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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (12 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding reforming the Oireachtas committee system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39134/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (12 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if a Cabinet sub-committee on political reform has been established; if so the number of times it has met. [39365/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (12 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the plans he has to reform Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47756/13]

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: I would also encourage him to push the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste to address beyond empty platitudes the issue of Britain’s referendum on EU membership. Ireland has a significant national interest in Britain’s future in the European Union. We must make our position plain and prepare for any eventuality.

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: The summit’s conclusions on the digital economy and innovation mark incremental rather than significant progress.  Policies agreed some time ago are inching towards implementation. A genuine single market in digital services will be of significant benefit to Ireland. It is an area which has been prioritised by the enterprise agencies for a number of years and this activity has...

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: By choosing a party event to make his only significant comment about this issue-----

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: -----and by mixing it with talk about what he intends to do after the next election, the Taoiseach has confirmed the nature of the campaign.

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: The campaign is proceeding with such energy that even the most gullible would be well advised to step back and see what is actually going on.

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: Let no one be fooled: there is no negotiating of exit terms from the troika programme. The programme is coming to an end after three years and we would have to negotiate to avoid exiting it. It is cynical, even by the standards of the Government, to try to redefine the end of the programme as "negotiating an exit", particularly as Fine Gael and the Labour Party voted against measures which...

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: I did. I did so last week.

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: The first phase of the campaign was to get people to believe the programme was not ending on schedule but that an exit was being negotiated. The next phase is to avoid defining specific objectives for a post-bailout back-stop and the final target is to hail whatever happens as a significant victory. The Government has refused to level with the people on how much a back-stop might be worth...

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: That sums it up: "At least there was a letter." Cover one's back, cover the tracks.

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach can send a press release stating we sent a letter to all of the Heads of State and that the Government is great altogether. Then he leaks it, but he does not seem to think it is worthwhile that we discuss the letter here.

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: Why could the Taoiseach not do this?

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach for a record of his meeting with the President of the European Council, Mr. von Rompuy, but he would not give it to me.

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach opposed it. I asked him for it, but he has persistently refused to provide the documentation on another figment of his imagination.

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should not go on too long now-----

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: -----because he has been the least accountable Taoiseach to the Dáil I have ever come across in terms of what he is prepared to make available to us.

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: Every Cabinet committee the Taoiseach establishes is designed to avoid people getting their hands on information for months and years afterwards.

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Micheál Martin: What has been agreed to so far is not a banking union. The single supervisory mechanism, the single resolution mechanism and the deposit guarantee directive under discussion will not create a genuine banking union. Risk will not be shared across the eurozone and there will be no uniformity in regulation. The biggest problem with this is not that it will precipitate a new financial crisis...