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Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: This is something we should reflect on in the House as we look at the constitutional conventions and the children's Bill.

Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: I asked for a timetable for the children's referendum Bill.

Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Only once a week now.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: I wish to express my sincere sympathy to the family of Garda Ciaran Jones who, though off duty, was trying to assist others in the very sudden flooding which occurred yesterday. His last act was one of great bravery and courage and our sympathies go to his family and friends and also to the young woman who also died. She was found dead this morning as a result of the flooding. I pay...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach a specific question not about detail. This has always been a serious and complex issue that has involved technical detail. The fundamental question I asked the Taoiseach was about his negotiating position. What is he putting on the table in respect of the Irish position? Is he putting on the table that we-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: -----would seek a restructuring of Irish bank debt, in particular for Anglo Irish Bank? Have we put that on the table? Is the answer "Yes" or "No"? This Parliament is entitled to a basic response to the question. The reason I ask the question is because the Taoiseach made a big deal of that not so long ago, as did the Minister for Transport, Deputy Varadkar, the Minister for Finance,...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said that the banks would not get another red cent beyond the agreed €35 billion until they showed how they would impose losses on all bondholders and creditors. The Tánaiste, Deputy Gilmore, said it would be "Labour's way or Frankfurt's way". Has the Taoiseach resiled from that commitment?

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Do we now take it that all that sort of talk, hype and commitment is dead and buried and is no longer on the table and that the Taoiseach is no longer pursuing it with his European colleagues?

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: That is not the question.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Greek crisis-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: No, Greece is going to default.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach first, if the European Central Bank would-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has gone back to the old games.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: I did not say "days".

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is very difficult to get an answer to a question.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said he would burn the bondholders.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: That is because of decisions that were taken by the previous Government.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Greece is about to default on its debt. I am talking about the banking debt.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach will not tell us.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: How many bankers-----