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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Issues (28 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I welcome the fact that the essentials of the Good Friday Agreement have been preserved within the withdrawal agreement. I have absolutely no doubt but that the collapse of the Executive and the Assembly was contrived nearly two years ago by Sinn Féin for political reasons. Allegedly, it was over the renewable heat initiative. We now know Sinn...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Issues (28 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: I also have the view that we will not reach a no deal scenario, although there will be many difficult hurdles between now and 30 March. Notwithstanding that there may be a series of votes in Westminster, it could take a number of directions, namely, anything from a British general election or a referendum to a second vote or a series of votes that gives a different result, but that is in the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (28 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he spoke to his UK counterparts regarding the political declaration to be finalised before the November 2018 EU Council meeting. [49435/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his officials have read the latest ESRI report on the construction industry. [49143/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: Over the past year, I have raised with the Taoiseach the plight of section 39 organisations, particularly hospices, and the fact that they did not get a fair deal from the Government in the restoration of pay under the turnaround of the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation. While the Government's position has shifted, overall it has been mean-spirited and lacked...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is not living in the land of reality with regard to these agencies. He is in denial, as is Government. We have met the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister for Finance. The bottom line is that I am not offering up that analysis. It is commissioned research that the Taoiseach should read but it is also the reality on the ground. I have met...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: The research states they are all in deficit.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: Last week, I offered to sit on Friday to have other debates and try to get things moving. I have always believed that the two and a half days the House sits cannot cover everything at particular points in time. I have stated that repeatedly but it has fallen on deaf ears for a long time. On questions on promised legislation, Fianna Fáil will support the establishment of a post office...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: -----about their fate coming up to Christmas. It is time for clarity in that regard.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: I was recently at an event marking the contribution of Éamon de Valera to Irish parliamentary tradition. In fairness to him, he did a great deal of work in reforming the Seanad and giving it constitutional provision in the 1937 Constitution. More than that, he removed from the then Dáil the right to change the Constitution by itself, which was a remarkable giving up of power for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: Which referendum?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: That is right.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: It does.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: Do the Taoiseach's reservations inform the lack of enthusiasm of the Government members of the committee?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: Those members do not attend, apparently.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: I do not think it was the successive Oireachtais that were responsible.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance of the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War in Paris. [48113/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: The 100th anniversary of the armistice ending the First World War was an important moment for remembering a war that still has much to teach us. In the significant amount of scholarship published in recent years, the consensus points to it being a war that was far from inevitable. It followed an extended period of peace and growth in Europe and there was no compelling reason for war, even...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is in the protocols.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the role of his Department in Brexit preparedness. [47123/18]