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Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is not unconstitutional.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: I was interrupted when I was going to ask a question.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: Dr. Hillery is a reputable and esteemed voice on mental health.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the plans for revamping his Department's website. [23795/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: As the Taoiseach will be aware, documents released under freedom of information show that the procurement of a new website for the Department of the Taoiseach and a new overall web portal was rushed through last year. This happened before a single piece of research had been undertaken on what the users of the sites might want. The Taoiseach will also be aware that the one uniform finding...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon of South Korea and the issues that were discussed. [25354/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: In the context of the Taoiseach's meeting with the South Korean Prime Minister, businesses and workers throughout the country have been looking on with growing concern at the chaos that appears to be about to hit global trade. The wild and indiscriminate attacks being directed at America's trading partners pose a direct threat to our economy. This point has been made repeatedly by...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Global Footprint Initiative (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on his commitment to double Ireland's global footprint. [25355/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Global Footprint Initiative (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 99. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the plan he launched on 11 June 2018 with regard to doubling the number of staff across the globe by 2025; if it has an implementation plan; and if it is costed. [26439/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Global Footprint Initiative (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: We waited nearly a year for the Global Ireland document to be published but last week's document was more than a bit of a let-down. Fundamentally, there is no implementation plan and there are no costings in the plan. I and my party have been calling for a significant expansion in our diplomatic, commercial and cultural footprint since well before the Brexit referendum. We have argued...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Global Footprint Initiative (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: Is there an implementation plan?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Global Footprint Initiative (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: So it is not a real visit.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Global Footprint Initiative (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: Particularly in planning.

Apology for Persons Convicted of Consensual Same-Sex Sexual Acts: Motion (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is important that we take time to remember and reflect on key moments in our history, particularly when they mark a decisive move towards recognising the basic rights of citizens. By any measure, the vote 25 years ago to decriminalise homosexuality is a turning point in modern Irish history. It did not end discrimination, and we have not ended discrimination, but it set off a chain of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Requests (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 84. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information, FOI, requests his Department has received since January 2018; the number that were appealed, refused and granted, respectively; and the costs that were applied. [26215/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Strategic Communications Unit (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 85. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the winding down of the strategic communications unit. [26216/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 86. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met. [26217/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 87. To ask the Taoiseach if he met with Ms Arlene Foster when in Belfast recently; the issues that were discussed; and if there is progress on the impasse in reconvening the Northern Assembly. [26219/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 88. To ask the Taoiseach if he met with Ms. Michelle O'Neill when in Belfast recently; the issues that were discussed; and if there is progress on the impasse in reconvening the Northern Assembly. [26220/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 89. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the Orange Order headquarters while in Belfast and his meeting with senior members of the Order; and the issues that were discussed. [26221/18]