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Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----above which there are very few people, and then he quotes percentages. The key targets and objectives of the National Treatment Purchase Fund and its achievements over the years were dramatically reducing those on waiting lists for more than three months and six months. Since the Minister, Deputy Reilly, has come to office those waiting lists-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----have escalated and gone through the roof.

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is not just those on this side of the House who have deep misgivings about how the Minister, Deputy Reilly, is acting. One Labour Minister is quoted as saying: "Several times I have tried to work with him on a number of things and he appears to be so partisan that if you're not one of his cronies, he doesn't want to know. I don't have that problem with any other Fine Gael Minister."...

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: "The first I heard of the cuts was the HSE announcement," said the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock. "Everyone else has managed to live with Croke Park and keep within budget. What is so special about James Reilly?" asked one senior figure. I ask the Taoiseach to read any newspaper in the past three weeks. The benches here deserted that man in droves in recent weeks and left him...

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach would be well advised not to be attacking this side of the House but to reflect on what is, unfortunately and regrettably, a common refrain across this House irrespective of party or constituency in terms of the management of the health service in 2012.

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: Do they have confidence?

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: I want to tell the Taoiseach something about the files in the Taoiseach's office that were shredded. Is that a figment of his imagination, Lenin coming to Ireland in 1922?

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: I think the Taoiseach is terrified of some of those on his left-hand side.

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: Speaking in his defence?

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: Roscommon.

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach promised them left, right and centre, and was caught out on tape.

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: He swore blind in here that he gave them no promise, but the tape appeared and he was recorded making a very definitive commitment.

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: Whom is the Taoiseach codding?

Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of septic tank owners that have signed up to the registration system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39006/12]

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: Before the last general election, the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, personally led a deeply cynical campaign on health promises and health issues. Across the length and breadth of the country, he promised that he and Fine Gael would ensure that no one lost any services and that a set of new, free services would be provided. Upon his appointment, the Minister announced the abolition of...

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: She even offered to chair those negotiations herself. However, she wrote to the Minister on 27 July asking for a report and stating she had no delegated statutory authority in respect of primary care and that she had not been consulted with regard to any matter pertaining to the budget. I put it to the Taoiseach that the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, was asked specifically a number...

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: I ask the Taoiseach whether the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, is correct in stating the Government's commitment to health reform genuinely is being questioned because of the Minister's lack of proactive engagement with the issues. Will the Taoiseach comment on reports that there will be numerous cutbacks in hospitals? Will he outline to the House how hospital deficits will be dealt...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether it will now be 2016 before water charges are introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38807/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach when the Committee on Economic Recovery and Jobs met recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36949/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Confidentiality (18 Sep 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach the stage the draft legislation in relation to Cabinet confidentiality is at within his Department, the number of meetings that have taken place to discuss same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36950/12]