general public. There has been a complete lack of transparency. Will the Taoiseach facilitate a two or three hour debate in the House in order that the Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, can answer questions? He should outline his ideas concerning Irish Water and...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: Not one question could be asked here about that expenditure, as the Taoiseach knows.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I did not say that at all.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I never said that.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: Why not listen to people before you make another bags of it?

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is - the water charge is a tax.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: Last Saturday, more than 150,000 people marched in opposition to the Taoiseach’s Irish Water project. It is clear they are angry at his arrogance, at the detached nature of the Government and at its inability to listen, to be clear about anything and to simply understand that many people are not in a position to pay water charges. The former Minister of State, Deputy Fergus...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government should consult the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, who actually came up with the idea of establishing the utility which he named Irish Water in his NewERA document in 2009. I know he was well advised at the time. If one reads it, one will note how he was super-confident...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer my basic question. He can ignore what I say if he wishes. That is fine; that is politics.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: I asked whether he agreed with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. Two Ministers, one former and one current, have essentially said Irish Water is a mess. The former Minister of State said it was an unmitigated disaster. The current Minister said there were serious errors in the company’s establishment - essentially a mess - and that he was not a member...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: 325. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle the mortgage crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35206/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: 375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding State board appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37637/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: 710. To ask the Minister for Health if waiting times for fund release under the fair deal scheme is currently at 15 weeks; the action being taken to reduce these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41587/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: 708. To ask the Minister for Health the legal basis that applies to grant payments under the fair deal scheme from the date funds are released rather than the date of approval to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41585/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: 709. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision not to provide funding under the fair deal scheme from the date of approval is in contravention to the Health Act 1970; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41586/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (4 Nov 2014)

Micheál Martin: 711. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that it will take 15 weeks to issue fair deal funding to a person (details supplied) whose application was approved on 1 October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41588/14]