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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Oh God.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: An bhfuil aon mhachnamh déanta ag an Rialtas ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla? D'éirigh an t-iarChoimisinéir Teanga as oifig agus tá Coimisinéir Teanga nua againn anois. Bheadh sé úsáideach dá mbeadh deis ag an gcoimisinéir reatha a gcuid tuairimí i dtaobh roinnt ceisteanna áirithe a nochtadh. Conas a bhfuil an tAcht ag dul ar...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Somebody might like to put a handle on it because as we know-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----from history those who were rejected in previous times became celebrated artists in later times in terms of quality of outputs and so on. I put that to the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Fumbling in a greasy till.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the first annual report on the implementation of the programme for a partnership Government. [23332/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: I will put some perspective on what has just been said. For over six months there has been a steady series of claims that the Government's objectively appalling legislative record is somehow the fault of this Dáil. That is what is presented by the Government side and Government and Fine Gael sources have been actively promoting the idea that legislation is being held back because of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Public servants did not want to progress legislation because, lo and behold, it might be changed. One obvious response in finding out whether a proposal can make it through the Dáil is to undertake some consultation with people. That has not happened. One cannot blame the Dáil for the fact that legislation has not come forward. We asked yesterday about the Technological...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Trade is the number one issue in Brexit, as the Taoiseach knows. It all boils down to the trade agreement between the UK and the European Union with regard to its economic and social impact on Ireland. We can strip everything else back but the trade agreement is it. Shipping and transport is central to trade. People are now talking about new routes but 80% of our trade goes through the UK...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport is not engaged in this. Will the Taoiseach find out what he is doing?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Apparently, no boards are being appointed because it is beyond his capacity to make a judgment on whether he can appoint somebody.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: I do not know if the Taoiseach is aware he has not been engaging on the Brexit matters. If he is aware, what has the Taoiseach done about this? Will he please check this as shipping and transport of all persuasions are critical.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: I apologise but it is a fair point that deserves some clarification.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Has he stepped aside from his European Union duties?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: If only he was so loyal to the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Canada and his meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister; if CETA was discussed; and the other meetings that he attended and the issues that were discussed. [22095/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Seanad Reform (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 26. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the group being formed to reform Seanad Éireann as agreed in 2016. [22098/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 76. To ask the Taoiseach if he met Prince Charles when he was visiting here. [23334/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Meetings (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 77. To ask the Taoiseach when the next EU Council meeting will take place. [23335/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department is assessing options on border control other than a hard border; and the measures which will be required between Northern Ireland and here, in view of the repeated statements from Prime Minister May regarding leaving the customs union and the response from the EU confirming that this will require a type of border. [16716/17]