Micheál Martin: “We are not Switzerland and we should legislate on issues if that is our wish.”

It will be of benefit to elected councillors and will give them a greater degree of powers.

We need to be economically competitive in order to sustain the European way of life.

I certainly will take the issue that you've raised in respect of this letter that was written by him in the 1970s forward, and see how best to examine that.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has insisted that any assessment of exports from Aughinish Alumina must be independent of the company.