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Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: They are fed up.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: I am not worried about backing up the Minister of State.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: I am interested in the families who are at the end of their tether-----

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----and who really want-----

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----to get beyond rhetoric and beyond strategies, and want real services for them on the ground. They would expect the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, to deal with it-----

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----and the Government as well.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: It takes up to two years to get an assessment of need in Cork.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: We are not talking about shortcomings, but a crisis.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: There is a very disappointing complacency - almost a smugness - in the Taoiseach's response to issues of this kind. It is now standard practice and a mantra whereby the Taoiseach will just itemise what he sees as positives and so on but will not deal with the hard questions that are asked. If one asked the basic question about access to therapies for children, teenagers and indeed older...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: The story for people with disabilities continues to worsen year after year. Access to therapies is simply appalling and respite care and opportunities for work for people with disabilities are very poor. The assessment of need statutory rules are continuously breached, but much worse is happening. I could go through a whole range of services for people with disabilities which are very poor...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has written to or spoken to his counterpart in the US Administration in relation to President Trump's plans to change the way in which US corporate tax operates; and if so, if his department officials are preparing a response to same. [41865/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on negotiations in Northern Ireland. [41861/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Referendum Data (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the commitment the Government has given on holding referendums on blasphemy, women in the home and divorce. [41643/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the commitment in the programme for Government to develop services and specialties to support persons with mental health difficulties; and if he will further report on the commitment to implement the national dementia strategy. [41862/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Referendum Campaigns (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 140. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the commitment the Government has given on holding a referendum on the eighth amendment. [41643/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Referendum Campaigns (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the commitment the Government has given on holding referendums on reducing the voting age to 16, the direct election of executive mayors and extending the franchise at presidential elections. [41643/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Overseas Visits (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: That will be a new dimension.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Overseas Visits (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: When we discussed the visit of Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Trudeau, to Ireland the Taoiseach did not mention a return visit. Can we assume it was something that was organised relatively late for such meetings? Instead of a multiday visit, the focus this time was on existing trading companies and links rather than on opening new ones. Why was that the case? It is surprising, given the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Overseas Visits (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: I do not think the Taoiseach will be in a position to do that for quite some time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Diplomatic Representation (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach give us a definition of doubling at some stage in this process?