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Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: That depends on how well we do in the European championships.

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: What of the Connacht final?

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Explain that to Labour.

Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department availing of the early retirement scheme; the positions they held; if they will be replaced; if services will be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7779/12]

Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the way his Department is being decreased in size to transform into a Cabinet office that oversees the delivery of the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9357/12]

Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff and grades they hold in his Department in March 2011 and in February 2012 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9358/12]

Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff and grades held that are employed in the Government Information Service and those who service MerrionStreet.ie; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9359/12]

Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons who will be given the responsibility for the implementation of the 2012 Action Plan for Jobs in his Department; if there will be additional persons recruited or if they will be transferred from other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9361/12]

Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the number of speech writers he has that do not normally work in his Department; the way they are paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9364/12]

Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: I asked six of the questions in this block of ten questions. Rather than spending too much time on this aspect, it is worth noting from the information the Taoiseach has supplied that his promise to slim down the Department of the Taoiseach radically has clearly been abandoned and the same goes for his nine-year promise to get rid of what he used to call the propaganda units in the...

Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: I would argue that, across the foreign affairs brief, it is vital there would be a coherence and an integration. It is not just about Europe on its own.

Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is about how Europe interacts with the emerging countries, including in Asia and South America, and European policy is critical to that relationship with other parts of the world. The idea that a section on European affairs stands alone is misplaced in terms of the conduct of foreign policy. On the evolution of European policy and how it relates to other blocs across the world, it is...

Turbary Rights (6 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he expects the review of bogs in national heritage areas to be complete; if he will work to ensure turfcutters in those areas will not face a ban on cutting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12541/12]

Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Over 100,000 people have left private health insurance companies and there is a significant crisis developing in respect of access to private health insurance. This is having an impact on hard-pressed families across the country and serious issues arise. In the context of the proposals in the programme for Government and promised legislation on universal health insurance, can the Tánaiste...

Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The legislation dealing with the replacement of the HSE.

Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Did the Tánaiste say the Minister for Health will establish an implementation group or has established an implementation group?

Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: So it has not been established yet.

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The European Central Bank pumped an extra €529 billion into the EU financial system yesterday. That brings the total amount that has been invested in the three-year programme to more than €1 trillion. Up to 800 banks across Europe have taken advantage of the programme. At a macro level, this initiative of the ECB has been described as a game-changer. In reality, it has not filtered...

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste's engagement with the banks is wholly ineffectual. The bottom line is that companies are not getting access to credit and small businesses throughout the country are complaining. We have all been given examples on a weekly basis of tightening credit, of cash flow being cut off, of a very rigid and inflexible approach being taken towards people who want to protect jobs or who...

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: Just talks.