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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (26 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 1431. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14072/19]

Recent Developments on Brexit: Statements (13 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: The announcement this morning of the tariff regime which the UK will implement if there is no deal is a dramatic demonstration that fears of Brexit’s damage are entirely justified. Many Irish businesses, particularly farmers and food producers, have been suffering from the impact of Brexit since the value of sterling dropped immediately after the referendum result. They have been...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: This week, Ministers are travelling the globe promoting Ireland and, in particular, promoting Irish tourism. I want to bring to the Tánaiste's attention a contradiction in that Dublin Port Company is developing a policy that will substantially reduce the number of cruise liners coming into the country. The cruise liner business is worth €50 million in revenue. It brings revenue...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: -----is saying essentially it will not happen and it is going to undermine it. There is a way out of this-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: -----but the Government must take a hand in it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am asking, in the context of the programme for Government, what the Government's response to this will be.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: More than a conversation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: We will spare the Tánaiste that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: We all agree the Brexit story is moving fast and furiously. The vote yesterday in the House of Commons brings closer the prospect of a no-deal Brexit scenario. The scale of the rejection of the proposal was significant and weakened, by any objective assessment, the authority of the British Prime Minister and the British Government. I understand that even today's vote on a no-deal Brexit...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste did not answer my specific questions on specific applications for specific packages for beef farmers, for example. I am reading headlines in which the Tanáiste’s colleagues refer to calves now being sold in marts for less than 50 cent as the beef crisis reaches extreme levels. The Tánaiste and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (13 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with his British counterpart since the British Attorney General completed his discussions with officials and legal advisers in Brussels on the weekend of 9 to 11 March 2019. [12437/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (13 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he spoke to his British counterpart after the UK Attorney General concluded his discussions with officials in Brussels on the withdrawal treaty. [12436/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (13 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there have been additions or clarification added to the withdrawal treaty before the vote takes place in the House of Commons on 12 March 2019. [12438/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (13 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the comments made by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland regarding victims of the Troubles in the House of Commons on 6 March 2019 were appropriate. [12439/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: The programme for Government indicates that the Government will ensure there are at least 9,500 Permanent Defence Force personnel and a full-strength Reserve, while also implementing the White Paper on Defence. There are currently 8,921 members of the Permanent Defence Force, of whom 440 are in training and cannot be deployed. The turnover rate is 8.1%, which means that we will not get to...

Tributes on Retirement of Member of Staff (12 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: I dtús báire ba mhaith liom ar mo shon féin agus ar son ár bpáirtí ár mbuíochas a ghabháil le Patricia as ucht an mhéid oibre a chuir sí isteach i rith na mblianta as son na Dála agus an Oireachtais i gcoitinne. Ba mhaith linn comhghairdeas a dhéanamh léi as ucht an mhéid atá bainte amach aici agus as an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: I know that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is ridiculous that statements on Brexit will not take place until 7 p.m. tomorrow.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: The question I put to the Tánaiste is whether he agrees that yesterday's agreement marks a significant development on that reached in December. I think he used the phrase, "It is different". I am of the view that it is a significant development. Whether it is significant enough or goes far enough remains in question but it is a legal document in itself. I say that because sometimes...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am sure the Tánaiste will agree that over the last two and a half years, since the British public took a decision to leave the European Union without any blueprint laid down as to what that meant, an inordinately long time has been spent on the intractable issue of the withdrawal agreement and its implications. We should always remind ourselves that the withdrawal treaty is the end of...