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Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: I have asked the Taoiseach about the issue of the budget and whether he supports the idea of additional revenues for the Union. The broader question facing us will be the budget to be spent by the Union and the financial framework for the next five to six years. The Brexit situation looms large and we do not know who is going to win the Conservative Party's leadership battle and become the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: This group of questions includes a number of distinct elements, including CAP reform, cybersecurity, Brexit, and the future of the European Union. I do not know whether we can get a bit more time on it, but there we are. On the discussions about CAP with France, we have formed a very positive working relationship with the French Government historically on this issue over many years. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Paris on 15 May 2019 and the Christchurch call to action which commits governments and online service providers to undertake a series of actions to counteract and remove extreme violent activity online. [21774/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he met with other world leaders in Paris on 15 May 2019; and if so, the issues discussed with them. [21775/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: Is it a policy or legal matter?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: Is this a policy matter?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is less than transparent.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: He should do it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: We did it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: Some 80% of it is banned.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: I was being provoked by the Minister.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: Is there an actual challenge?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: Subject to the change.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: The second Scally report has been published and should be debated in the House. I ask the Business Committee to consider, and the Government to commit to, a debate on the report and an assessment of the recommendations of the first report, particularly the legislative proposals arising from it. There is still an enormous backlog of women awaiting results. That unacceptable situation was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: I asked about banning smoky coal.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: I ask that consideration be given by the Business Committee within the week to a special debate on the home care issue. The Taoiseach's earlier replies seemed to indicate a lack of understanding as to what is going on when one drills into the figures. I instance the Tyco ruling of the European Court of Justice. According to the Taoiseach, the programme for Government allows a million extra...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: Before the local elections.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is not drilling down into those figures. There is a story behind them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: I find that response pathetic and incredibly weak. The ban on smoky coals was introduced in this city nearly 30 years ago. Thirty years later, the Taoiseach is saying that the Government cannot do the remaining 20% because the coal firms have said they will take legal action. The smoking ban would never have been introduced had we been afraid of the threat of big tobacco coming after us...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: That threat was there all the time, but we went ahead. The bottom line is that, for any Government, public health is number one. Where the evidence is demonstrable in terms of the improvement in air quality and in improving people's lives where respiratory diseases and cancer, in particular lung cancer, are concerned, there is no argument. This Government should have taken them on without...