Martin, MicheálTuesday, 7 February 2012 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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Leaders’ Questions
Last week I asked the Taoiseach if the Government had a national plan to protect front-line services following the well flagged and expected exodus of public servants on 29 February. He responded tha...
These things would not be happening if there had been a planned approach to this particular issue. Why are we getting a constant drip feed of issues arising from the difficulties caused by this exit ...
I take it from that reply that no transition teams are in place today. Last Sunday the Taoiseach said on RTE that the Government had set up transition teams. We have to move away from saying one thi...
I agree with the Taoiseach that health is the most vulnerable sector. It is clear that there is an absence of any planning in this area. Surgery would not be cancelled to the extent that has occurre...
That is the stable door closing.
There are no teams in place. Sunday’s announcement was not quite correct then.
In spite of the rugby match, people were keenly listening to what the Taoiseach was saying on Sunday.
We did it and it was a very good public health measure.
But do they exist?
It is the Taoiseach’s own regulatory impact assessment, the Government’s own document.
Ceisteanna — Questions (Resumed) - Appointments to State Boards
Asked the minister: if there have been any board appointments from his office in the recent past; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Is the Taoiseach made aware of or consulted on appointments made by each Department? Does he have an oversight role in ensuring a gender balance on State boards? What degree of expertise is required...
It is a commitment made in the programme for Government.
Is there an update and is the Government progressing the commitment?
I accept that my question was specific, but I asked as a supplementary whether the Taoiseach was informed in regard to appointments to other State boards. In other words, was he kept in the loop and ...
One of the more radical initiatives in this area, which was introduced by the former Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan, was the giving of power and authority to com...
Ceisteanna — Questions (Resumed) - Official Engagements
Asked the minister: if he discussed with David Cameron the banking regulation in general and specifically the City of London and IFSC competitiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Asked the minister: the issues that were discussed and the outcomes of the most recent British-Irish Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
I regret that Question No. 4 has been grouped with Questions Nos. 5 to 9, inclusive. Question No. 4 deals specifically with the issue of the IFSC transaction tax and the City of London, Question No. ...
Life is as it is. I ask that I be allowed to respond first to the Taoiseach’s response to Question No. 4, following which I will come back on Question No. 8 in regard to the British-Irish Council.
Yes, Question No. 9 deals with the same issue as Question No. 4. As regards the Taoiseach’s discussions with the British Prime Minister on the financial transaction tax, it appears the momentum behin...
It disturbs me there was no discussion on the common consolidated corporate tax base, CCCTB, with the British Prime Minister because Ireland must work much more proactively on this serious issue. Its...
We have gone along with Europe on the basis that we had better be co-operative and so on, whereas up to approximately two years ago, Ireland’s position was to oppose the CCCTB as a policy and as an in...
I do not think Deputy Emmet Stagg should try to stifle debate, regardless of from where it comes.
We live in a democracy.
No. I might disagree with people but I respect their right to——
A Cheann Comhairle——
I was only going to commend you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, on the manner in which you chaired——
No. I like a bit of to and fro. Written Answers follow Adjournment.
Order of Business
On proposed legislation, in terms of the governance of the health service I am extremely concerned with what I would perceive to be an absence of overall governance and some serious issues emerging as...
There is a huge delay.
The centralising has caused enormous delay.
Rather than me giving the Taoiseach the detail there is a case to be made——
——while people are in the process. Chemists are now refusing them the medication.
That was always the way previously.
The pharmacists are refusing them at the moment. They are waiting months.
The Minister can make an order straight away.
Just sort it. I am making a genuine request.
It is related to a review of ports legislation.
Would the Government support the restoration of the ferry?
International Co-operation: Motion
Question put.
Voted Yes
Written Answers - Social Welfare Code
Asked the minister: if recipients of disability allowance will also incur a reduction in the rent allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Written Answers - Hazardous Waste
Asked the minister: the reason the southern part of Haulbowline Island and other polluted parts of the island will not be covered by the steering group’s Environmental Protection Agency licence application; and if he wi...
Asked the minister: his plans for the polluted parts of Haulbowline Island outside of the eastern tip; and when these plans will be implemented.
Asked the minister: if studies have been undertaken on pollution seepage from sites other than the eastern tip into other parts of Haulbowline Island.
Asked the minister: when the decision to exclude the southern part of Haulbowline Island from the Environmental Protection Agency licence application process was taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Asked the minister: if the decision to exclude the southern part of Haulbowline Island from the Environmental Protection Agency licence application was his decision or made by the steering group; if he will make a decis...
Asked the minister: if the decision to exclude the southern part of Haulbowline Island from the Environmental Protection Agency licence application process was discussed by the steering group or subgroups before and aft...
Written Answers - Proposed Legislation
Asked the minister: when the legal advice about not being able to change the upward only rents became available to Government; if the commitment in the programme for Government is defunct; and if he will make a statemen...
Written Answers - Independent International Commission on Decommissioning
Asked the minister: if it was his decision to donate documents from the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning to Boston College, USA; his views on this decision; and if he will make a statement on the ...
Written Answers - Health Services
Asked the minister: his views regarding the Health Service Executive’s decision to end in-house catering facilities at nursing homes, including Lusk Community Unit, County Dublin, and have food transported long distance...
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