Results 29,361-29,380 of 50,917 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 101. To ask the Taoiseach if he spoke to or met Prime Minister May before the EU Council meeting on 10 April 2019; if so, the issues regarding Brexit that were discussed; if protection of the Single Market was discussed; and if citizens’ rights and direct rule were also mentioned. [17619/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 108. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May since she made her public announcement on reaching out to the Labour Party on 2 April 2019. [16362/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 105. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day; and the meetings he attended and the issues that were discussed. [13886/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Preparations (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 106. To ask the Taoiseach the role his Department is playing in preparing for a hard Brexit. [14282/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Preparations (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 107. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the way in which Northern Ireland will be treated differently post Brexit in view of his comments in Dáil Éireann on 27 March 2019 on same; if he has spoken with Prime Minister May since then; and if his or other officials have been in further discussions on contingency plans. [15378/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Digital Strategy (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 109. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the national digital strategy being led by his departmental officials. [15376/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 110. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee F on national security last met. [16364/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Preparations (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to set up an operations centre similar to the model being established in Northern Ireland to prepare for a no-deal Brexit. [11931/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school building (details supplied) has been sold to a private developer who plans to demolish the buildings in order to build houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17369/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Protected Disclosures (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to an article (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17460/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: For many years, parts of rural Ireland, businesses and homes have been without any broadband connectivity. Back in 2012 when the then Minister, Pat Rabbitte, announced the national broadband plan, he was very clear that there would be a minimum of 30 megabits per second for every remaining home and business in the country, no matter how rural or remote. Every year since, Ministers have...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: We do not need to start again.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: One gets the sense the Taoiseach is managing this from a public opinion perspective and from a political perspective. By the way, two of the original bidders did not actually bid in the end; they gave outline indication. It was asserted all along it would be €500 million. Industry sources are saying the cost to build out the network is approximately €1.5 billion. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: We are taking all the risk.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is not true.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is important for the record that there was a subsequent memorandum.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is drip-feeding information.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: No one is opposed to it, it is about how it is done.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Preparations (17 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: On a number of recent occasions, I have asked the Taoiseach whether direct discussions have been held with the British Government concerning the possible imposition of direct rule in Northern Ireland, which was threatened as a possible no-deal scenario for the United Kingdom approached. At a time when two of the three strands of the Good Friday Agreement are suspended and the third is...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Preparations (17 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: No, I am addressing no-deal preparations. The imposition of direct rule was threatened in the context of a no-deal scenario.