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Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: He has accused the HSE of teeing up things for freedom of information and for leaking.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: The point is that if the Taoiseach really wants an honest debate, he should stop trying to suppress organisations in terms of their annual reports and annual service plans. He did not answer the basic question I asked. Why did the Government edit the HSE's drafts of the service plan so heavily? Why did it say that the language was unacceptable and that the HSE was being too negative? The...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: The public knows this. The employees of hospices know this. The employees of disability organisations know this. They were denied fair treatment in the shape of an equivalent pay scale to HSE employees. The HSE was clearly saying that this was coming down the tracks, but the Government was saying "No, bury that, the public does not need to know that".

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: If the Taoiseach wants honesty, he should stop trying to edit the news and prevent the truth from coming out.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Government hid the figures.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Government hid figures that have been transparently verified.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: It does not allow the Government to bury the truth.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Government should have included the deficit and the carryover, but instead it buried them.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: The revelations by Martin Wall on Monday in The Irish Times, following the release of correspondence between the Government and the HSE through a freedom of information request, confirms what I have said for some time, that, in essence, there was a fundamental lack of transparency at the heart of the process for providing money for health in 2018. There is a clear attempt by the Government...

Death of former Ceann Comhairle: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son Pháirtí Fhianna Fáil, déanaim comhbhrón le muintir Séamus Pattison faoina bhás. Polaiteoir den scoth ab ea é. D'oibrigh sé go dian dícheallach le fada an lae. Fear macánta, cneasta ab ea é chomh maith. I extend genuine sympathies on my behalf and on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be speaking at the next EU Council meeting in March 2018 regarding the Israel Palestine conflict. [5699/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Ministerial Council (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: 86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials are involved with changing the North-South Ministerial Council in the context of Brexit; and if it is being considered. [6004/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Strategy Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: 251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his Department's strategy statement and its commitments on delivering key infrastructure including broadband and energy. [6002/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Strategy Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: 265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his Department's strategy statement and its commitments on delivering key infrastructure including transport. [6002/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategy Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: 316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his Department's strategy statement and its commitments on delivering key infrastructure, including housing. [6002/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (6 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: Before the Taoiseach comes in, I would not want to inadvertently mislead the House. The Taoiseach tendered for market research on that issue and we were told it would be published. He might check that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (6 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: I am not saying that. The Taoiseach said it in the House.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (6 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: I am not saying that. The Taoiseach knows what I am saying. I am talking about the policy on the future of Europe.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (6 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (6 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is extraordinary, from a policy perspective, that the Cabinet committee would not meet to discuss such a matter. The future of Europe is a very important issue.