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Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: Was that agreed by everybody at the meeting?

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: I did not even object to the two weeks.

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: A Cheann Comhairle, could I make a point?

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: It seems to me that Deputy Ó Snodaigh faithfully read out what the Business Committee had agreed this morning. We are happy to go along with that, but within a minute, Deputy McDonald disagreed with Deputy Ó Snodaigh's proposal.

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is just ridiculous carry-on.

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: We did not, actually. The point I made is that within a minute, we got conflicting propositions on the Sinn Féin Party's position. One would have thought the Sinn Féin position would have been clear at this morning's meeting. That is a reasonable expectation.

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: We have no difficulty with the statements this evening and we have no difficulty with a debate-----

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----on Thursday and Friday-----

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----because we did most of the heavy lifting on this work over many weeks, far more heavy lifting than Sinn Féin has ever done on the water issue since this Dáil was formed.

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: It happened before though. There is a different reaction from everybody here. Let us be honest. There is a lot of hypocrisy now.

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: I want to put on the record that normally when there is a dispute about the debate it goes back to the Business Committee. I want to make it clear that we have no objection to having a debate on a motion. We did not ask for statements this evening. My understanding is that Sinn Féin and others asked for statements this evening at the Business Committee. I might be wrong but my...

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: My understanding all along was that there was to be a debate on the report. I propose-----

Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: Hold on a second. An attempt is being made here to imply that somebody somewhere mystically is blocking something. It is very simple. The Business Committee should be reconvened if there is such a breakdown in agreement, even though it met this morning and apparently agreed all of this. Clearly, that has broken down. I respectfully suggest that the Business Committee meet and sort this...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the breakdown in talks in Northern Ireland; if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, regarding same; if this deadlock will be overcome; his views on the fact that emergency powers are now allowing senior civil servants take control over Stormont's finances; and the way he envisages that concerns for Northern Ireland following...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with Prime Minister May regarding the ongoing talks on the Northern Ireland Assembly and the way in which legacy issues will be addressed. [18285/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: As the Taoiseach knows, it is my view that the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Executive should never have collapsed in the first instance. I believe that it was an engineered decision for electoral purposes. The result is that Northern Ireland now lacks a coherent voice, especially on Brexit, which is the single, greatest, once in a generation challenge to the island of Ireland. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin's leader in the North promoted the ash scheme.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin's leader in the North promoted it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: No one is more corrupt than your gang.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: No one is more corrupt than Deputy Doherty's gang --- Sinn Féin and its colleagues.