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Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: -----and a Government which has put politics first in everything it does. According to them, they are unpopular because of tough decisions. This is nonsense.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: They are unpopular because so many of their decisions have been unfair, have caused avoidable damage and have been about managing the news cycle rather than shaping a better future for all parts of our society. If we look back at the budgets and major announcements of this Government, we find a constant effort to make claims which were the direct opposite of the truth. Every one of them...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: The people who claim to have delivered a democratic revolution while at the same time actively and significantly tightening Government control over the Oireachtas are not being listened to by a public which has grown cynical of everything it says.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: The long list of issues which the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have sought to claim credit for in their speeches is yet more of the same. As the OECD recently reported, the overwhelming reason for improvements in the economy has been a combination of international circumstances and the long-term strengths of the Irish economy, particularly the skills of our people. Public finances have...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: -----that it could not point to a specific effect the Government’s jobs plans have had on employment.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: That was a diplomatic way of saying "don’t try and use us to back up your claims to have created thousands of jobs." However both Irish and international studies agree that Fine Gael and Labour have had a significant impact in one area, they have made fiscal policy dramatically more regressive. They replaced a policy of putting the biggest burden on those with the most to one of...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: I would like to point out that I allowed the Taoiseach and Tánaiste their opportunity to speak without any interruption.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: I would like if we could have some gesture towards democracy-----

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: -----from the very rattled Labour Party backbenchers who are looking more rattled by the day. The facts are so clear that this year, for the first time in 20 years, the budget documentation this year did not include figures on the impact of changes on different income levels. As new taxes and charges mount, we should remember there were ten new tax increases in 2012, 20 in 2013, and a...

Business of Dáil (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order-----

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: One does.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: No, some 35,000 medical cards have been withdrawn. The Government has done the opposite.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: People in nursing homes are losing their medical cards.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach not know that?

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: Is the Government in touch with the reality?

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Government is not-----

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: -----and that is patently obvious. What is happening is unbelievable.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: The latest revelation is that they are all getting medical cards.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is very difficult to take this type of-----

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is a great man for saying black is white and white is black.