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- Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he has satisfied himself that sufficient protections are in place for employees and contractors who are made redundant by a company in order to be replaced by other employees' contractors at below registered employment agreement rates. [17948/11]
- Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to any reports regarding companies making employees/contractors redundant in order to take on other employees/contractors at below regulation employment rates; the steps had he taken or will take to deal with same. [17949/11]
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach agree to publish and make available to Members the text tabled by President Van Rompuy on 11 March on which the Taoiseach intervened which contained issues relating to CCTB?
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has an awful habit of meandering away from the specific question I asked which was simply if he would publish the text-----
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----of the document tabled by President Van Rompuy.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: He is conveniently using the corporation tax rate as a potential smokescreen. Every leader, Minister and Government previously objected to any move on corporation tax-----
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: This is a very important issue.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: It was agreed on 11 March by all the Heads of State.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: They all agreed there should be a change in the terms and a reduction of the interest rate. The only issue was timing. In the interests of transparency, the Taoiseach should share that text with every Member of the House and the general public so that people can objectively make up their own minds on whether corporation tax was threatened by the compromise text put forward by Van Rompuy....
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should allow me to ask the question. If the interest rate had been reduced without compromising the corporation tax rate, Ireland would benefit by hundreds of millions of euro. We cannot make up our minds if we have not seen the compromise text put forward by Van Rompuy to break the deadlock on 11 March. It is a simple request. The Taoiseach has lectured everyone on transparency.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: He said this would be a more open Government which would do the "divil and all" in terms of transparency. Yet, I made a simple request - would he publish that text tabled by Van Rompuy - and he flatly refused. Does that not make a mockery of his commitment to transparency?
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach publish it?
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: I would not ask if I had it. Will he publish it?
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is a serious issue in terms of the amount of money involved. It is not a laughing matter.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: All I am asking is whether he will publish it.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will he publish it?
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach knows we support it.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: Publish the text.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: The previous Government passed legislation to bring such an effect into play.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: It was the reality before the Taoiseach came into office.