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- Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: Last year, ours was the only government in Europe seeking to promote its own instability and last weekend we saw this cynicism enter a new phase. The Taoiseach should remember that he has been handed a unique situation of guaranteed stability through Brexit. All Opposition parties have held back in Brexit-related debates even in the face of extraordinary provocation, such as the habit of...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: There is no comparison.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: No one said that.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: It is what the Taoiseach is surmising.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: I quoted directly from what the Taoiseach said yesterday.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: The Government has given no instructions to officials as it discusses what will happen at the Border when there is no deal.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: On what basis are the discussions taking place then?
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: I am not talking about conspiracy theories. It is long-standing practice for the Government to instruct officials when it is in discussions on an issue.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: It is.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said they were; I did not. It is not that I believe they are happening. The Taoiseach has said they are.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Public Consultation Process (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: It is a Parliament of different parties.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting in Egypt with Prime Minister May and her comments regarding a deal being done on the EU withdrawal treaty by 29 March 2019. [10589/19]
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May since 26 February 2019 when she announced her intention to allow a meaningful vote in the House of Commons on a revised exit deal and that this was to be followed by a vote on a no-deal scenario on 13 March 2019. [10590/19]
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: Before addressing the wider issue, will the Taoiseach say when we will receive the assessment of no-deal preparedness levels and updates on business preparedness, which he promised me three weeks ago? Yesterday, the Taoiseach continued his strategy of aggressive partisanship relating to Brexit, which drove much of his behaviour in trying to bring down his Government last year and was a...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Summits (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: Have we dealt with Question No. 7?
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Summits (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: How did Mr. Orbán get in with the Arab League summit?
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Summits (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: It was a specific question on Hungary and Mr. Orbán.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Summits (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not reply.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Public Consultation Process (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: Absolutely. For most people, the Government's definition of "public consultation" is a marketing campaign where people are invited to listen to presentations on how great the latest action plan is. Given the scale of increased spending last year on advertising and the promotion of the politically determined priorities of the Government, such as the children's hospital, has any work been...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Public Consultation Process (27 Mar 2019)
Micheál Martin: If it was important to spend public money to promote the original plans and costs, when will updated costs and plans be advertised?