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Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: He demanded its abolition for nine years.

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is a fair question. The question sought a report on the costs.

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am curious about why www.MerrionStreet.ie is being used by the Government every day.

Departmental Expenditure (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born.

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if the Economic Management Council has met recently. [8002/12]

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Committee on Climate Change and the Green Economy have met in the past year. [10752/12]

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I submitted two questions, one on the economic management council and the other on the issue of climate change and the green economy. However, that second question has somehow got mixed up with the four questions on the economic management council. The people are very angry about the banks. In particular, given the recapitalisation, the people are angry the banks are not doing what the...

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Yes. The Taoiseach said he might meet the banks again in a couple of months. I think he needs to meet them far more urgently. I would meet them in the next week or two to get something sorted.

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am concerned about the Government's lack of enthusiasm for dealing with the climate change issue, the environment generally and the green economy. These are serious issues.

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: They will not go away.

Interdepartmental Committees (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: It may be politically expedient in the short term to put them to one side. I do not get any sense that the Government is engaging with the fundamental energy and climate change challenges that will face this country and the world as a whole in the years ahead. The fact the Cabinet sub-committee has met on just two occasions is a manifestation of the Government's inertia on these issues. It...

Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I seek the guidance of the Chair on a matter. We have read with some astonishment this morning about €50,000 worth of toners being procured from the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Has the Oireachtas a means of inquiring into this matter because I find it incredible that one individual would use this quantity?

Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I acknowledge that changes have been made but I ask if the changes were made as a result of this practice. Either one entire political party was using the toners because it is incomprehensible that one individual would use €50,000 worth of toners-----

Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is much appreciated. I have a question about promised legislation on the fiscal treaty. Given the earlier announcement about a referendum, I ask the Taoiseach to outline to the House whether he intends to establish a forum within the House to discuss this matter in greater detail. When will the Referendum Commission be appointed? When is the fiscal responsibility Bill to be...

Order of Business (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach consider a special sub-committee of the Committee on European Affairs to consider the treaty and the referendum Bill? There is a need for detailed all-party discussion with a view to getting a grip on the treaty.

Referendum on European Stability Treaty: Statements (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Will there be an opportunity to respond?

Referendum on European Stability Treaty: Statements (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: We will seize the moment.

Referendum on European Stability Treaty: Statements (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I welcome the Ceann Comhairle's intervention and warmly welcome the provision of time to Members of the Opposition. It is unfortunate that the Government did not organise that in advance of this session.

Referendum on European Stability Treaty: Statements (28 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: This is our national Parliament. I appreciate what the Ceann Comhairle has done and I want to make a constructive contribution on what I just heard. We were notified of this matter eight minutes ago. For future reference, when decisions of this moment are being announced, a short telephone call to the Opposition leaders should be made to allow for some time, particularly when we want...