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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Adams is in a far better position than anybody in this House to make a comprehensive statement, not only on the McConville case but also generally. As Brendan Hughes asks in the book, who met Willie Whitelaw, and why?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: It is to that hypocrisy that I am referring. Nobody outside Deputy Adams's set believes he was never in the IRA; that is the bottom line and what people balk at.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: Sorry?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: No, I did not, actually.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: To be blunt about it, you need to be careful about who you are accusing. There were too many people within your own fold who collaborated.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: It is clear that the momentum has changed in the United States. The Schumer Bill has made progress because of the electoral and political changes in the United States which is to be welcomed. However, significant work still needs to happen with regard to the Republican Party because that is where the action is. Fianna Fáil facilitated all-party delegations in the past. I ask the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: It was written by a former British Army general---

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: Did Deputy Adams say it was a "must read"? I would say that this is also a "must read". It is wrong to try to undermine the people who were responsible for writing this. They are not anti-peace process. In fact, Anthony McIntyre will say that if the IRA and all those who supported their war were honest, they would have said they should have packed up in 1974. From his perspective,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: I do not accept the view that anyone who says anything against the leader of Sinn Féin or against the Sinn Féin Party is somehow to be demonised and just dismissed as being anti-peace process. We are asked please not to take any heed whatsoever of anything that has been said or written and take no heed of what is in the Belfast oral history project. We are to ignore all of that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: I wrote to Senator Hillary Clinton about this and I am asking the Taoiseach whether he sees the need to discuss the pursuit of this by the PSNI and the British authorities with the American authorities. The Tánaiste met with the US Attorney General, Eric Holder, recently. Perhaps the Taoiseach can outline whether the Government, through the Minister for Justice and Equality or the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: I am asking about Question No. 3, which is to do with the oral history project.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he held bilateral meetings when he visited Boston to receive an honorary degree; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23703/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the meetings he attended when visiting Boston; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25193/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the issue of the Boston College Belfast oral history project papers when he was at the college recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26617/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he met any of the undocumented Irish groups when in Boston; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26624/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. He indicated that he had very little time for bilateral meetings during his recent visit to Boston. I am somewhat concerned that he did not meet representatives of the undocumented Irish, as requested by them. It is important that he and Ministers should make time for meetings with these groups when visiting the United States in order to get a sense of...

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: What does the Taoiseach mean by that it is not within my keeping?

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Secretary General of the Department of Finance has said there will be a tax.

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: It is now 9 July.

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Micheál Martin: The mortgage arrears crisis shows no sign of abating. We heard at the weekend about significant disagreements between the Financial Regulator and the banks regarding the content of a sustainable resolution package for mortgage arrears and the pace of progress being made by the banks. The economic impact of the mortgage arrears crisis is severe. It is hammering consumer confidence and...