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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: Last week, I asked the Taoiseach whether he spoke to the President of the Commission about a no-deal scenario and the Border question. I did not get a reply at the time. It is important to make the point that a no-deal Brexit would be a disaster for all concerned, not just Ireland but the UK and the EU. Let us keep this in perspective as we discuss this. Today, for the first time, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: I do not think it took 40 minutes for the Chancellor to tell the Taoiseach nothing has changed and nothing will change. We know one of Chancellor Merkel's hallmarks as a politician is her capacity to be constructive and creative in seeking ways around roadblocks. Will the Taoiseach tell us whether she is proposing or thinking of any new ways of overcoming the refusal of the UK Parliament to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: We have been seeking a statement from the Taoiseach for well over a year on what protections are being put in place to prevent the abuse of public funding to promote members of Government personally and to link communications to political rather than public priorities. Before the current Government took office, advertising was not undertaken for basic announcements and speeches but this is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is in the early stages. The Taoiseach is being disingenuous.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: There is a lot of make-believe in all of this.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: The tender came in at €650 million.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: It did. Originally, the tender came in at €650 million.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: However, a tender came in.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: A tender came in and the Government went for it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: However, a tender came in.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is to buy somebody.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: A Minister did, however.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is not about how I am spinning it. I had the documentation and it was black and white.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 91. To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a reply from a person (details supplied) regarding his request for a further interim report in 2019. [2683/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 92. To ask the Taoiseach if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018. [2699/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 93. To ask the Taoiseach if the cost of newspapers in his Department in 2018 will be published. [2716/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2689/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 97. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will publish the cost of newspapers in his Department in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2706/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2693/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will publish the cost of newspapers in his Department in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2710/19]