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Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: If somebody really falls under a bus, the power is there for such a member to come off a committee and for someone to go on it.

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: We are not talking about that type of scenario.

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: What is really going on here is different. We were very quick to nominate our membership of the Business Committee; we had no difficulty at all in nominating Members.

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: We should proceed with voting on the proposal.

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach's last line, that Tusla does not instruct An Garda to keep anybody in a Garda station and that it is a matter for the Garda, sums it up. It sums up the pathetic nature of buck-passing and is trying to mask the reality of the findings of the report which states the initial de factoplace of safety for children is the Garda station. There is no point in dressing it up or trying...

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: I have consistently raised with the Taoiseach the disconnect between rhetoric and reality and between aspiration and delivery. Nowhere are they to be seen more than in the damning report issued yesterday by Professor Geoffrey Shannon, special rapporteur to the Government on child protection. It is a report that calls into question the commitment of the Government to fulfil its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Assisted Decision Making (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will come into force; the reason for the delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25463/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Terrorism (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if EU security will be discussed at the next EU Council meeting following the bomb attack in Manchester and the relentless ISIS attacks across the EU with many member states under high security alert. [25627/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outstanding issues that have not been fully implemented under the Good Friday Agreement and subsequent agreements. [20405/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Agreements (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has written to or spoken to the Australian Prime Minister about the Australian Government's announcements on visa changes. [20407/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the Charter of Fundamental Rights with other EU leaders, including the British Foreign Secretary and its implications for the citizens of Northern Ireland following Brexit. [21841/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or the Taoiseach has spoken recently to the Prime Minister of Egypt about a person (details supplied). [23024/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of discussions at political or official level regarding the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. [24363/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Ministerial Council (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the North-South Ministerial Council. [24679/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 460. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be approved to supply residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25589/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Insolvency Payments Scheme (25 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for payment of compensation for unpurchased pension service for persons at a company (details supplied); the details of such compensation; the timeframe for this to be paid to the persons in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25054/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Insolvency Payments Scheme (25 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of cases referred to the dispute resolution process for former workers of a company (details supplied) that subsequently made an appeal with regard to the calculation of their compensation offer vis-à-vis contract service. [25055/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Did the Government provide €500 million?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economy, Trade and Jobs last met. [23333/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Some of this was dealt with yesterday when the Taoiseach replied at length but he did not answer all of the questions. The disruption of Brexit will be profound and it is not yet clear what the scale of the response will be from the Government or the European Union in terms of the facilitation of solidarity mechanisms which might enable us to help industries under pressure or help industries...