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Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach can text all the changes to us.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: This is a very important issue.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: This is the final opportunity I will have to raise the matter prior to the summer recess.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach write back to me?

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: It has been a month since I wrote to the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: This is a serious issue.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: Members would like to know how the key administrative position in the House is going to the filled.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: We are not going to be informed as to how it will be filled. That is contrary to everything which has been said to date.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: It is also contrary to everything the Government indicated would happen.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: We have had no transparency from the Taoiseach on it and no proposals have been forthcoming.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: We have no sense of what is going to happen and this is despite all the commitments given by the Taoiseach and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: Legislation was promised and it has not been forthcoming.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: What is happening is regrettable. The House is being badly treated.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: It is not agreed to. I will not force a vote on this. I again want to articulate our disquiet at the frequent use of guillotines in regard to such Bills. This is an important Bill which will have a very significant impact on many patients and people who will have to attend our public hospitals in the coming months and years. It merits significant debate on Committee Stage, in particular,...

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: In the four weeks since then things have become worse in terms of reform procedures. We see the evidence of that all the time.

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: I wrote to the Taoiseach on 3 July in regard to the delay in filling the position of Secretary General Clerk of the Dáil post which is to become vacant on 5 August 2013. The Clerk will retire tomorrow and we might have an opportunity to speak on that. I wrote a lengthy letter to the Taoiseach in which I pointed out that the process relating to the appointment of the Clerk or Secretary...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: It was used to balance the budget last year.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: Taoiseach, it was fresh money this year. The money was used to balance it last year.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: It was used to reduce the deficit.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach the issues he discussed with the Greek Prime Minister at their recent meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26615/13]