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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if a Cabinet committee meeting was held in relation to justice matters in the past few months. [32871/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the dates on which meetings of Cabinet committees or sub-committees took place in July 2015. [32875/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee meetings he attended in September 2015. [33921/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Staff (15 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: 489. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned for the safety of Irish civil servants working in Brussels and in other missions, if extra safety measures have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42293/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: 490. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if attacks on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria were discussed with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42292/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: 491. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the comments by the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, on how safety and security depends on degrading and ultimately destroying the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41154/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (15 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: 492. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding dealing with the legacy of the past element of the agreement on the North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41157/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Consultative Group (15 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: 558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish the minutes of the weekly meetings held in Government Buildings regarding Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44709/15]

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: Ireland has one of the most severe strains of cystic fibrosis in the world and the highest incidences per head of population at three times the rate in the United States and the rest of the European Union. In that context, Ireland should be at the forefront of new technologies, research and strategies to deal with the condition. A ground-breaking new drug has arrived on the market. It was...

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is not being straight with the people on this issue. He is hiding behind the NCPE and the HSE. The bottom line is that there is no provision of extra money for the high-tech drugs scheme next year, despite the rapidly escalating cost of treatment, which we acknowledge. However, there is no plan or vision on this issue. Last Sunday the director general of the HSE said...

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is playing politics with CF patients again. People are fed up of his shallow, empty sloganeering. He did it five years ago. He has sloganed his way through health and told untruths about it and he is at it again now. He should speak to the issue and be a man and tell the people whether he is going to provide the money or not.

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: I said nothing about that.

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Government has spent €1 billion on Irish Water.

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: I do not.

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: We had a policy on this and this Government changed it. It should be leading on this.

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: We have the most CF patients in the world and we should be leading on this.

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Government could have a vision for this.

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: We brought in high-tech drugs quickly during our time and changed the nature and treatment of many diseases as a result. This Government has taken the opposite approach.

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is what the Government does.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is not agreed to. On this and the next measure, we object to the unacceptable use of the guillotine in principle. It reflects the Government's approach to this Dáil from the outset where it has sought to undermine its efficacy, reduce time for debate and ram through important legislation. The most glaring illustration of that was the legislation setting up Irish Water, which proved...