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Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: Before the 2007 general election, the then leader of the Labour Party, Deputy Rabbitte - who was subsequently removed from that position - was first out of the traps in the context of promising further tax reductions. We accept some culpability in respect of reducing the tax base, a matter to which both reports refer. However, the Labour Party wanted to reduce that base further and to...

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: The level of interruption is appalling.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: Tax incentive schemes relating to property were not introduced today or yesterday. The first urban renewal schemes were, for example, introduced in the 1980s. The parties opposite are well acquainted with schemes because it was they who introduced them.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: I accept that they were needed. Do the Deputies recall the seaside resorts scheme? That was quite a recent scheme that was pioneered by Deputies Kenny and Quinn. Earlier, Deputy Quinn referred to the horror in the midlands and section 23. Does the Deputy not recall the seaside resorts scheme?

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: What was pathetic about that scheme was that there was one for everybody in the audience. By audience, I refer to those who served in the Cabinet of the rainbow coalition.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: Once one Minister in the Cabinet to which I refer was granted a seaside resort scheme, they all wanted one.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: I invite the Deputies opposite to visit some of those seaside resorts-----

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: -----in order to witness the appalling consequences of the scheme.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach, when he was Minister for Finance, was the first person to-----

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: ----take action in respect of tax reliefs. He was the first Minister for Finance to do so.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: All of those opposite were lobbying for tax relief at the time.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: Deputy P. J. Sheehan was lobbying for-----

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (10 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: The passport application for the person named was registered with the Passport Office in Molesworth Street on 01 June, 2010. The application will be processed shortly and will be available for collection in time to travel on 28 June.

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (10 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: Ireland fully supports the suggestion of the UN Special Rapporteur on Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, that United Nations institutions consider the possibility of establishing a commission of inquiry with a specific fact-finding mandate to address the question of international crimes in that State. In addition to the evident systematic repression of political dissent and expression throughout...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (10 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: Passport applications for the first two named persons were registered with the Passport Office in Balbriggan on 19 May, 2010. On 3 June, the applicant contacted the Passport Service and provided information of imminent travel plans. The applications were subsequently prioritised and passports were issued on 8 June. A record of a current passport application for the third named person can...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (10 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: On 9 June 2010, there were 62,946 applications in the system. It is presently taking up to twenty five working days to process individual applications submitted through the Passport Express Service, the Northern Ireland Passport Express Service and at the counters in the Passport Offices. Applications submitted through ordinary post are taking up to eight weeks to process. In recent days,...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (10 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: The application in question was received in the Passport Office in London on 18 May, 2010 and has now been approved. The passport will be with the applicant in advance of travel.

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (9 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: The passport applications for the persons named were registered with the Passport Office in Balbriggan on 18 May, 2010. On 1 June, the applicant contacted the Passport Service and provided information of imminent travel plans. The applications were subsequently prioritised and the applicant collected the passports in the Passport Office, Molesworth Street on 03 June.

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (9 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: The passport for the applicant in question has been available for collection in the passport office since 3 June, 2010.

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (9 Jun 2010)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210 to 214, inclusive, together. The role of the Conflict Resolution Unit in the Department of Foreign Affairs is to support conflict resolution efforts internationally while also seeking to develop our national capacity in this area. It draws on our own experience of peacemaking and peace building and from the work of Irish Aid, while also developing a range...