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Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am not questioning the Chair. I am asserting my right to-----

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Chair is making the decision.

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: I beg the Ceann Comhairle's pardon. I am entitled to raise the issue of-----

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am entitled-----

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: I ask the Ceann Comhairle to reflect on what he has just said. I have quoted Standing Order 57 and I am entitled to raise this.

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am entitled to raise this under Standing Orders. This is not about playing politics. It is about my right as a parliamentarian to raise an issue under a Standing Order of this House-----

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----and the Chair has no right to undermine my right to do that.

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Have a proper answer the next time.

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: On that-----

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, I am entitled to raise the matter under any Standing Order. I raised the matter under Standing Order 57. That was my point.

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: I was not.

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Ceann Comhairle took it too personally.

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Government has indicated that legal issues prevented the matter from being facilitated.

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: I do not think Standing Order 57 is clear. This Parliament should decide.

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is crazy that the Parliament cannot decide whether it wants to arrange a debate.

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: There is a problem here.

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is what I asked this morning.

Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: I never claimed that.

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Since the election, the Government has announced a jobs initiative, a jobs protection budget and an action plan for jobs, all of which were meant to create approximately 100,000 jobs by 2016. However, when one considers the Government's own statistics in a no-spin zone, the number of people who are unemployed continues to rise. The quarterly national household survey released last week...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)

Micheál Martin: Clearly, they have not become obsessed with jobs because unfortunately, the initiatives are not making any impact whatsoever. I put it to the Taoiseach the initiatives the Government has taken have contributed to the worsening of the position. At its most basic, the decision to reduce the capital investment programme resulted in a net loss of 8,000 construction jobs in labour-intensive...