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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the EU social summit in Gothenburg; and the issues that were discussed. [49849/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he held bilaterals at the EU summit on social rights in Gothenburg; and the issues that were discussed. [49850/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: The European social pillar document and strategy launched at the summit sets out a series of principles of social policy, which are accepted by member states. It has no justiciable basis, of course, but it is intended as a means of setting broad objectives for national and European Union activity. It is a very worthy document but it is not clear what importance is attached to it. It is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his Department's strategy statement and its commitment to moving focus from negotiation to implementation of Ireland's international climate change commitments. [49415/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: I agree with Deputies who spoke previously, particularly Deputies Eamon Ryan, Joan Burton and Brendan Howlin, regarding the Government's abject performance on climate change. Indeed I would trace this back to when the current Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development was Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. I think Fine Gael took the position that dealing...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: No, we did not. The Deputy knows we amended that Bill in the Seanad. I am just making the point that in terms of the introduction of that Bill, nobody knows where it came from unless there were hidden influences influencing it. The point I am trying to make is that there is an absence of vision regarding the agenda across the board in terms of renewable energy support schemes, renewable...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: I would say the Minister, Deputy Katherine Zappone, has some private views on that matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: There were no such proposals before the last budget.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 79. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to First Minister Arlene Foster since 12 November 2017 regarding Northern Ireland and Brexit. [50535/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Paradise Papers. (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance if papers (details supplied) were discussed at the last EU Council meeting. [47896/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Communications (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the internal report by his Department that was reported in the media on 23 November 2017 (details supplied) [50531/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Independent Review Mechanism (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding allegations relating to the way in which An Garda Síochána handled a case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50766/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Independent Review Mechanism (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 188. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to specify the relevant authority for the complaint regarding the way in which An Garda Síochána allegedly handled a case (details supplied), in view of the fact that the independent review mechanism deemed it not to be under the ambit of the inquiry after considering it for 18 months; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Independent Review Mechanism (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a report from the Garda Commissioner regarding a case (details supplied); the way in which it was handled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50768/17]

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (30 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Coveney, on his appointment as Tánaiste, which has to be ratified by the Dáil. I am glad the Taoiseach is at last beginning to realise that there is an enormous reservoir of talent and ability in County Cork.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (30 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, on her move to the important portfolio of Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation. I also congratulate Deputy Madigan on her elevation to the important post of Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. These appointments have been made necessary by a resignation from which no one takes any joy, but which was absolutely...

Legal Proceedings against Members of Dáil Éireann: Motion (30 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: May I make a statement on behalf of Deputy Mary Fitzpatrick?

Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2017)

Micheál Martin: Despite yesterday's setback and the inability to conclude the negotiations that would facilitate a movement to the next and most crucial phase of Brexit negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom, I welcome the significant progress made in the form of the eventual wording that emerged yesterday which would commit all Governments and parties to not having a hard border...

Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2017)

Micheál Martin: I did reference nationalists at the very beginning of my remarks when I said no one on this island wanted a hard border, including nationalism, as articulated in Northern Ireland. I made the point in my question, which the Taoiseach did not answer, namely, that the absence and contrived collapse of the Executive and the Assembly in Northern Ireland have not served the people of Northern...

Order of Business (5 Dec 2017)

Micheál Martin: We are quite open to a debate on this. We do not understand why if everybody in the House is of the view that there should be a debate how it has ended up being on the Order Paper as proposed by the Business Committee, I think, but I am subject to correction.