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Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----to get beyond rhetoric and beyond strategies, and want real services for them on the ground. They would expect the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, to deal with it-----

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----and the Government as well.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: It takes up to two years to get an assessment of need in Cork.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: We are not talking about shortcomings, but a crisis.

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: There is a lengthy section in the programme for Government on disability objectives and legislation. Focusing on one area, it states:Personalised budgets provide an individual with more control in accessing services, giving them greater independence and choice. We will devolve budgets to the person so that they may shop beyond traditional service providers to better fit their needs. To do...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: That is what the Government stated it would do. That is the policy.

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach might send me a detailed note on it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Chancellor Merkel recently. [40409/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt on 21 September 2017; and the issues that were discussed. [40675/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to other EU leaders recently regarding Ireland and Brexit. [41866/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. Yesterday, he said he was not asking for any special status for Northern Ireland because he was holding out for the UK remaining in the Single Market and customs union or for there to be a full free trade zone covering the UK and EU. I would argue that this is quite a peculiar position given the fact that the UK and EU have established as co-redlines...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Responsibilities (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: The very clear evidence produced in the media through freedom of information is that there was an effort to delay implementation of the request of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that overpayments be returned by Ministers of State, particularly those at the Cabinet. Why did this delay happen and why was there an attempt to mislead a journalist about the state of the issue?...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: I want to state that we warmly welcome the end of the trial against Ibrahim Halawa. There has been a sustained public campaign and support across the political divide and among the Irish people to ensure that his cause was always in the public profile and that he would be released. It is a source of concern and worry that he has not yet been released and that he is not home in Ireland. He...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: All is forgiven.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for the reply. It is almost as if it is business as usual with Egypt and that we have moved on quickly from where we were. As someone who, as Minister for Foreign Affairs, enjoyed cordial, productive and constructive engagement with Egypt, the previous regime notwithstanding, it is important that we do not step back from advocating for respect for human rights and due...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has written to or spoken to his counterpart in the US Administration in relation to President Trump's plans to change the way in which US corporate tax operates; and if so, if his department officials are preparing a response to same. [41865/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on negotiations in Northern Ireland. [41861/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Referendum Data (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the commitment the Government has given on holding referendums on blasphemy, women in the home and divorce. [41643/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the commitment in the programme for Government to develop services and specialties to support persons with mental health difficulties; and if he will further report on the commitment to implement the national dementia strategy. [41862/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Referendum Campaigns (4 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 140. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the commitment the Government has given on holding a referendum on the eighth amendment. [41643/17]