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Other Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: While this is not the Ceann Comhairle's fault, it is very restrictive.

Other Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: I have no doubt about that. The Taoiseach has stated the committee met nine times since the October budget. I believe he has said the committee is due to meet again in the next two weeks.

Other Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: There is a very acrimonious debate, through anonymous briefings in the media, between the Minister for Health and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on the forthcoming White Paper on health. When will the health committee of the Cabinet meet specifically to discuss this issue? Will it be meeting to ensure the White Paper will give specific details on how much individual families...

Other Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: I will not have such a discussion. When will the committee meet again to specifically discuss those 13,000 mortgage holders affected by the IBRC liquidation, as the Taoiseach has mentioned March? The vast majority of these are rank and file people and they are being thrown to the wolves. They are very insecure and anxious about this issue. It is remiss of the Government not to have thought...

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: That is the problem.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Attorney General never decides policy.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is not an inquiry, just a review.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is not a statutory review.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach repeat that?

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: The only people who have been endeavouring to sow confusion on this issue are the Taoiseach and the Minister. I ask the Taoiseach to clarify the role and remit of the retired High Court judge. Can we expect a commission of inquiry under the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 or simply the appointment of a retired judge to review documentation and make subsequent recommendations? Is that...

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: Just a review.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: To whom will the judge be answerable?

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: Ever since the reports appeared in The Sunday Times on the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, being placed under surveillance, the Government, in particular the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, has sought until now to undermine public confidence in GSOC and essentially rubbish the allegations about the alleged surveillance. The Taoiseach told an...

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: I understand the Government has now decided to set up some form of inquiry, but does the Taoiseach accept that the Minister for Justice and Equality fundamentally withheld very basic and vital information that was in the public interest from the House last Tuesday evening? Is he satisfied with the Minister's behaviour in this entire episode?

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: I was reminded of what Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall, had said and ask the Taoiseach if concurs with him. He stated:My job is answerable to the Oireachtas. It is not answerable to individual Ministers.Does the Taoiseach accept that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is not answerable to him or the Minister?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Communities Abroad (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's actions on the Irish diaspora; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2219/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he took to mark the 20th anniversary of the Downing Street Declaration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2177/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Marching Season (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: 158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position regarding the proposals on the Parades Commission made by Dr. Haass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2202/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Marching Season (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: 159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to meet the Ulster Unionist Party to discuss the Haass report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2210/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (18 Feb 2014)

Micheál Martin: 160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is reviewing the number of Irish embassies across the eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3533/14]