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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Micheál Martin: No, some 35,000 medical cards have been withdrawn.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.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: Sorry, did the Taoiseach say that there will not be any change to today's schedule of business?

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: There will be no announcement today.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Shortall did not say that.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: There was an expectation that resolutions in regard to the appointment of new Ministers to effect to the long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle might come before the House today. The body language of certain Ministers is getting worse by the day-----

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: -----and by the hour, as Deputy Mattie McGrath has helpfully suggested to me. It would be useful to the Dáil if we had some sense of when we can expect that announcement in terms of the scheduling of the Dáil. We just passed the announcement of the Order of Business. Does that indicate that there will not be an announcement today and, if that is the case, I would appreciate if...