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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (21 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: 370. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of consultants; if the overall vacancy rate is improving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21493/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (21 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: 371. To ask the Minister for Health when he and his officials met following the most recent High Court judgment that required absolute certainty in the CervicalCheck screening programme; the actions he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21494/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Safety (21 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: 504. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to establish a digital commissioner; and his plans to meet the companies to discuss same. [21774/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Spending Code (21 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: 540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is normal practice for his Department to quote costs of projects as excluding VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21834/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (21 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: 691. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received representations from a group (details supplied) in relation to the allocation of funding to the National Museum of Ireland for an exhibition on An Gorta Mór; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21817/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: I wish to be associated with you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, in terms of the sad passing of the former Deputy, Micheál Lynch, with whom I served for a brief period in the House. He was an outstanding Deputy and a great cultural man and musician. I know the people of Oldcastle and his family will be grieving today at the loss of such a wonderful and warm person. There has been...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: Frank McCourt was at that meeting. The former Minister, Deputy Naughten, had to resign. He has been less than forthcoming. He has gone silent. He is not available to comment on this. I put it to the Taoiseach that it is important for him to talk to the former Minister and get him to give a comprehensive and transparent statement in terms of all of these meetings. The Taoiseach might...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: This is all very unsatisfactory. All of this has all been dragged from the Taoiseach over the past number of weeks and he has been less than transparent on it. He cannot go on being as detached as he is. A former Minister who was responsible for this project and this tender met the preferred bidder on a number of occasions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: We were led to believe they were all innocent dinners or personal lunches, but they were not. The Taoiseach needs to come off it. He cannot stand up here as Taoiseach of this country and say that no one in the current Government is involved. For God's sake, Deputy Naughten was a former Minister in the Taoiseach's Government, and the Taoiseach still depends on him for support. David...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Minister's Department toldThe Sunday Timestwo weeks ago in two series of articles that McCourt Global was the financial underpinner of this project, but McCourt Global has now disappeared. The Government is confusing the picture deliberately at this stage. What is the Taoiseach hiding in respect of the relationships between GMC, Tetrad, and McCourt Global? He said, and he may correct...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: GMC is putting in no money, so is Tetrad putting in the equity? This is a massive revelation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: Is Tetrad the new preferred bidder? We have been misled all along the way.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is now saying for the first time since this was announced that Tetrad is putting in the equity, not GMC.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach called it a conspiracy theory when I spoke to him the night before Deputy Naughten resigned, but the Deputy resigned 24 hours later.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is over a year since the CervicalCheck scandal was made public following the case that Vicky Phelan took to the High Court. Two significant commitments were given by the Government at the time - to set up a CervicalCheck tribunal and to introduce a patient safety Bill that would provide for mandatory open disclosure. The general scheme of the tribunal Bill was published this month, but...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: It has nothing to do with Sláintecare.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: Thanks be to God the Government took Fianna Fáil's proposal.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: The National Treatment Purchase Fund.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. In recent months, it has become clear that the system of Cabinet committees has been almost completely sidelined. Even on vital issues such as health and housing, the relevant committees meet infrequently. The Taoiseach has justified this by saying that he prefers to have discussions at Cabinet level. In doing this, he has cut out the entire tier of...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: It has been well leaked to The Irish Times. Perhaps the Taoiseach should read it.