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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health if he has had any contact with the Board of Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, regarding the challenging budgetary situation at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55595/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Patronage (11 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health the names of the hospitals in the greater Dublin area that are under the direct managerial control of the Health Service Executive; the managerial structures that are in place in other Dublin hospitals; the Dublin hospitals that are under the patronage of the Roman Catholic Church, Church of Ireland and any other Christian denomination; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Vessels Decommissioning (11 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the various schemes including hardship funds and their eligibility criteria for the decommissioning of fishing vessels as permitted by the relevant authority here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55401/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Vessels Decommissioning (11 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available for decommissioning fishing vessels here; the eligibility criteria for the decommissioning of a fishing vessel (details supplied) in County Wicklow which has been deemed unfit to fish; if he will clarify the suitability of the vessel to avail of relevant funding in relation to its decommissioning; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Vessels Decommissioning (11 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate the concerns of a person (details supplied) in relation to a fishing vessel; if he appreciates the difficulties facing the person; if he will meet with the person to discuss their concerns; if he will clarify the way this person's concerns may be brought to a final resolution; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (11 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a company (details supplied) in County Cork which is accredited by the Irish Medicines Board as a pharmaceutical wholesaler and which has made a total of 14 submissions to the Health Service Executive in order to be awarded GMS codes for the 14 products it is trying to register, has not received any definitive response from the HSE regarding its...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health if he has had any contact with the Board of Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, regarding the challenging budgetary situation at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55595/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Patronage (11 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health the names of the hospitals in the greater Dublin area that are under the direct managerial control of the Health Service Executive; the managerial structures that are in place in other Dublin hospitals; the Dublin hospitals that are under the patronage of the Roman Catholic Church, Church of Ireland and any other Christian denomination; and if he will make a...

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: They have not. The Taoiseach took his severance pay. I waived mine.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is true. I apologise.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: The only image that is embedded in the minds of students is the Minister for Education and Skills on the steps of Trinity College, Dublin, swearing blind and signing on the dotted line that he would reverse the student contribution charge and not increase it. Yesterday, we discovered the student charge will now be over €1,000. That is what students are saying about the Minister. The...

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: The increase in the charge is regressive. We need to encourage people to get through education.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Minister is talking about the past 14 years. The most important statistic to come out in the past three weeks about Irish education is that we now have a 90% completion rate in second level. That is because of the strategic decisions we took about second level completion and investment.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: Our second level participation rates have moved from 78% to 90% in a decade. We want to do the same with third level. We have one of the highest participation rates of second level students going into third level of any European Union country. This is because of a sustained and agreed approach to third level education. It cannot be thrown away now because it will undermine a key strategic...

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday, there was a bit of delegation going on with the budget. The Higher Education Authority was given a €25 million cut but it was claimed no services would be impacted, which is simply not credible. Again, the Minister will be at one remove when these cuts are introduced.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: The same goes for the unspecified cut of €13 million for the vocational education committees.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: When it happens on the ground, it will not be the Minister who will be blamed but some anonymous group.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: We did. The Minister is wrong. That is a spurious political claim. We costed our budget proposals and tabled parliamentary questions to get more information.

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: I hope the Minister of State is not suggesting parliamentary replies are untrue or inaccurate. Is that what he is suggesting?

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: We look at the replies in good faith that they are accurate and tell us the truth. Maybe they do not.