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Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: We will see who will be under pressure.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: What is the plan? We will see what you deliver.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Are you serious?

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Come off it.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I do, for health.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is not in a position to rebut this because he has no detail.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: What about rheumatology in Sligo? Who is replacing the consultant?

Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Is it possible to allocate an additional five minutes to the party leaders to ensure we are within time limits?

Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Is it not the case that the Minister of State was not at the summit? She would not have attended the Council meeting. The situation has changed subsequent to Lisbon whereby the Taoiseach attends the summit meetings.

Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is not true.

Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: The important point-----

Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: How can the Minister of State, Deputy Creighton, answer questions when she was not at the meeting?

Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: She was not, by definition.

Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I ask the Taoiseach when the HSE governance Bill will be brought before the House because it has been a long time since the HSE board was disbanded by the Minister for Health. As we witnessed this morning, there is an absence of detailed planning on front line services to deal with the exodus from the health service. It is important that a clear governance structure is put in place for...

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Over the next few months there will be much debate on the ratification of the fiscal treaty to which the Taoiseach agreed on Monday. This is already shaping up to be a destructive process solely focused on the form of ratification rather than on the future of Europe and our role in it. For the first time since we applied to join the Union 50 years ago, we begin this debate without basic...

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is a very significant point for debate.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach listen to what I am saying to him?

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: Far too often, he does not listen and is too dismissive of comments that have been made. We have been asking questions for eight or nine months but he has refused to answer them. He plays games with the Parliament all the time, restricting information and detail.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am disappointed the Taoiseach did not comment on that legality. However, there is a more fundamental point at issue here. Can we stand over a process where the people have been excluded at every stage of negotiation and ratification? The public has not only not been consulted; they have been ignored. Equally, the major policy omissions in the treaty are also too big to ignore. If this...