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Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is a moment of unparalleled crisis in Europe. Everybody across Europe and the world is talking about it. From all we have heard today, there are no great signs that Europe will solve it either at today's summit or this week and that it will come up with a half-hearted answer which will not be comprehensive or resolute enough. It is imminent and it is at a level similar to the 2008...

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Normally, I would adopt a reasonable approach but I never accepted-----

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: I never accepted the bona fides of this Government when it spoke about Dáil reform, longer sittings and so on because all we have had is superficial and shallow change devoid of any substance. We have a few hours once a month on a Friday, even though we were told we would have Friday sittings. It is a joke and we should see it as such. It is not a serious attempt at reform.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: The proof of the pudding is in the eating and that is why this motion is before us. The Government did not believe a word of what it said about Dáil reform in advance of the general election and it does not believe it now. How it can propose this in the midst of potentially the worst crisis facing the European Union and the eurozone is beyond belief.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Does one genuflect in front of such a learned colleague?

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: I did not say that.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: I said we were on the verge of a financial collapse like 2008.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Ráiméis.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Do I take it the motion is withdrawn?

Order of Business (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, could we hear what is going on, please? I cannot hear.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Before the election the Taoiseach not only promised to maintain special needs assistance provision in education but he also supported a motion in this House to increase funding for special needs assistants, SNAs, this year. In September, parents of children with special needs who were starting the new school year were told that there would be a 10% reduction in the number of special needs...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: The problem, as I have said repeatedly in the House, is that there is a huge disconnect between what we hear officially and what is happening on the ground and what parents and schools are being told. I cannot articulate that strongly enough. In one case a school with children with severe and profound autism had two teachers summarily removed. The response it received from the Department...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: There is no need to reference the troika either. My colleagues met with the troika last week and it made it clear that specific detailed policies were a matter for the Government. It was only concerned with global issues in terms of the bottom line.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach give a commitment that the 475 special needs assistants will be allocated? That 10% was part of the full year costing and it is now nearly the end of the year, so there has been a little sleight of hand in the withholding of that amount for so long. Will the Taoiseach also confirm that the Government will protect special needs education in the forthcoming budget?

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: I am talking about the budget year. Do not be smart.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: The letters people are getting say the Minister cannot intervene.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Minister said he would not do it.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, said it.

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passports or travel documents will issue to a person (details supplied) who was born outside Ireland but whose parentage is proved to be Irish; and if not his plans to bring forward urgent legislation to allow them to do so. [30853/11]

Written Answers — Rights of People with Disabilities: Rights of People with Disabilities (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 417: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the arrangements he has put in place to co-ordinate disability issues on a cross-departmental basis; and his role in this regard. [28452/11]