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Order of Business (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is fundamental and requires more than a parliamentary question. A Bill has been drafted and the Attorney General has already been consulted. It is not true to say the Attorney General has not been consulted.

Order of Business (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Attorney General has been consulted. The Taoiseach should not tell the House the Attorney General has not been consulted.

Order of Business (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: I know something about treaties.

Order of Business (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: Everyone is in agreement on this one.

Employment Rights (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I rang the Minister for Finance before Christmas and he got the Chairman of NAMA to ring me and he said that it would be ultra vires of NAMA to become involved. I would like to get the precise legal basis under the Act upon which it cannot get involved. Having said that, the responsibility lies with the employer. Getting a solution to this for...

Employment Rights (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: Thank you.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: Without any warning or preparation, 150,000 pensioners received letters from the Revenue Commissioners to inform them they had underpaid their taxes due to a failure on their part to include their State pension when calculating their tax liability. It is very difficult to comprehend how the issuing of 150,000 letters of this nature to pensioners was not known to the Government or to any...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer the questions I asked as to whether he was personally aware that 150,000 letters were going out to pensioners. He also did not answer as to why there was no political accountability or responsibility for the decision to send out those letters. The Revenue Commissioners have confirmed to the Oireachtas committee that when they realised the scale and implications...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: The intention should have been stated in the budget.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: It was a sum of €45 million.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is still not reasonably answering the questions.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: I was there last year.

Universal Health Insurance (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 958: To ask the Minister for Health if he has attended meetings at which the universal health insurance model and hospital insurance fund was discussed; the progress made on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32720/11]

Employment Rights (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating the raising of this issue this afternoon which is of significant importance to many people in the Cork area, especially to the 32 workers at Vita Cortex. All of us representing the area have met the workers and have been to the plant. The manner in which the workers have been treated is absolutely unacceptable and the overwhelming responsibility...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (15 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of whole time equivalent social workers employed in child protection by the State at the start of 2011; and the number in the employ of the State today. [40316/11]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (15 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way she will help a project (details supplied) fund their ongoing operations following the cuts in material grants announced in budget 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40391/11]

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: What does the Taoiseach know about the reports that certain EU leaders have reservations or difficulties about the far-reaching pact that has been arrived at between EU countries? It was reported overnight that the Dutch, Belgian and Hungarian Governments are in difficulty on this matter. The Czech Government has said we are starting from "a blank sheet of paper". The issue is that the bar...

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: There is an argument about the Anglo Irish Bank debt given that some of the bondholders are unguaranteed and unsecured. The ECB is forcing the Government to pay them. Did the Taoiseach flag that issue during these talks?

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: Why did they not sign up for that? Why did the Taoiseach sign up for that on Thursday without getting that agreement?

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2011)

Micheál Martin: I note his enthusiasm to become involved.