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Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: Very dangerous.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee meetings that he has attended since he was appointed. [31015/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: During the recent Fine Gael leadership campaign, the media was told that the Taoiseach intended to make "radical" transformative changes to the nature and role of Cabinet committees. From what I have heard, the most radical move seems to be to get rid of some of them or to bury them altogether. The Taoiseach may have reason for that. I have a question on some Cabinet committees. If one...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: The fact that there have been more public consultations on the content of referenda is a positive development. The referendum to abolish the Seanad failed because it was seen as a party political objective as opposed to one that was necessarily good for the country. The people saw sense in terms of maintaining a second, Upper, House to have the proper articulation of views, views...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is the beneficial side of the Common Fisheries Policy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to hold constitutional referenda in the future. [31387/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: When the re-establishment of a Department of community and rural affairs was announced three weeks ago, no details were provided on what its responsibilities would be. There has since been near-complete silence. In the Taoiseach's leadership manifesto there is very little detail on rural affairs, with the programme simply promising to implement existing policies. It is clear that the...

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is in the programme for Government.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: There is no credibility in that statement.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: I have been told there is no Chairman of the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport, so it is very difficult for it to get any work done.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Minister is at large. The programme for Government from last year stated:The tender process for the National Broadband Plan is currently underway and will influence the contract’s terms and conditions. Following the completion of the tender process and the awarding of the contract, targeted for June 2017, the new Government will work with the winners to accelerate the roll out...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should be careful what he wishes for.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: A man died because he could not get access to emergency heart treatment within any reasonable timeframe. People feel the time for review is over. I asked the Taoiseach a very specific question. The clinical review team said to go ahead with the second cath lab. A business case was made in 2013 and 2014. Who stopped that? Can someone give me a transparent answer to that question? Why...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: It makes no sense. It is not tenable or workable in terms of patients in Waterford and the south east.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach was the Minister at the time.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach decided on the review.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: Sorry, no. The absence of a second lab is a risk to safety.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Government's own 2012 report identified it.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: Two weeks ago we briefly discussed the sad passing of Thomas Power who could not access emergency heart treatment in Waterford University Hospital. Today Deputies Mary Butler and David Cullinane hosted a meeting in the Leinster House audio-visual room for public representatives at which Thomas Power’s sister gave a heart-rending account of the devastation endured by her and her family...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Government Information Service (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 64. To ask the Taoiseach the staffing and media monitoring in the Government Information Service unit; and if there will be changes in the unit. [30895/17]