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Order of Business (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: What about the governance of the HSE in the meantime?

Order of Business (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: There is a complete lack of clarity in response to the questions.

Order of Business (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: That is as convincing as the Taoiseach's pre-election promises.

Order of Business (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is a mammoth Bill.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: As the Taoiseach knows, one of the most important issues in west Dublin is the services offered by the James Connolly Hospital. This morning I visited it to discuss the situation with staff and management. The local community rely on the hospital and the status of the promises and commitment that are now being made and handed out by Fine Gael and Labour public representatives is of major...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: A few days after the visit, staff received a memorandum detailing closures which will undermine the supposedly secured services.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: That is cynical in the extreme. As we know from Roscommon, a clear electoral commitment to keep hospital accident and emergency services can be denied even when there is a tape recording of it. What is the exact status of the commitment currently being handed out to the communities which use James Connolly Hospital? Are they personal, party or Government commitments? Will the Taoiseach...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: I hope there was never any question of closing the accident and emergency department. There has been huge investment in the hospital over the years in cardiology, respiratory, geriatric, rehabilitation and endoscopy services. The Taoiseach has confirmed the closure of 12 surgical beds. Yet, only a few weeks ago Ministers told people existing services would be retained and that they...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: -----in addition to other closures. Will the Taoiseach release all amendments to the existing service plans of the hospital before people vote in two weeks time? We do not want what happened with the comprehensive spending review to happen again, when information was hidden before polling day in order that people could not see the options before them in terms of public expenditure.

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he has in place within his Department any formal mechanism for holding consultations with social partners; and if he is satisfied with any such arrangement. [28459/11]

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he has held any recent consultations with trade unions, employer organisations or other social partners. [28460/11]

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach explain why the Tánaiste, rather than himself, announced Government policy on this issue? At the SIPTU conference, the Tánaiste spoke of structured dialogue to be announced in the next month and which would begin with social partners. In the Taoiseach's reply, there was a studied avoidance of any phrase relating to a formal mechanism, which I asked about in Question No....

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach, in his remarks today, has officially confirmed the Labour Party's acquiescence to a worsening of the conditions for the lower paid.

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Can I-----

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: I would appreciate some clarity on what will happen in terms of the relationship between the social partners and Government. The Tánaiste spoke about structured dialogue but the Taoiseach has avoided any reference to structured dialogue. Perhaps the Taoiseach will clarify what is meant by "structured dialogue" with the social partners.

Social Partnership (11 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: One expects that the communication channels will remain open. No one is suggesting they should ever be closed. There is no big deal in communication avenues or channels between Government and the social partners being open. What will be the process of engagement, if there is to be any between the social partners and Government? The Taoiseach needs to let us know that one way or the other....

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (5 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the contacts he has initiated with other EU leaders concerning proposed changes to the Common Agricultural Policy. [24704/11]

Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: I had hoped to begin.

Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: We intend to share time between us.

Recent Developments in the Eurozone: Statements (5 Oct 2011)

Micheál Martin: I asked for a debate on this two weeks ago. I asked the Taoiseach yesterday whether he would speak, and he said he would. He actually took me to task for suggesting he would not speak. We then had a discussion this morning about questions. I came to the House not knowing this and believing we would share time together. It is incredible that a crisis of this scale is happening and we are...