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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach whether President Macron said he would support Ireland's priorities in the context of the Brexit negotiations. [46346/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is good that the Taoiseach met the President of France. 4 o’clock We have had strong relationship with France over the years, particularly in terms of the CAP, although France has always had an envious eye on our corporate tax rates and has made interventions that have periodically reached varying degrees of intensity. It seems we are now back in a phase where President Macron...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (14 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 90. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the ongoing request for an inquiry into the Dublin-Monaghan bombings; and if it was recently discussed at his meetings with Prime Minister May. [47829/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 91. To ask the Taoiseach if a centre (details supplied) was discussed at his meeting with a person when he was in the United States of America; if there was comparison made to the provision of centres in Denmark; and if planning difficulties were raised. [47830/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (14 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 92. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on sponsored advertisements on social media sites run in his Department; and the way in which these are co-ordinated. [47831/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Undocumented Irish in the USA (14 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 93. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the undocumented Irish at his meetings when he was in the United States of America. [47832/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Meetings (14 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 94. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the pre-Cabinet meetings held on a weekly basis in his Department; and the persons who attend these meetings. [47833/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (14 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 96. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in his Department in November 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively; and the projected number for November 2018. [47988/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Budgets (14 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 97. To ask the Taoiseach the activities of his Department that will receive reduced funding in 2018 in comparison to 2016 and 2017. [47989/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (14 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed a case (details supplied) with his British counterpart at their meetings. [47828/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (14 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update from his perspective on the latest developments on Brexit talks and the reason for optimism following the October EU Council meeting. [48167/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (14 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the unit in his Department that will be co-ordinating the response of his Department to the Sláintecare report as outlined in his own department's priorities. [48171/17]

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: We are in the midst of a housing crisis at all levels, with issues including homelessness, the cost of renting and the inability to get a council house or to buy an affordable house. The capacity of the Government to deal with the enormity of this crisis is again being called into question with the revelations in an article in The Irish Timestoday outlining the extremely poor performance in...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: The figures covered both approved housing bodies and local authorities. Even the figures the Taoiseach mentioned of 2,000 this year and 3,000 will go nowhere near dealing with the crisis. We all have families coming to us every week in dire situations. I have a family of a mother and three children living in a hotel in Cork who have been on the city housing list for ten years. To get a...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: It makes no sense. There must be far greater urgency and a sense of getting to grips with this. In the 1930s, 1960s and 1970s, this country was in a position to build far more houses far more quickly to take people out of tenements and house them.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: These figures represent a damning indictment of the capacity of the Government and the State to make meaningful inroads and resolve this crisis. Even on the figures the Taoiseach is announcing, it is going at a snail's pace.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: Nothing is progressing, unfortunately.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: No, the local authorities.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: Fine Gael is in government for seven years.

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: What is the status of the commitment in the programme for Government to produce a national rare diseases plan? The situation is becoming critical for people with rare diseases as the Taoiseach will be aware in terms of children and adults with PKU, for example, who are awaiting ratification of the drug Kuvan, which can have a very significant impact for people with PKU. The negotiations...