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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 248. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with his counterpart in Egypt regarding the continuous cancellations of a court case in regard to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31022/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Ministerial Council (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 257. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the North-South Ministerial Council. [30193/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 258. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and outstanding issues regarding same. [30196/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 305. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an archaeological assessment has been undertaken in Bantry Bay recently; if not, if one is planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30798/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 382. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of progress on paying staff money owed following the interim public sector deal for staff working in all the State's section 39 agencies inclusive of the country's main hospices; if he or his officials have corresponded with or met the Minister for Finance regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31100/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 404. To ask the Minister for Health the diagnostic facilities available to public patients to test for Lyme disease; his plans to make it more freely available; if his Department is examining this issue; if the Chief Medical Officer has issued guidelines regarding adequate tests being available; if he is satisfied that public patients are receiving adequate access to diagnostics; his views...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 457. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to funding being reduced to allow for the provision of wigs for cancer sufferers and persons with alopecia in a HSE area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31417/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 458. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department officials were consulted before there was a reduction made to the funding available for wigs for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31418/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 459. To ask the Minister for Health the various rates that the HSE allows for grants to provide wigs for persons who have cancer or suffer from alopecia; the reason for the variances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31419/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the role he and his Department have in the licensing of kelp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30795/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the process for licensing for kelp is the same for commercial kelp as it is for smaller groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30796/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the mechanical harvest of 1,860 acres of kelp in Bantry Bay; if the licence was properly advertised at local and national level; if public consultation took place; if an environmental impact assessment was or is to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30797/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his officials have policy concerns regarding the impact mechanical harvesting of over 100 acres of kelp in Bantry Bay will have on juvenile fish, lobster and other species; if a study has been taken on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30799/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his officials have concerns regarding the impact of over 1,000 acres in Bantry Bay being used for a mechanical harvest of kelp will have on angling tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30800/17]

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday, agents from the European Commission competition directorate raided the offices of motor insurance providers in Ireland as part of an investigation into anti-competitive practices. The Commission said it had concerns that the companies involved may have engaged in anti-competitive practices in breach of European Union anti-trust rules that prohibit cartels and restrictive business...

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: We all know the last section. However, people will be somewhat taken aback by the Taoiseach’s comment that we are getting results. Most people are angry when the car insurance bill comes in. It is a serious hit on people's disposable income. When one looks at the scale of the increases over the past four to five years, over 60% from 2012 onwards, these are extraordinary increases....

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: Is the tolerance threshold too high for anti-competitive forces in our economy and society? That is the basic question I want to put to the Taoiseach given what has happened over the past several years.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: There was a Fianna Fáil motion last week on CETA.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: There was a motion passed on CETA last week.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: Yes.