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Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is codding himself. His party raised money like hell up to the eve of the election. It raised massive funds in the past year. That is hypocrisy.

Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: What about Fine Gael? What did Fine Gael do when it was in office?

Northern Ireland Issues (23 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach his agenda for North-South relations. [5336/11]

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: During the past decade the formal meetings of Heads of State and Government at the European Council have involved significantly less substantive negotiations. The formal agenda has become more focused on simply putting through matters decided in preparatory meetings, with the final communiqué issued frequently almost exactly as drafted before Council met. There have been times when the...

Corporation Tax: Motion (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: I propose to share time with Deputy O'Dea.

Corporation Tax: Motion (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: — confirms its absolute commitment to the maintenance of the 12.5% rate of corporation tax; — is opposed to any Irish participation in proposals to introduce a consolidated corporate tax base within either the eurozone or the European Union as a whole; — notes the clear evidence that investment attracted to Ireland by our policy on corporation tax is largely...

Moriarty Tribunal Report (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: It is deeply disappointing the Taoiseach did not take questions on this matter. I accept what the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, said regarding this issue deserving a whole-Government response. For reasons outlined in my question I believe the Taoiseach should have answered questions before the House at this time in regard to the report, particularly those aspects relating to the pattern of...

Moriarty Tribunal Report (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: -----to the conclusion that something stinks to the highest heaven when one reads that aspect of the report. The Taoiseach needs to address that quickly and transparently. At the time it was reported that the Fine Gael Party cleared all its debts during the 1994-1995 period in Government and had a very aggressive fundraising campaign. The spotlight has been off that matter for the past few...

Moriarty Tribunal Report (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: When will the corporate donations Bill be introduced? The last Government had it in train but Fine Gael continued to oppose it until the eve of the election because it was busily raising funds on a continuing basis.

Moriarty Tribunal Report (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: These are fundamental issues that must be teased out further. This report belongs to the House, which initiated it.

Moriarty Tribunal Report (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: I hope the Minister does not suggest, as the Taoiseach did six times today, that because people will bring actions to the Supreme Court to try to bury the Moriarty tribunal that we will be constrained or that such attempts will prevent or restrain the House from debating in detail the findings of the report.

Moriarty Tribunal Report (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: What about supplementaries?

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: In light of the fact that the Moriarty tribunal has issued a report concerning the awarding of the most valuable commercial licence ever awarded by an Irish Government - and accepting and acknowledging the report is detailed and complex and this is no small issue, which has enormous implications for the State, both financial and political - and that it represents a damning indictment of the...

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: Am I to understand that the Taoiseach will not be here for the private notice question and that it is just for the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources?

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: But the Taoiseach will not be answering questions today on it.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should be under no illusions that this decision and the findings of this report do enormous reputational damage to the country in terms of the way it does its business. In respect of many of the issues in the report the Taoiseach does not need to read some aspects of it.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: I refer to the Telenor donation. There is a damning conclusion from the chairman of the tribunal regarding the Taoiseach's party's lack of co-operation and concealment, and the decision not to give the details of that donation to the tribunal. It is a stinging criticism of Fine Gael and is by far the most serious criticism of a political party made in any report of a tribunal of inquiry...

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: -----its Oireachtas members had unanimously voted". It states that without media disclosures in 2001, "No person or entity connected with the payment [this is the payment from Esat of $50,000] saw fit to notify the tribunal of it, notwithstanding a substantial degree of knowledge of its clandestine circumstances and proffered return, and it is likely that, without the media disclosures that...

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: In the first instance the Taoiseach should account for that reference to the absolute lack of co-operation by his party. Does he, on behalf of his party, apologise for that fundamental lack of co-operation with the tribunal on that specific issue alone, which he does not need to read about because he knows all about it?

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2011)

Micheál Martin: No, I did not ask you that.