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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....

Order of Business (13 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: I refer to the Government's initiative for a fundamental review of hospital services in the south-east region and in particular to review the status of Waterford Regional Hospital with a view to downgrading it from category four to category three. Will the Taoiseach allow time for a debate on that issue? Government Deputies are due to meet the Secretary General of the Department of Health....

Order of Business (13 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: These matters are relevant to the country as a whole because there would be increased demand on other regions such as Dublin, Cork and elsewhere. I do not think it is a tenable or sustainable proposition but it is a large-scale proposal. A meeting was held in the audiovisual room this morning with a group from Waterford who came to lobby Deputies. Given that many thousands of people...

Order of Business (13 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is broader than that. The Taoiseach should allocate Government time to allow a debate.

Order of Business (13 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: We have them and they are in huge demand. People are under time and access pressure. They have a lot to cope with. I ask the Taoiseach when is the health (amendment) (No. 2) Bill due before the House.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (13 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: It might be no harm to do a study.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (13 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: My question was whether pensions and salaries were discussed. Outside the financial world there is a significant sense that these people have set their own rates, globally. If we look at history, at the late 1920s and the analyses of the Wall Street Crash, the raison d'être and entire approach of the financial sector has been to create products and services that nobody - allegedly -...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (13 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----and intelligent products to sell in terms of pension funds, derivatives, or whatever. We saw where all of that got us. Throughout history the rest of society has tended to nod the head deferentially and genuflect in the direction of the financial elites. That is where we stand and it is time we challenged that position. I am all for the IFSC and for the jobs but we all accept this...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (13 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach accept that a balance is always required in dialogue with industry, which is necessary – the Clearing House Group has been effective in that regard – to ensure relations are not too cosy and that there is clear guidance on how to proceed and rules of engagement between the sector and Government officials? The financial services area is a competitive world. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (13 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach the number of times officials from his Department attended Clearing House Group meetings in relation to the International Financial Services Centre; the main issues being discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44239/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (13 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to date in his Department in relation to the strategy to create 10,000 jobs in the International Financial Services Centre sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44240/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (13 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he has met representatives of the International Financial Services Centre recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49613/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Public Sector Allowances (13 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: As a principle, any change must ensure those with the most and those on higher incomes contribute the most to the resolution of the crisis we are in. I put to the Taoiseach my contention that this exercise was completely oversold from the beginning. It was suggested it would yield massive savings. The massive spin machine employed by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Public Sector Allowances (13 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made in relation to allowances in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42658/12]