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Leaders' Questions (16 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: Will the Government publish the advice?

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: My questions were addressed to the Government.

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: In the context of the recent CervicalCheck scandal and litigation, the Government has been at pains to point out that it does not wish to take an adversarial approach to victims of State institutions. However, I recently met the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Richard Bruton, to discuss the cases of Mr. John Allen and a number of other men from Limerick who had been pursuing the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: -----by the Government of the Louise O'Keeffe judgment in terms of prior complaint. Standing back from it the Minister must know this is morally wrong, that we are going to force these men to go all the way to Europe to get clarification on the Louise O'Keeffe decision because of the Government's adversarial approach.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Middle East Issues (16 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has held a meeting with the Minister of State with special responsibility for Defence regarding the development in the Golan Heights in which Irish soldiers are assisting. [21485/18]

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: I wish to begin by acknowledging the hurt and absolute devastation being experienced by the Kriegel and Valdez families over the past number of days. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. Both Ana Kriegel and Jastine Valdez were taken violently and brutally and their families and communities have been left broken-hearted. I pay tribute to the gardaí and first responders for all they...

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is not dealing with this in the most sensitive manner possible, he is dealing with it in the most insensitive manner possible. The prior complaint is a device to circumvent the Government's responsibilities. There is only one case in Dunderrow relating to the prior complaint regarding an abuser. Most children in primary school do not disclose that they have been abused until...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: Perhaps the biscuits should be replaced with fruit.

Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: We have repeatedly received complaints about the poor provision of services for people with disabilities, particularly children, and access to various therapies - including speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy - and respite care. I am conscious that significant sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act have not been commenced...

Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: That was our idea.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: First, I wish to say again that if it was not for Vicky Phelan we would know nothing about any of this. Given all the documentation that has emerged through the various committees of this House, both the Committee of Public Accounts and the Joint Committee on Health, and that has come into the public domain, it is quite an extraordinary fact that if it was not for Vicky Phelan's decision to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: Does that mean it will be delayed?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is clear to me that the elephant in the room in terms of Northern Ireland and Brexit is the absence of an Executive and an Assembly. There is a lot of hype and rhetoric about regulatory alignment with regard to the customs union, being part of the Single Market and all of that. However, it is extraordinary, given the grave threat that Brexit represents to the island, particularly to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Estimates Process (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: I welcome the reduction in respect of the SCU because what was going on there was wrong and its parent was the Creative Ireland initiative. Through freedom of information, FOI, requests we came across evidence that the then Minister was making decisions as to which newspaper would be allocated what. The Minister made a decision on the allocation of public moneys to newspapers. I have the...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: No, we do not.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: Of course, absolutely. That is very basic.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is elementary.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: If Deputy Jim O'Callaghan's original Bill had been accepted, we would not have had any of this.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland's preparedness for Brexit and his Department's role in same. [22298/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Sector (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the role his departmental officials had with the new strategy on the IFSC. [22296/18]