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Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: With a deficit of over €400 million in the health service, people were very concerned to read that a substantial amount of money had been hidden under the mattress in the Department of Health in the past few months, both for capital expenditure and the National Treatment Purchase Fund. Many of the people who depend on home help hours must be wondering why the number of home help hours...

Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: The reports of the premature and sudden death of Savita Halappanavar and her baby in University Hospital Galway are particularly tragic, harrowing and shocking to all concerned. We all extend our sympathies to her husband, Praveen, and their families at this sad time for them. For decades Ireland has had and has always aimed towards the lowest maternal death rates in pregnancy and during...

Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: I want to make it clear that my objective here is not political. I am a layperson but, from a preliminary reading of this matter, it seems to me this woman should not have died in these circumstances. I accept that this is a subjective early assessment, but there are a range of issues involved. First, a woman has died in circumstances which are rare in Ireland and, accordingly, an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2013 (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he or his officials have attended in relation to Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45669/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Debt Restructuring (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if the timing of the forthcoming elections in Germany are influencing the timeline of when Ireland's debt issue will be examined by the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47315/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Debt Restructuring (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland is a special case in relation to dealing with our legacy debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48330/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if bank bonuses were already discussed at the level of EU leaders; or if there are plans to discuss them in the context of the Liikanen review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42930/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed increasing banking regulation with any of the EU leaders recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42927/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a copy of the Liikanen Review Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45674/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the recommendations of the Fiscal Council should be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42653/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the recommendations of the Fiscal Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45673/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met the members of the Fiscal Council recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44105/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if officials from his Department have met with members of the Fiscal Council recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47227/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met the Fiscal Council or members thereof recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49612/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Council Meetings (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if the reports that the draft EU agenda for the October Council meeting contain proposals for tighter binding contracts for Eurozone countries expanding control of national economic policies are correct; his policy in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44101/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bi-lateral meetings he has held with Mr Mario Draghi since 1 January 2012. [47361/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Stability Mechanism (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made an assessment on the wider implications of Irish banks being part of the European Stability Mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47588/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Submissions (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have received the St. Vincent de Paul Society pre-budget submission; his plans to meet the society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48177/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Financial Stability Facility (14 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance if the lack of need for a bailout for Spain was discussed with Prime Minister Rajoy; the implications of this position for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48329/12]

Education Funding: Motion [Private Members] (13 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: During the 20 months the Government has been in office it has consistently sought to avoid responsibility for its own decisions. It has put out a never-ending stream of press releases praising its members as visionaries who are setting everything right. This has been accompanied by a constant effort to diminish, ignore and then deny flat-out the clear evidence of bad decisions and policies....