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Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach send it onto us? Will the Taoiseach communicate with us?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: Another tribe.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: Not really.

Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: No. The Bill was published last Friday week and Committee and Remaining Stages are to be taken today. The legislation will enable the Minister for Health to change the eligibility criteria for medical cards without ever having to return to the House again. It provides the Minister with extraordinary powers to determine who will be eligible for a medical card into the future. In addition,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: My party initiated the financial services centre in Dublin over 25 years ago. The IFSC has created sustained and significant employment for more than 25 years. I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that it is important, as a policy objective, for this country to keep track of the issues and the evolution of the industry. This is one of a range of industries that need to be maintained and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: It is not, actually. I would like to make my point. I know an argument can be made about Russian money, etc. Some high profile banks from mainland Europe have been found guilty of massive money-laundering as well. Have the Taoiseach and the clearing house assessed the implications of the consequences of the Cypriot deal for the financial services centre there? Have they reflected on the...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer both of my questions. The first was whether he agrees with the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, that the representative bodies were doing a disservice to their members, and the second was whether he accepts that Garda morale is very low. I would like a straight answer to the second question. Does the Taoiseach accept that Garda morale is very low?

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: Every time the Taoiseach says that a desk job, a clerical job or a teacher's job is the same as that of a garda, he does a disservice to gardaí. He shows a fundamental lack of respect for what they do. Their job is different from those of most other public servants. They did not have SIPTU representing them, as did others whom the Taoiseach mentioned. No one else is out chasing...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: That is a divide-and-conquer routine of the most cynical kind, which the Taoiseach should abandon. It is either fair, just and right, or it is not. If it is good enough for one group it should be good enough for the Garda Síochána. The Taoiseach should forget the pettiness about whether the Garda groups were represented. The Government has an obligation to arrest this decline in...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: I have every right to come in here and articulate on behalf of the Garda, or anybody else for that matter.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: I have every right to do it and I am entitled to raise these questions. We live in a democracy.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: Would the Taoiseach answer it, please?

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: They were represented by trade unions. There were signed deals done left, right and centre.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: So the Taoiseach punishes the Garda?

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach support the Minister?

Other Questions: Coillte Lands (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: Or he takes the Minister.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: I have met dozens of gardaí during the past number of months who feel completely ignored by the Government and who feel there is a fundamental lack of respect for the work that they do on behalf of society and our citizens. It is clear to me that morale in An Garda Síochána is at an all-time low and at a tipping point. Gardaí feel ignored by the current Government. They...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers with stacked payments will be able to carry these forward into the new Common Agricultural Policy 2014-2020; if he is in favour of maintaining these rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14653/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Schemes (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers currently in the rural environment protection scheme 4 and the agri environment schemes 1 and 2 schemes; the number that have received their 2012 payments; the reason for the delay in payment to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14667/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (26 Mar 2013)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on any meetings he has attended at which the horse meat fraud was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9699/13]