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Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt anybody, Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Please accept the basic parameters of a parliamentary democracy that when people stand up to speak, they are allowed to. I did not interfere with anybody or interrupt anybody on that side of the House when they spoke. I agree with the order of the Business Committee. There must be some degree of certainty and solidity about our work. If a recommendation comes from the Business Committee...

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.

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: There is a commitment in the programme for Government that Ireland will play a part in promoting fundamental human rights, the rule of law and religious freedom across the globe through the European Union and the United Nations. We all agree with that commitment and, by and large, our diplomats have been very effective in promoting these objectives. However, every Deputy is equally clear...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security Committee (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the meeting he held on 25 May 2017 on national security. [25942/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security Committee (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: The most important matter is the narrative for how we describe acts of terrorism. There can never be any justification - I do not quite agree with Deputy Mick Wallace's perspective - for slaughtering innocents and civilians in the manner in which they were slaughtered in Manchester. We have had experience of this in the past. The IRA campaign of bombing civilians was no different from what...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, we are on Question No. 7.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is not the first time the Taoiseach forgot about Seanad reform.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is fair to say that the Seanad reform issue has been extraordinary and somewhat of a debacle. I wrote back on 2 December with our three nominees. Yet, we received a reply last week saying that there was still ongoing contact with the parties on the nominees for this implementation group.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Which political party has not sent in its names? Could the Taoiseach identify who has not responded to his request? We wrote back on 2 December with three names. Has the Fine Gael party finalised its nominees? There has been a kind of silence for the last couple of months. I note from previous meetings that we had during the last Government that the Taoiseach was, to be fair, decidedly...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (30 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Simon should have been-----

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]