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Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position in relation to Syria; the contribution he made at the EU Council in relation to the situation there; his views on the referendum held there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12272/12]

Written Answers — Constitutional Amendments: Constitutional Amendments (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be meeting the civic society groups in relation to the upcoming referendum on the EU fiscal treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13488/12]

Written Answers — Constitutional Amendments: Constitutional Amendments (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will be setting up the Referendum Commission in relation to the referendum on the EU fiscal treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13489/12]

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: I would appreciate the Tánaiste's confirmation that of the 26 Bills on the A list, which the Government undertook to publish this session, only three have been published, along with the heads of two others. The Tánaiste must agree that the legislative performance of the Government in this session is at best underwhelming.

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Can he give any explanation to the House as to this inability to progress the legislation on the A list to which he committed and those Bills he committed to publishing before the end of this session? What is the problem, why is the Government not in a position to publish the legislation it has committed to doing and will the Tánaiste explain to the House the extraordinary lack of published...

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Why has the Government's commitment to publish 26 Bills not materialised?

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: There is no legislation available.

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: When will it be published?

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Will the Tánaiste send me the correspondence and give me a explanation for the inordinate delay? He promised 26.

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Where are the 26? That is a fair point, by any standard. Something must be wrong.

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste is dodging the question again. He promised 26 Bills but has only produced three.

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is fairly unprecedented.

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: "Shortly" is the Tánaiste's greatest word.

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Nine months ago, the Minister, Deputy Phil Hogan, said the planning review would be available shortly.

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is very frustrating. It is extraordinary stuff.

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: He wrote it.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The former Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley, established an independent review into the planning practices in a number of local authorities and had undertaken considerable work to ensure these would be completed.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: I will come to that. Why are the Minister, Deputy Phil Hogan, the Minister of State, Deputy Alan Kelly, and the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, misleading the public by suggesting that the former Minister, Mr. Gormley, had done nothing to progress his independent reviews of planning practices in a number of local authorities? It is more than one year since he took office. Why is there...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: He had an extensive dossier prepared by planning officials in the Department following an internal review of complaints made from 2007 to 2009. He had a series of reports from the managers in each of the local authorities submitted in response to a formal request from the Minister using his statutory powers under the planning and development Acts. He had terms of reference for a panel of...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Given the debate going on in the House this week everyone seems to be agreed that the planning process has to be above reproach. There are significant reasons the former Minister, Mr. Gormley, proceeded with these inquiries.