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Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: Since June.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: Sorry, but could the Taoiseach repeat that please?

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: My question relates to the Supplementary Estimate for this year which the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has indicated will be necessary for the Department of Health.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: Sometimes the motions are put without debate. Supplementary Estimates can be taken without debate but I am putting a marker down-----

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am not talking about committees but about a plenary session of the Dáil. Can we have a debate on the Supplementary Estimate for the Department of Health?

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am requesting that the Estimate be debated in plenary session in the House.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: As leader of the Opposition, I am asking for Government time, in a plenary session of the Dáil, to discuss the Supplementary Estimate for the Department of Health.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: I beg your pardon?

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: Does that mean the Taoiseach will not provide time for a debate on the Supplementary Estimate?

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Kelleher, my party's spokesperson on health, has just indicated that he was given a commitment that the Supplementary Estimate would be discussed in the Dáil Chamber.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, has given a commitment on forthcoming legislation that people who genuinely cannot pay the property tax will be eligible for a waiver or can have it attached against the value of their property. When can we expect legislation to provide a property tax? Also, will the legislation promised by the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, on the...

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: I sent the details to the Minister.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, knows that they do not have the money.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: I want the system to be changed and it can be.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: The fund was wiped out in its entirety.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: No, I do not.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is rubbish. The Taoiseach got rid of demographic bodies.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is frightening.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: The past 12 months have not been good for people with disabilities. It has been a year of cutbacks, fear, anxiety, worry, frustration and anger. The anger is mainly directed at the Government and those in authority who do not seem to realise the impact of cuts on the ground for people with disabilities. We are hearing this loud and clear from parents across the country on a continuing...

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----that the only children that cannot be guaranteed a place coming out of school are young people with disabilities.