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- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: I understand the positions are not covered by TLAC and I am not asking about established practice because the Taoiseach promised to break from established practice in filling positions of this kind. He specifically said he would open these positions to applications from outside the public service and Civil Service. Why has he decided not to do that?
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is not the point.
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: I know they are important positions. It was the Taoiseach who made the promise that people from outside would be invited to apply for these positions. Despite this, he has decided on this occasion not to open up these positions to outside people. Why has the Taoiseach taken this decision given it was he who made the commitment? I know all about established practice and TLAC. Why did the...
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: My Question No. 1 asks when the Taoiseach will publish details of his proposal to reduce the permanent rather than the political staffing of his Department. Some months ago he made a commitment to reduce the staffing of the Department of the Taoiseach by one third. I have seen no evidence of that. I am not talking about transferring staff to another Department but rather the Taoiseach's...
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Given what the Taoiseach has just stated on the need for enhanced capacity within the Department of the Taoiseach from the European perspective, was it not unwise to commit some months ago to a reduction by one third of the Department's permanent staff?
- Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: That does not answer the question.
- Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach when the next North South Ministerial Council will take place; and if he will be attending [7502/11]
- Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach his plans for carrying out a second review of the North South Implementation Bodies and Areas for Cooperation following a commitment made in the Programme for Government [7503/11]
- Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he has had concerning the commitment to cross-border road links. [7688/11]
- Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach his plans regarding expanding the role of cross-border implementation bodies. [8193/11]
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (14 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the person to whom she has assigned responsibility for co-ordinating policy on drugs. [5809/11]
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Does the Tánaiste regret the comment he made during the general election campaign - this is in the context of the summit and the resolution of the Irish debt problem - that it was Frankfurt's way or the Labour Party's way? We now know that the bondholders have not been burned. There has been no unilateral action in regard to them. If anything, it seems the notion that Ireland must give...
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: I do not want to labour the point but much of what has been said about the policy situation is incorrect. I refer to the spin that robust tests were initiated by the current Government and that these are new. These were initiated long before the current Government came into office. We all know about the pillar banks and we all knew about the rationalisation of banks. That was clearly...
- Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach confirm if the person has taken up the position - if he has been appointed by the Government?
- Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: I support the idea of people going before committees for interview and I promoted that as part of our manifesto. However, it seems that what was done yesterday by the Government in regard to Bord na gCon is almost in breach of the new regime it announced yesterday. In essence, a person has been appointed before that person has been interviewed by any committee. That is the point I want to...
- Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: No, it is an appointment.
- Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Therefore, it is the Government that makes the appointment in the end.
- Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is the Government that will have it.
- Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Government has a majority on all of them.
- Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: However, the Government has a majority on all of them.