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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: It would be used as a stabilisation tool in respect of any issues that arise.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Howlin mentioned that matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (26 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: I agree with the Green Party. It is correct that the issue of biodiversity should be explicitly addressed in the national risk assessment following the consultation period. The biggest reason for this is that existing commitments under the national biodiversity plan have not been implemented, and the greatest failings are linked directly to a lack of Government co-ordination and inaction....

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (26 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: I propose the two Deputies who tabled the questions go ahead.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (26 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the EU colleagues he has spoken to prior to the June 2018 EU Council meeting; and if they support Ireland in relation to the December 2017 agreement. [27688/18]

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: Many parents of schoolgoing children face enormous costs in their daily lives in rearing their children, and the cost of living generally remains a constant pressure on them. This is compounded, made much worse, by the cost of school activities and the ongoing need to contribute to schools' current funding requirements. Parents are fundraising left, right and centre to pay for electricity,...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: I am entitled to raise issues of this kind, and the last person to lecture anyone on promises is the Taoiseach. He has promised billions - never mind €1.6 billion or €1.8 billion - in recent months through various announcements, set pieces and so on in respect of the NDP etc.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is quite extraordinary the degree to which the Taoiseach lectures everyone else on raising issues of expenditure when only this morning another €200 million was announced by two Ministers. The Taoiseach should therefore stop the smart-aleckry about people making promises. It is absolutely our entitlement to raise this issue, as we raised the pupil-teacher ratio last year. The...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: -----to have to increase them. As for the Taoiseach's comments on the largest ever expenditure, the population is growing. As it grows, education expenditure will grow. The Taoiseach should not be so self-satisfied about what the Government is doing in respect of school buildings. I could bring him to any constituency in the country, including my own-----

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: -----and show him where there has been consistent neglect of schools that have been in the pipeline for five or six years and some poor planning decisions made. I will gladly work through this with him if he is genuinely interested in trying to get to the meat of the issue and not in the endless rhetoric that does not match the reality on the ground.

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: In the programme for Government there is a commitment that all parties to this agreement will operate on a good faith and no surprise basis for the term of the Oireachtas. There have been numerous questions in the past two years about arrangements with Independent Deputies in return for their support. When I asked recently about any deals the Government may have with Independent Deputies,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: That is a deal.

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: That is public and should be there to be read. It is in black and white.

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: That is a lot.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Papal Visit (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: Any fair assessment would conclude there is a warm public response to the Pope's visit in August. He is coming here in exactly the spirit we would hope for from the leader of the world's largest organised religion and faith on this island. This is an important opportunity for our society to demonstrate that it respects the faith and sincerity of people at a time when significant progress on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Structured Dialogue Process (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: The pace of divestment of schools has slowed down in recent years, in my view, because the Government has decided to take a conflictual approach, with a great deal of conflictual rhetoric, rather than co-operation which was achieving quite a lot previously. The last initiative to dramatically change the dynamic of school formation was a decision I took myself in the late 1990s to eliminate...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Structured Dialogue Process (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: -----given the level of taxpayer and State investment in hospitals and the complexity of healthcare in terms of the management of a large tertiary hospital. These are hospitals in which the State puts all the eggs - heart disease, cancer, and diseases of all the major organs of the body - in one basket. An important discussion needs to be had with the faith leaders on the reality of all of...

Pre-European Council: Statements (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach write a letter?

Pre-European Council: Statements (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: I note the Taoiseach is a bit more informed today about the eurozone budget proposals than he was yesterday. That is to be welcomed. This week's summit was due to mark a moment of significant progress on Brexit. Unfortunately, this will not now happen. For Ireland, many warning signals are now going off which suggests that, at best, meeting our negotiating objectives will be extremely...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: British-Irish Council (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 77. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the British-Irish Council meeting on 22 June 2018. [28273/18]