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Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should go back over his manifesto.

Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: Let us consider the facts that the Taoiseach has just read out. There were 191 staff at the end of 2010 and now there are 187. That is a change of four people. It is about time we had some straight, honest talking here. We should stop the waffle, fudge and spin. If the Taoiseach will not be straight or clear about something he has announced himself through the figures, then when will he...

Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is not clear. He made all manner of ridiculous commitments during the election and before the election and he has abandoned them. The Taoiseach should acknowledge that he has abandoned them. That is all. There are no specifics in terms of the size of the office of an Tánaiste and how many staff are there and so on. I would appreciate if the Taoiseach could give us some...

Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: I am asking the Taoiseach to give a clear rationale for that decision. For some reason, the last time we discussed this even though it was under way then he did not alert the House to such a fundamental and substantial change in respect of that decision. The Taoiseach will create an extra barrier to an integrated EU approach from Government.

Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: Given the transfer of the EU section to his control, why is the Taoiseach still transferring EU questions to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade?

Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: We start a new Dáil term today-----

Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: -----with a commitment to honesty and transparency. The Taoiseach may not have seen it from his office but outside this House today there is a group of pensioners pointing out the truth of the effect of this Government's raid during the last term on private pensions.

Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach, when asked again and again in May and June about this issue, dodged the questions and hid the truth. It took the Freedom of Information Act to for us to uncover that the Government received and ignored repeated warnings about the damage this levy could do. The Taoiseach hid that information from the House. I sought this information in May and June and the Taoiseach refused...

Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: Answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: That is not what I asked.

Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach accept-----

Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach's party political game-playing is cold comfort to the people outside on €10,000 per annum who, through the levy, will be reduced to €9,000 per annum. I find it incredible that he would stand up here and say that a Dáil Deputy should wait for freedom of information requests-----

Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: -----before he or the Minister for Finance would provide the information on the floor of the House to facilitate debate, on fundamental questions that go to the heart of this issue in terms of those concerned. It is a disgrace and it is incredible that he would have the nerve to say that in this House. How dare he say it. It shows an absolute disrespect for this House and for the right of...

Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: He ignored the advice he received on the damage it would cause. He repeatedly sought to hide the information and to prevent it coming before the House. It was a disgraceful performance in terms of a Government that has trumpeted transparency in respect of more information that is allegedly supposed to come before the House. I asked in May and June, during Leaders' Questions, if the...

Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: In regard to the register of jobs, there are 28,000 more people on the live register since the Taoiseach made the announcement about the pension levy.

Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: This is crazy stuff. The Taoiseach is codding the people.

Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: Six months later. That is a hopeless defence.

Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: He hid the information from the House. In terms of the budget will he give a commitment that-----

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: Over the summer, we watched as the pledge by leaders coming out of the eurozone summit in July that they had agreed a radical plan which would safeguard the euro unravelled. Will the Taoiseach provide time for a Dáil debate on the summit? In providing such time I am sure he will acknowledge that the threat posed by the increasing paralysis in European decision-making is very real,...

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: Can I take it that the Whips can meet to organise and arrange for such a debate to happen? It is normal and customary that we have a debate on European summit meetings.