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Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----are doing what they wish across the city. Is the Garda Síochána adequately resourced to deal with these criminal warlords who seem to think that-----

Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----they can act with impunity and without any reference to the law?

Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach needs to communicate that to Deputy Shortall.

Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: I ask the Taoiseach to define what he means by the next period. Is it two to three months?

Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Minister has had the report for four months.

Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: The rumblings were very clear.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: I will put a number of points to the Taoiseach. Some fair points have been made in terms of the Good Friday Agreement and the transformation, at one level, in the political framework. However, the social and economic dimension has not been built upon. Many people live in areas where there is much unemployment and where significant socio-economic deprivation still prevails. In west Belfast...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: I put it to the Taoiseach that, in reality, the events of the past few months have reinforced the fact that we can take nothing for granted in regard to the situation in Northern Ireland and building peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland. There is a clear sense of drift in the engagement on the North with the London and Dublin Governments. Particularly on the North-South strand,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to meet with the new Secretary to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38803/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to visit the North of Ireland in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39018/12]

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is not the truth.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: We found all of this out through freedom of information requests and from the media. We found out nothing from the Government. In fact, the last parliamentary question that the Minister, Deputy Reilly, answered in May stated that urban and rural deprivation was the clear criterion. He said nothing about anything else, and we have received no documentation from the Taoiseach or the Minister...

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: She wrote that when she met the Minister, Deputy Reilly, to discuss primary care policy on 29 February 2012, they agreed, and subsequently minuted, that "the provision of centres should be informed by needs analysis, with priority given to areas of urban and rural deprivation". Her letter goes on to mention the universal primary care team cementing that. The Taoiseach has not been straight...

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach at least agree that the Minister, Deputy Reilly, should come before this House make a statement on the issue, outlining why he did what he did, and allow Deputies from across the House to ask him basic questions on this matter? I understand a private notice question has not been accepted today. This is a national issue concerning the roll-out of primary care centres...

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: This is the only opportunity I have to raise this.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: It has been aired everywhere else except the Dáil. We have two or three minutes to raise it here and we have no further opportunity to do so. I ask the Taoiseach to agree that the Minister should come before the House today to make a statement and answer questions from Members of the House.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: The criteria for assessment?

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: We know that.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: Could the Taoiseach produce the documentation on that?

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: Could the Taoiseach produce the documentation? This is all after the decision.