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Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----but finishing and completing Bills.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: That is not the issue. It is just that the Bills are not being produced.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the change or reform of Cabinet committees, there are many questions about the strategy the Taoiseach has deployed. The Taoiseach said he wanted the committees to be more focused, but he has put many issues involving wide-ranging and diverse disciplines under one committee. As a result of his changes, the national anti-poverty strategy, public sector reform, the drugs...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: It raises questions for a garda today should another event or incident happen on the street. What will his or her response be-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----in terms of rushing to the defence of a person going about their business or a civilian whose freedom of movement is being curtailed? There is always a balance in these matters. I am not talking about imprisonment here but one's right to walk on the street and to go from A to B. I believe gardaí should vindicate that right-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----but it often is not vindicated in the modern era. We must be very careful about cherry-picking various aspects of a case when we have not been in the court room for the length of the trial.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: It undermines morale even further, whether the Taoiseach accepts it or not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: That is not what the Taoiseach said. He should not be disingenuous.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach seemed to say European Council meetings in Estonia and-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: And then a meeting with the President of the United States next March, which I believe was confirmed in the phone call. Is that right?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: We have heard the list, but it does not seem to include any substantive bilateral meeting with European colleagues. I have been asking the Taoiseach about this next matter for three weeks but he has consistently dodged the question. Why did he decide to change the entire ministerial team dealing with the EU and Brexit? The previous Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: I would have thought that the explanation for replacing the entire Brexit team with a new one would be down to a major change in strategy that the Taoiseach had in mind. The former Taoiseach held many meetings with Heads of State and Government across Europe. Does the current Taoiseach intend to complete that work? In the context of the Brexit negotiations, does he have meetings lined up...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Staff (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 85. To ask the Taoiseach if he has recently met his officials on Brexit; and the particular areas that they discussed. [32813/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Office of the Attorney General (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 78. To ask the Taoiseach the role his Department has in relation to the allocation and management of the budget for the Attorney General's office; and if there is much interaction during the year regarding same. [32805/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Advisers Data (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 79. To ask the Taoiseach the number of advisers he will be employing in his Department; and the roles and responsibilities they will have. [32807/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Government Information Service (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 80. To ask the Taoiseach the number of non-civil servants employed in the Government Information Services; and the roles that they have. [32808/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 81. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in his Department in 2014, 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [32809/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 82. To ask the Taoiseach the number of contract staff he has in his Department; and the roles that they have. [32810/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Offices (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 83. To ask the Taoiseach if refurbishment took place in his Department in the past five years. [32811/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 84. To ask the Taoiseach when he last visited Northern Ireland. [32812/17]