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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Issues (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: Why is the Deputy so angry all the time?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Issues (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Doherty is so angry. I apologise.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Issues (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department's officials are involved in meetings to discuss sectoral plans or responses to Brexit. [6904/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Issues (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. Last week, he accepted that planning for a position where the United Kingdom is not in the Single Market and customs union is required. Having previously said that there are more than enough impact studies, he also accepted that the most recent impact study, of which we have only seen a summary, shows evidence of serious sectoral impacts which must be...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is an appalling decision.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is on the way.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: There is a clear commitment in the programme for Government in respect of developing affordable loans options, although they have been very poorly developed so far. In respect of the recently published affordable loans scheme, a significant number of people have been prevented from applying, namely, those who may have had property before. It seems that only first-time buyers can apply. A...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: That is not being communicated to people.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: I have seen the guidelines and that is not stated in them.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: We know this. We have had all of this already from the HSE.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: When Senator Catherine Ardagh described something last week as the cruellest cut of all, she was referring to the decision of the HSE, endorsed by the Minister, to arbitrarily cut the use by thousands of people of Versatis patches by severely restricting reimbursement under the drugs payment and medical card schemes. It was estimated that up to 25,000 people were on Versatis patches and the...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: I do not accept that. I think it was a cost-cutting measure by any yardstick, and the briefing note of the HSE to the committee also goes through the costs of the significant increase in patients using this medicine. The sudden, overnight nature of this decision was appalling and visited untold trauma on people. Dr. John Goddard, a researcher in Sheffield, published an article in the Pain...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: 72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the Copenhagen economic report; the role his Department officials will have in responding to same; and the plans they are working on and co-ordinating across Departments. [8467/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Reports (21 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: 119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the Copenhagen economic report; and the role her Department officials will have in responding to same. [8467/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Proposed Legislation (20 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: I am aware of the legislation under consideration by the Taoiseach's Department. In relation to previous correspondence, however, it may be important for the Taoiseach to consider legislating for the strategic communications unit, or SCU, and consider the statutory underpinning of it. He says it is important to communicate what the Government does and he talks about roads and so on, but...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (20 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: There was a view that Senator McDowell would be the chair.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (20 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: I thought the Taoiseach had agreed it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (20 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: Who put it in the programme for Government?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (20 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: It has nothing to do with Government; it is commercial entities.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (20 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: Does that mean that Deputy Ross gets a fair shot?