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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet sub-committee meetings he has attended recently. [3273/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet sub-committees held in April 2015. [18118/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach. I refer to the Economic Management Council, which met six times.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Given the two issues that have emerged, I am interested, in particular, in the number of times the sub-committees have met. It seems to me that the issue of child poverty has reached alarming levels. The number of children in consistent poverty has almost doubled in two years under the Government's watch, from about 6% to 12%. It is a shocking statistic which has been commented on by the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Research is fundamental to economic policy. I have spoken about it with many people recently. I was involved in it myself when implementing the Science Foundation Ireland strategy from 2006 to 2011. It is the cornerstone of the country’s future in economic potential, competitiveness and capacity to innovate but is going down the tubes under the Taoiseach’s Government because...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: No, that is not what happened.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: It has nothing to do with what I asked the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I was talking about the research environment generally.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: That was all developed before the Taoiseach's time. I am talking about what is happening now.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Name the manager.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach was meant to take charge of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he was asked to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3274/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he met the President of Ukraine, Mr. Petro Poroshenko, while attending the World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4302/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. At the start we should note that most of these questions were tabled over five months ago. The delay is not just because of the nature of Taoiseach's Question Time. The Taoiseach halved the number of Taoiseach's questions periods when he came into government four years ago, taking out one day of Taoiseach's questions. He also does not reschedule when...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Not really.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I was there once, but it was not sumptuous.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: No. They said that the Government got it wrong.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: They were here before the Government entered office.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has not done his research at all.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (23 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: And the Government is putting it at risk.