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Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: The growth projections?

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is less than the Government's revised projection.

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: What about the employment projections?

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Has the Taoiseach any comment on the net job creation figure?

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: I did not ask about the OECD figures. I am asking about the Government's projections.

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Government has reduced by 40,000 the net increase in the number of jobs.

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: They are not.

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Government is predicting 40,000 fewer jobs than it was predicting five months ago.

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: I have worked with Apple for a long time.

Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: These are the Taoiseach's figures.

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: I wish to raise with the Taoiseach issues relating to legislation under the portfolio of the Departments of Justice and Equality and Defence and under the latter in particular. A serious matter occurred in recent days when, at an event organised by the HSE and the Department of Defence at Custume Barracks, Athlone, an edict was sent from the office of the Minister for Defence, Deputy...

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Moreover, similar events have taken place at the Curragh. This is a serious issue and is unprecedented.

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Moreover, the Minister's office confirmed that this order went out. The former Deputy, Ms Mary O'Rourke, who is a serious person, contacted my office.

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Three defence Bills are promised. One is the defence (amendment) (discipline) Bill, a second is the Civil Defence board (dissolution) Bill and the third is the defence (amendment) Bill, which is in section C of the Government legislation programme. I ask the Taoiseach to intervene personally as the Army should never be politicised in this manner. It always has been the precedent that all...

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: I ask for a provision to be put in the aforementioned Bills to ensure there will be no interference in respect of the invitation that should issue to public representatives irrespective of colour or creed-----

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----to any event involving the Army. It is a shocking event and I seek clarification from the Taoiseach on it.

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: I want the matter dealt with and I want the Taoiseach-----

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----to speak to the Minister, Deputy Shatter. It is not his Army, it is not Fine Gael's Army, it is the Irish Army and such invitations should be extended to all.

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: There are three Bills.

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2012)

Micheál Martin: Despite many promises and commitments to the contrary, the Government has failed abysmally to deal with the mortgage crisis effectively. There has been a clear lack of urgency, a lack of any commitment to radical action and, indeed, the Government's whole behaviour and response to the mortgage arrears crisis has been one of chronic inactivity. Mr. Matthew Elderfield is clearly becoming very...