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Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste did make commitments. We all remember, "It is Labour's way or Frankfurt's way".

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: We all remember that deception. The Tánaiste voted against every measure to correct the public finances in 2009 and 2010. He spoke on budgets from this side of the House-----

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----saying the Government was going to rob child benefit from people's pockets.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: He was Mr. Angry. Does he not remember Mr. Angry over there? He has now done a U-turn on every single thing he protested about.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: The point is he made promises he had no intention of keeping. That is why one of Labour's former Ministers, Deputy Shortall, has described its performance in government as "embarrassing".

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is why Senator Whelan said what he said. He said the Tánaiste had made a liar out of him, and he wrote it in yesterday's The Star newspaper. I asked the Tánaiste a very basic question which he skirted around. I repeat: why was the Fine Gael promise not to increase taxes on people earning more than €100,000 more important than the promises made by the Labour Party? The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Negotiations (13 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date on fishery discussions at EU level for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55981/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Eligibility (13 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers broken down by county who will be affected by Budget 2013 changes to the suckler cow welfare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55966/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (13 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in relation to criminal investigations arising from the Moriarty Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56143/12]

Topical Issue Debate: Report on Murder of Pat Finucane (12 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. The report is shocking and reveals why the British Government did not want a public inquiry. The scale and depth of collusion between the RUC, the British army and the UDA and other loyalist forces are such that a public inquiry would probably reveal much more about the wider systemic nature of the collusion. In 1991 Mr. Ken Barrett, the person...

Topical Issue Debate: Report on Murder of Pat Finucane (12 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: Today's release of the de Silva report and the British Prime Minister's statement on the shocking level of State collusion in the brutal murder of Pat Finucane opens up a dark chapter in our country's history. The report, however, does not meet the fair, objective criteria of a full investigation into the murder. The Finucane family has completely rejected the report as a whitewash and has...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: This week the European Council is meeting at a time when the economic situation in Europe is taking a significant turn for the worse. The growth projections for all major economies and the eurozone as a whole have just been cut. Within the eurozone unemployment has increased by over 170,000 since leaders last met and now reached the unprecedented figure of 18.7 million people out of work....

Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: On the Order of Business-----

Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: We need to-----

Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, the Standing Order which eliminates the opportunity to have an Order of Business because of the calling of votes is reprehensible. It was slipped in by way of Dáil reform measures and needs to be reviewed and changed, as it is anti-democratic and does not give Members of the House a fair opportunity on a Wednesday morning to raise issues of importance. It is...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is not agreed. The reply we got to our opposition to proposal No. 1 was not satisfactory. The Taoiseach needs to direct the answers to the questions asked. We have seen the inadequacy and the appalling manner in which the Social Welfare Bill is being rammed through the House to suppress dissent, maintain cohesion within Government ranks and facilitate Government Deputies in order that...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: There are only eight minutes for each amendment in the Social Welfare Bill and that is only for the spokespersons.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: That does not allow any Deputy aside from the spokespersons to speak.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: What I am anxious to do-----

Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am anxious to allow time to speak for many Deputies in the House, particularly Labour Party and Fine Gael Deputies who have voiced significant opposition to child benefit cuts and the respite care grant cuts.