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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (14 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the equity of IT Tallaght losing €3.5 million from student, non Exchequer resources due to the failure of the State to provide promised capital funding; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this has significant implications for an institute. [13540/13]

European Council: Statements (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: The agenda for this week's summit yet again lacks either the urgency or the ambition required to tackle the immense problems facing the citizens of Europe. Since the last summit growth has fallen and an even deeper recession has been confirmed. Over 26 million people are now registered as unemployed including a further rise in youth unemployment. Uncertainty has returned to the bond...

European Council: Statements (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: He is certainly the first Taoiseach ever to take domestic politics on the road with him when he goes on international trips. This has stopped him consistently pushing Ireland's strongest arguments for the debt relief which is so important for our future.

European Council: Statements (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: Throughout 2011 he said that Ireland's problems were entirely its own fault. He went to Berlin and the strongest argument he could muster was that it would be a win for the whole team to help Ireland. By October last year he had finally started to recognise the role of the European Central Bank and EU-imposed policies in driving Ireland out of the bond market. On Monday he sought to...

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: By way of legislation.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach promised the Bill at the weekend. He promised new rules.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: When is it coming to the House?

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: Speaking recently at the Near social justice media conference, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, said that new legislation governing media ownership is a concern that the Government must be prepared to engage with. He committed to new rules on media mergers, but he did not say when they would be published. He said that in the context of a...

Order of Business (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: Will the media mergers legislation be a separate Bill?

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach a very straight and simple question. He refused to answer it yesterday and has refused to answer it today.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: Will there be independent oversight of the banks in their dealings with people in mortgage arrears?

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Keane report was published 18 months ago and its recommendations have not been followed through. A total of approximately 50 split mortgages out of 182,000 mortgages in arrears does not represent action by the Taoiseach or anyone else. The Governor of the Central Bank said he was tearing his hair out. The Deputy Governor, Ms Fiona Muldoon, said last November that the banks were not...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach talks about elections and by-elections. He should talk to those who are in mortgage arrears-----

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: -----who are working, who have salaries and who want to pay their mortgages. They have asked the banks to do a deal with them, but all they get in response is obstacles put in their way by the banks. There has been no action on this front. The banks were recapitalised to the tune of €9 billion to deal with the issue of mortgage impairment and mortgage difficulties, but there has...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: They put their hands in the air and stated they could not deal with it.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: Over the past two years, the Taoiseach has failed to do anything effective to help people in mortgage arrears. More than 180,000 mortgages are in arrears and the people involved are finding it extremely difficult to cope. Their experiences with the banks have been anything but pleasant. The Keane report, which was published over 18 months ago, made many recommendations, including the idea...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: Setting targets will not help. I gave examples yesterday of cases in Ashbourne and elsewhere in which people have had obstacle after obstacle put in front of them in respect of getting a deal with the bank.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: The banks were not dealing with them. Will there will be independent oversight of the deals the banks strike with individuals? Will this oversight have teeth and ensure that the restructuring that may take place will be effective and will have real meaning for people who find themselves in arrears?

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Numbers (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of staff in the Arts Unit in 2010, 2011, 2012 and currently; the budget for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13003/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Private Partnerships (13 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that IT Tallaght has spent €3.5 million from non-Exchequer resources as part of the preparatory phase of a major capital work which his Department included in its commitments under the public capital programme but which has subsequently not been funded; his views on whether it fair that the...