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Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is not opinion. It is a fact. They are not being paid.

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: There is a clear commitment in the programme for Government committing the Government to tackling criminal gangs. It is with great horror that people watch on a regular basis murder and mayhem on our streets, in particular in Dublin. In the past ten days alone there have been two more very callous murders - one last night - which we condemn unreservedly. It is an appalling loss of life...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements: Supplementary Questions (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach's speech to the European Parliament was surprising in the extent to which it failed to address most of the most urgent issues facing the EU. One of these is how we react to member states that seem to reject basic democratic norms such as the balance of power and independence for both the media and academia. Hungary is a member state and we must deal with it. I do not have an...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements: Supplementary Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had discussions recently with Prime Minister May regarding Northern Ireland and phase two of the Brexit talks. [1387/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements: Supplementary Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May since his appointment regarding outstanding issues under the Good Friday Agreement, in particular in relation to inquiries into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings and the Kingsmill massacre. [2113/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements: Supplementary Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May in January 2018 regarding Northern Ireland and Brexit. [3061/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements: Supplementary Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May since talks to reconvene the Northern Ireland Executive have recommenced. [4322/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements: Supplementary Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: One of the clearest messages of the last month is that nothing has actually been secured for Ireland in the negotiations thus far. When the spin and self-congratulation are put aside, the reality is that the phase one agreement commits the United Kingdom and the European Union to the same positions they offered at the start of the process. The frustration is that, so far, there has not been...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements: Supplementary Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: Over the past week the Taoiseach has repeatedly refused to answer direct questions on the health budget. Yesterday he tried to deflect by saying that all agencies look for more and the HSE is no different. This is not the point. The issue is the Government insisting on promising a level of services which it knows cannot be delivered for the amount of money allocated in the budget. That is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements: Supplementary Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: I am not saying that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements: Supplementary Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: That is not the charge.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements: Supplementary Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: We had to drag the Government kicking and screaming to do it.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to EU leaders at or since the last European Council meeting about the length of time for the transition phase for the UK following March 2019; and if Ireland's request for a five-year transition period will be considered or reached. [4557/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met with his officials to discuss phase 2 of the Brexit negotiations. [4558/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (31 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: 255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has spoken to his French counterpart regarding CAP policy recently. [4326/18]

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach last week told rural dwellers and various campaigners to stop talking down rural Ireland. I put it to him that campaigning for and articulating the need for basic services such as housing, health, broadband connectivity or questioning the lack of spending on important projects in rural Ireland is entirely legitimate, as is calling to account the Government for its lack of...

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Government seems incapable of doing the here and now in delivering existing programmes in accordance of the promises it made. Does the Taoiseach accept that the Government has failed on the Leader programme, has failed on broadband and is caught short on the railway investment programme?

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: I note the Taoiseach's reply was devoid of any reference to the Government's failure with regard to broadband connectivity.

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: I was intrigued by the Taoiseach's opening remarks, in which he referred to what the Government has been able to do "in a short period of time". It is as if he is trying to wave a magic wand so we will ignore the fact that he has been a Minister since 2011.

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach and his colleagues promised that there would be broadband connectivity by 2015.