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Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: Even that limited objective was not achieved. Ireland needs a banking union to be established as soon as possible. The Taoiseach should use the upcoming meeting to call for the negotiations to be restarted and taken out of the hands of the finance Ministers. Five months after the game change on bank-related debt, this progress also appears to be under threat. As no advance work was done...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: This week's European summit is focused on the topic of the European Union budget. It is taking place at a time when many other issues are in danger of slipping back into crisis and further significant damage is being done to the Union and its member states. The summit's backdrop is one of deepening division and a real threat that the Union will lose a member state. The facts are enough to...

Order of Business (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: There is a cut of 8% in this regard.

Order of Business (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: I want to ask the Taoiseach about a number of legislative commitments for people with disabilities, as contained in the programme for Government. As the Taoiseach knows, thousands of people will be marching today in protest against cuts to disability services. There is a lot of concern about special needs assistants, resources in special schools and the disability allowance. Will the...

Order of Business (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: People are marching today because they have witnessed a significant cut in disability services across the board in welfare, health and education.

Order of Business (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: There is a mismatch between the legislative commitments in the programme for Government and the reality on the ground in terms of people with disabilities.

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach stated the Minister had no contact with Praveen Halappanavar. He should have had contact with him and no one would have cast any aspersions on such contact. The Taoiseach's explanation this morning is incredible, and I find it very difficult to understand and comprehend. It is natural to make contact in a situation were a husband has lost his wife through very tragic and rare...

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is what I just said.

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is the tribunal of inquiries legislation. That is the old Act.

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach confirmed in the Dáil yesterday that no one from the Government, including the Minister for Health, had made personal contact with the Halappanavar family or with Praveen Halappanavar. I find this inexplicable and beyond acceptable. There should have been contact, and personal contact, from the very beginning. This failure has been compounded by the added failure from...

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: No, there would not.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Agencies (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the proposed rationalisation of State agencies to be completed; the overall savings that it will achieve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51640/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received any representations from the board or management of a school (details supplied) in relation to disability access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51790/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agreed funding to build an extra classroom in a school (details supplied); if the funding is sufficient; when the development is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51791/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or is Department have received a request for extra funding for extra classrooms in a school (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51792/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his officials have made any recommendations following the most recent report from the National Competitiveness Council; if there are any outcomes from this in his own Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49723/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the economic unit within his Department has considered the recent EU report on competitiveness; the implications of the report for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48025/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the his Department's commitments under the Action Plan for Jobs. [47372/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (21 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role his Department officials have in relation to job creation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47228/12]

Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: We have heard the announcement of a challenge to the outcome of the referendum on children's rights to the Supreme Court, given the Government's failure to present materials objectively and in accordance with the McKenna judgment, and the decision of the Supreme Court essentially to make that ruling. What does the Taoiseach believe the impact of the challenge to the constitutionality of the...