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European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I remember him saying the country is banjaxed and like a corpse. Does the Minister, Deputy Burton, remember this?

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: The debate is on the issue of austerity. I agree with the need to balance and get revenue and expenditure in line. However, the real issue is why I asked whether the Taoiseach has raised the issue of broadening the role of the European Central Bank at these meetings and the need for fiscal union in its truest sense, not a narrow fiscal balance agenda but a fiscal union which means a...

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Government policy.

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: It has not been discussed at all.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: This week we learned that waiting times for operations have increased by more than 47% for people waiting longer than six months, dramatically so within the past nine months. The related legislation is the health governance Bill which is intended to replace the governance of the HSE. This is urgently required because as things stand nobody knows who is in charge of the health service....

Order of Business (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I understood the Minister made an announcement on it during the week.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: The situation is worse.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Of the 769,000 residential mortgages in the State approximately 71,000 or 9% are now in arrears of more than 90 days and more than 53,000 of these are in arrears of more than 180 days. By contrast, the average in the UK is approximately 2.07%. One in seven mortgage accounts are not being repaid according to the original loan agreement, and this trend is accelerating. According to...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach's response is inadequate. We have long moved past the time for pilot schemes to address what is a huge problem for thousands of families. This is having a debilitating impact, not only on the lives of families but also on the wider economy. The Taoiseach promised much to the negative equity generation, including legislation to cap the interest charge imposed by lenders...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: A dháilcheantar féin.

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all documents he has tabled for consideration at the European Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4754/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of his discussions with President Sarkozy since 9 December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4756/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Committee on European Affairs has met in recent months. [4760/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he sought a meeting or received an invitation to meet Chancellor Merkel prior to the EU Council meeting on 30 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4775/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the strategically important issues for Ireland in the context of the draft EU treaty that he will be outlining at the forthcoming EU Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4776/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he intends to speak against the proposal to harmonise taxes; if he will outline his reservations about the common tax at the EU Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5168/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he intends to request that there needs to be immediate reform of the European Central Bank at the EU Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5170/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 16: To ask the Taoiseach the proposals that were included in the joint sponsored paper prepared for the EU Council on priority actions to complete the single market including the potential in the digital single market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6178/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 17: To ask the Taoiseach his views on his contribution to the joint sponsored paper on the necessity of an emphasis by the EU on the external dimension of the single market and its potential for growth. [6179/12]

European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 18: To ask the Taoiseach the proposals that were included in the joint sponsored paper on reducing regulatory burdens on small and medium businesses; if targets were set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6180/12]