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Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: I did not ask about that. I asked about the specific commitment on civilianisation of the Garda. There were supposed to be 1,500 gardaí transferred from desk jobs but only 14 have been successfully transferred.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: No. Forget about it.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (24 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: 70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he contributed at the January 2018 EU Council meeting; and the meetings he attended before or after the EU Council meeting. [3444/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (24 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the most recent developments in Palestine regarding the possible withdrawal of recognising the state of Israel that was made at an international conference in Madrid in 1991 will be discussed with his other EU counterparts at the next EU Council meeting. [3063/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (24 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: 72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken at EU Council meetings recently regarding Syria. [2116/18]

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: Last week I asked the Taoiseach some basic questions about the HSE's or the health service budget, but he did not answer the questions I asked. He went on a general tour of spending generally and within the context of health services. My fundamental point last week and this week is that we are essentially being misled by the Government and the HSE on the budget for the health service in...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: The starting point is honesty and full transparency in terms of the health budget and we did not get that this year either in the preparation and lead in to the budget or in the service plan. We only got elements of it following the release of freedom of information requests to a journalist in The Irish Times. If the Taoiseach reads The Sunday Business Postthere was a very good article...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: That is not the point about freedom of information requests. The Taoiseach is saying the €347 million figure is not credible. He knows this.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: That means it is on the back burner.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: What I am about to ask again cuts to the heart of honesty in the framing of the health Estimate. I refer to section 39 organisations. What happened was fundamentally dishonest. When the public service pay determination was agreed to and new agreements were made, everybody assumed that those who worked in disability organisations and hospices would have their pay restored in line with that...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: I will conclude. Others get an opportunity every now and again. Will the Taoiseach, please, make a determination and will the Government, please, do the right thing by the people who work in these services by including them in the pay determination for HSE employees?

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is fudging again.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: We discussed hospices.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: We are not talking about that but about nurses, paramedics and therapists.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: What is going on is outrageous.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is outrageous. The dishonesty-----

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: This is an issue I have raised time and again.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: We have been very facilitative of other Deputies in the House for a long time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent trip to Lebanon; the meetings that were held; and the detail of his discussions with the Defence Force while there. [1383/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: I too have had the privilege of visiting our troops serving overseas in the cause of peace, including in the Middle East. They are a source of immense pride for the country and always have been. One is always struck by the warmth with which they are received by host populations and the acceptance of their bona fides in making a contribution and their objectivity in peacekeeping and peace...