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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Summits (27 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: I know, but they will need him after the election. It is cynical.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Summits (27 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Egypt for the EU-League of Arab States summit; the bilaterals he held with other leaders; and the issues that were discussed. [10588/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Summits (27 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he spoke to the Prime Minister of Hungary, Mr. Viktor Orban, at the recent EU-League of Arab States meeting or since. [10907/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Summits (27 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: As Deputy Haughey said, Brexit is raised in a later question and will also be discussed during statements later. Therefore, I will focus my attention on a number of other matters. The Syrian conflict has had an impact on the Middle East which will last for many years and has directly led to the largest humanitarian emergency of our time. The Assad regime's brutal suppression of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: This is a separate one.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: Before I speak on the issue, I express my sympathies to the family of Laura Brennan, an exemplar in public health, to her parents Bernie and Larry, to her brothers Colin, Fergal and Kevin, and to her uncle Tommy who was an Independent member of Clare County Council. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis. I also mention the former Deputy John Browne, whom I knew well. He was a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: Does that include the Taoiseach?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: I raise again the crisis within our Defence Forces. The low level of morale within the rank and file, the shabby manner in which they are treated, the gaps in middle management, and the failure to retain and nurture specialist expertise within the forces all point to a failed policy of the Government and a Minister of State who, with the Government, is completely out of touch with the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: I get a sense of the Government and the Taoiseach being detached from the reality of the crisis on the ground. The Taoiseach said recruitment is going well, but the fact of the matter is that the Government cannot recruit its way out of the crisis. It must address the retention issues. Between 1 January and 31 December 2017, for example, the significant recruitment drive by the Department...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council Meetings (27 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 97. To ask the Taoiseach if trade with China was discussed at the March 2019 European Council meeting or at the meetings he attended in Brussels in March 2019. [14370/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is what the Taoiseach mentioned on Sunday.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: However, you have had discussions with the Commission.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Government has.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: I did not say Ministers, I mean officials acting on behalf of Government.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said at the Fine Gael Ard-Fheis there was a rough plan already.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: I have been trying for three months to get answers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach, himself, said at the weekend there was a rough plan.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: He did say that; I watched the press conference.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: About what?