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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.

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: The analysts say it is not happening.

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is not happening.

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is not about me or about the Tánaiste but the people on the factory floor.

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is not happening.

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (29 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he expects to complete the audit of licences required for business per item 1.49 of his action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11551/12]

Written Answers — Innovation Initiatives: Innovation Initiatives (29 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recommendations from the innovation task force that have been implemented; the number that are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10754/12]

Tributes to Staff Members (29 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I will briefly add to what was a very eloquent and deserved tribute by the Taoiseach to Dick Caffrey and Noel Kelly. I have been a Member of this House for some years and I acknowledge their quiet efficiency, the dignity they brought to the task at all times and their unfailing good humour. They have performed a wonderful public service. On a personal level, I am very grateful for the...

Order of Business (29 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I presume an overlap in the debate, within reason, will be permitted.

Order of Business (29 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: There has been much speculation and concern about the timing of the legislation. Is the Taoiseach in a position this morning to give any indication to the House of the legislative timetable and the date for the referendum or the date for the fiscal responsibility Bill which, inevitably, will be required to come before the House, the timetable for the establishment of the Referendum...

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: This week's summit has a number of important items on the agenda but only one will receive any real attention. The formal signing of the fiscal treaty will be accompanied by further discussions about the economic crisis. While the sense of panic which prevailed during most of last year's summits is absent, there is still an unmistakable sense of crisis. My main concern is that this sense...

European Council: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin and others are trying to sell the idea that the claims about jobs in the last referendum have been proven false. This is nonsense. Ireland has too high unemployment, but it would be much higher if we had rejected the revised Lisbon referendum. Unlike Sinn Féin and others, I have actually spent a lot of time talking to major investors in Ireland. Every single one of them said...

Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday there were reports from the retail sector that sales were down a dramatic 3.7% on the previous month. Consumer confidence is obviously down but the announcement of the weak January figures is concerning given that it is the traditional sales month and there is normally a bounce in January. For example, this time last year there was an increase in sales. The retail sector and IBEC...