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- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: People will be paying for it.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Government was advised not to do this by the body it commissioned.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: No, he has not.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: We put in freedom of information requests and got nothing.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: The manner in which Irish Water has been established under a cloak of secrecy has angered many people across the country. The people were not told by anyone in Government that the establishment of Irish Water would cost €180 million, €50 million of it for consultancies, a fact that we learned only from the Today with Sean O’Rourke radio programme last Thursday....
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: This was a deliberate, premeditated, conscious decision to hide information that he had in his possession from the Dáil. He made a decision not to give that information to the House when he was asked for it and by extension to deny it to the people of the country and our citizens. In short, our Parliament and our citizens have been treated with contempt by the Minister and the Government.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: There were further attempts to make sure that Irish Water was wrapped in a cloud of secrecy. There was a debacle before Christmas when the entire Opposition had to walk out because debate on Irish Water was shut down. There was a deliberate decision taken to exclude Irish Water from the parameters of the Freedom of Information Act and so forth. All last week Ministers pretended they did...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: From when?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: It was not. The Taoiseach is wrong.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach’s response is incredible and disgraceful.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: It is disgraceful for the Taoiseach to come in here and say that every bit of information is available to the House. I have the list of questions that were tabled over the past 12 months about Irish Water and absolutely no detail or answers were forthcoming for Members of this House.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: Members have been treated with contempt. The Taoiseach has come here today and added insult to injury today by pretending all is well, all is transparent. The only reason we are discussing this question today and people came in yesterday is because Sean O’Rourke asked the question of Mr. Tierney, who gave an answer about consultancies. The Taoiseach and the Minister in particular...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should not say what he did about savings. The savings will arise because people will be paying for water. That is the basic major saving that will be occasioned as a consequence of the imposition of charges.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: It is a disingenuous proposition to put to this House, as the Taoiseach has done today, that somehow information will be available to Members when they ask questions, or through freedom of information requests. When the Act was published there was a conscious decision to exclude Irish Water from its parameters. The Taoiseach also needs to confirm that the 34 local authorities will continue...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: I want the Taoiseach to answer the question that I asked originally. Why did the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government decide not to provide specific answers and give the actual information that he had in his possession about the establishment costs of Irish Water to Deputies when they asked those questions over the past 12 months? Why did he refuse to provide that...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Membership Issues (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make a statement on the possibility of Britain leaving the EU. [50299/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Membership Issues (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the possibility of a referendum on leaving the EU when he met Prime Minister Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50125/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the comments made recently on past crimes from the Attorney General in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51400/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be raising the outstanding Weston Park agreement issues with Prime Minister Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53727/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be repeating the request for an independent inquiry into the murder of Mr Pat Finucane following the Smithwick Inquiry Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53728/13]