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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (13 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Those agencies never anticipated the Minister's decision of last April to add 90,000 tests. Let us be fair to the officials and the CervicalCheck team.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (13 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: That was said at the committee this morning.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (13 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Government did not bring it in a carbon charge. Fine Gael backbenchers ensured it did not.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Preparations (13 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his comprehensive reply. During yesterday's questions, he was prepared to indicate he has no idea how many businesses will be Brexit-ready on 29 March, next month. Given the scale of the threat posed by Brexit, most people were working under the assumption that the Taoiseach would at least have monthly monitoring of readiness and a list of companies, or at least...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff Data (13 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are climate change experts in his Department. [7056/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (14 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his officials are preparing for soft technology options on the Border in view of the rules of the Single Market and in the event of there being a no-deal Brexit. [7052/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Preparations (14 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to plans to extend alternative routes for businesses in counties Cork and Kerry to prevent travel through the UK and instead provide direct routes to France by air or by sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7465/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Preparations (14 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has undertaken a review of alternative routes other than from Dublin and Rosslare for businesses to enter the EU market directly in the event of there being a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7467/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: There are two further serious reports in the news media today on the continuing saga of the national children's hospital. There is one in the Irish Examiner which is headlined "Secret plan to manage hospital fallout [...]" and another in The Irish Timeswhich is headlined "Children's hospital overrun would have happened regardless [...]". The articles reference a confidential report which...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is correct that politicians were not on the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board or on the sub-committees. However, they were in all the photographs, the videos and every communication presentation for this hospital. This was the centrepiece of the national development plan, and therein lies the problem. The Taoiseach's said to hell with the costs-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: -----and let us get the good story out and get it out fast. When the Taoiseach is talking about yarns, the biggest yarn we heard in the last three years was in 2016 when the Taoiseach, who was Minister for Health at the time, said that the hospital would cost €650 all in.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is now €1.7 billion and climbing. The Taoiseach should not talk to anybody in here about yarns. People are quite frankly fed up with yarns, public relations and spin. They want substance, facts and precision. The Taoiseach made reference to Mr. Paul Quinn, the chief procurement officer. The Taoiseach's defence or response is simply not tenable. It drives a coach and four...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is what the Taoiseach has done.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is more than two years since the Minister for Health promised a compassionate access programme to medicinal cannabis. Since then special import licences have been granted to approximately 15 people, if not more. Most are directed to The Hague in Holland by the Department to facilitate this. However, supplies are becoming difficult there because of increased demand. There has been a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone conversations with Prime Minister May on 29 and 30 January 2019; if he has had subsequent conversations with the Prime Minister; and the issues that were discussed regarding Brexit. [5327/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if Prime Minister May or her officials have outlined the UK alternative proposals or suggestions when they spoke on 29 and 30 January 2019. [5328/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he spoke to the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May when she was in Northern Ireland; and if she outlined suggestions in relation to the European backstop as laid out in her speech on 5 February 2019 while in Belfast. [6678/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May explained the way in which she expects to prevent a hard border and not to scrap the European backstop in view of her speech in Belfast on 5 February 2019 when they last met or spoke on the telephone. [6682/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if Prime Minister May spoke in relation to there being no need for a Brexit delay in view of the fact it would serve no purpose when they met in Dublin on 8 February 2019; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Prime Minster May informed business leaders of this in London on 12 February 2019. [8029/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he or his officials discussed the impact on supply chains from east to west and others with Prime Minister May when they met in Dublin on 8 February 2019. [8030/19]