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European Council Meetings (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Arising from the Taoiseach's reply to the two questions I tabled, I am taken aback by his comment, "if it comes up". This is a European Council meeting. When he attended his first meeting on 11 March there was great fanfare about what he was going to do and how he was going to bang tables. That seems to have disappeared from all the spinning and media briefing.

European Council Meetings (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is not just about interest rates. Why will the Taoiseach not raise at the European Council the more fundamental issues agreed in the communique of 11 March on delivering more sustainable loan terms not only for Ireland but also as a comprehensive European solution to the debt issue? A pattern is emerging whereby everything is being divested to Ministers once it does not land on the...

European Council Meetings (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Arising out of his reply on the European Central Bank, has Ireland taken a position in regard to the successor to the current governor of the ECB, Mr. Trichet? Will we use this opportunity to discuss issues pertaining to the bank's role and performance or the fact that it raised interest rates since the crisis emerged? Will we articulate key points in our own interest?

Departmental Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he has assigned special responsibility for particular tasks to individual advisers in his office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11568/11]

Departmental Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if, in view of his response concerning responsibility for Northern Ireland affairs, he will outline the detail of specific sectoral or policy areas which he has assigned to non-established staff in his Department. [12098/11]

Departmental Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: These questions have become relevant because of last week's events. Many people were struck by the speed and consistency of the briefing against one of the Taoiseach's advisers and this even went so far as to show what exactly one of his advisers said to him when they were discussing his College Green speech. Every fair minded person can see that she was treated badly by whomever of her...

Departmental Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the Taoiseach's College Green speech, there were various-----

Departmental Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: It was powerful but I thought I had heard it somewhere before.

Departmental Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Advisers. There were significant negative briefings against the person who is believed to have advised the Taoiseach on his speech, stating the person was responsible for the non-attribution in the speech. It was unfair and such commentary should not be part or parcel of briefings. Clearly, someone in the Taoiseach's office briefed against the adviser responsible for the speech.

Departmental Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the process which he has followed in relation to filling the positions of Secretary General and Second Secretary General in his Department. [12099/11]

Departmental Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach. The last time I raised this issue he said no external applications would be invited and there would be no independent involvement in filling these posts, even though this directly contradicts stated Fine Gael policy. His only justification then was that this is the way it has always been. Both jobs are being filled at the same time. The process is important as it...

Departmental Staff (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: I asked who has taken the role of assessing the potential appointees. Has the Taoiseach put any guidelines in place for the selection process? Is the process similar to that followed for appointments to the Department of public expenditure and reform? The process seems similar but it is taking much longer. Has the Taoiseach considered the procedure followed by the Minister without...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is aware that the programme for Government contains clear promises on budget matters. It declares, "We will open up the budget process to the full glare of public scrutiny in a way that restores confidence and stability". It promises to publish all of the assumptions upon which budget proposals are based. The first test of this commitment is the handling of the jobs initiative...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: -----that this was a political decision. That is obvious but the Taoiseach has given a personal commitment to opening up the process to the full glare of public scrutiny. Is the Taoiseach happy that the legal role of the Pensions Board has been ignored in this case? Can he tell us whether or not an analysis was carried out on the impact of taking €1.8 billion from personal pensions?

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: That is rhetoric and is not reality. I asked a simple question. Was an analysis carried out on this measure? The Taoiseach refused to answer that question. He has consistently refused to answer the questions I have asked him on this issue.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach originally promised to supply information we wanted. He then failed to reply-----

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: I cannot hear what you are saying.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: I did not but I am fully in conformity with Standing Orders on Leaders' Questions.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: I am simply saying that the Taoiseach failed to reply to a written request from me for material. Now he tells us that we can ask questions on Committee Stage but that we will receive nothing else. He informed the House yesterday, during Question Time, that he was personally involved in discussion and co-ordination of all economic matters at Cabinet. If he will not supply us with even basic...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2011)

Micheál Martin: Yes.

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