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- Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he or any of his officials have attended any meetings recently regarding recommendations in the Moriarty and Mahon Tribunal reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19792/12]
- Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 553: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he or any of his officials have attended any meetings recently regarding recommendations in the Moriarty and Mahon Tribunal reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19792/12]
- Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is not agreed.
- Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and commend him on that action.
- Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: I remind Deputy Buttimer the Ceann Comhairle is independent-----
- Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----and has the best interests of the Members of Parliament at heart. Deputy Buttimer should not be so angry. I do not know why he is heckling so much or why he seems so agitated.
- Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: This represents a substantive change to the Bill. The reason the motion is being tabled is because the amendments introduced were not contemplated by the original Bill. They were outside the scope of the original Bill and that is not good enough in the context of a debate that is being guillotined on Second, Committee, Report and Final Stages. This is shoddy treatment of Members of the...
- Croke Park Agreement (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has attended any meetings in relation to the implementation of the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19790/12]
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Government announced over a year ago that it planned to review the domiciliary care allowance in order to reduce costs. Since then there has been a relentless assault on children with special needs and the domiciliary care allowance and this is unacceptable and wrong in my view. As a result of the reviews to date, nearly 50% of children with autism and with serious special needs have...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is on the wrong issue.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has missed the point completely. The issue is not about the review of payments at the age of 16 that the Minister has initiated. I am talking about children as young as four to eight years of age whose domiciliary allowances are being taken from them because of desk-top reviews. I met the parents concerned outside the gates of Leinster House this morning and I have also met...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: They were due to meet the Minister for Social Protection but 20 minutes beforehand they were advised that the meeting would not go ahead. I am not talking about a review, I want a change of policy. Since this system moved from the Department of Health to the Department of Social Protection it is clear there is a deliberate policy afoot to target children with autism by removing their...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is having a devastating impact on families who up to now have used that money for therapeutic interventions, including occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and a range of other special needs therapies. Why is it that the cuts the Taoiseach has initiated are hitting the most vulnerable in our society above and beyond anybody else? It is not just me who is saying so,...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: I want a change of policy. Will the Taoiseach confirm that he will change the policy as it is being implemented for autistic children?
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: The reality is different.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: No, I want a policy change.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: The people concerned asked me to give the Taoiseach these letters.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: Be careful, Taoiseach.
- Official Engagements (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his recent activities in relation to the inter-faith dialogue. [16226/12]
- Official Engagements (24 Apr 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he has recently met any of the religious orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19783/12]