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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Government needs an extra €400 million.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer the question.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is too glib.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is striking that as we reach the second anniversary of the Taoiseach taking office, the principal message from Fine Gael is relentless negativity. With yesterday's economic statements, most people would have expected a message about Government proposals but instead Fine Gael's initiative was to publish yet another attack video on Fianna Fáil and the Green Party. The programme for...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: The programme for Government said you would bring it to an end. It is the context.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: Next month, this inquiry into a small part of the transactions process by the IBRC will have taken longer than the entire period in which the IBRC existed. That is an extraordinary fact. It is quite shocking on any reasonable level that it would take so long to investigate a transaction with the objective of ascertaining whether value was achieved for the taxpayer. When commissions of...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: I agree with what Deputies Howlin and Boyd Barrett have said on the money message. At the beginning of this Dáil there was a general view it would be a new era in terms of utilisation of the money message and that it would not be abused. In fact, the Standing Order subsequently adopted goes further than the Constitution and restricts legislation even more. The Government has...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: A Bill from Deputy Jack Chambers on thalidomide victims was money messaged. Deputy Jim O’Callaghan's judicial appointments Bill was money messaged because the Government had to look after Deputy Shane Ross and his persistence and vendetta against the Judiciary. There are many more examples. There is a need to amend the existing Standing Order and Deputy Jack Chambers has tabled a...

Post-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: This was a disappointing summit by any measure. Its conclusions were largely written well in advance, it failed to agree anything on its major items and there was a setback on what had previously been a consensus on the critical challenge of climate change. At a moment the EU is on the edge of an economic downturn, faces unprecedented political threats and needs to demonstrate unity and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 68. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Luxembourg; and the meetings he attended and the issues that were discussed. [27157/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Preparations (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his UK counterpart have spoken regarding the expert panel that was set up in the United Kingdom, including a panel of experts from Northern Ireland business and academia, to examine alternative arrangements to keep the Border open and to avoid introducing the Northern Ireland backstop after Brexit. [26856/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic and Social Research Institute (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his officials have discussed the most recent ESRI report published on 20 June 2019. [26859/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am sure the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, will agree that the recently announced Mercosur trade deal has angered the Irish farming community no end, particularly the beef sector, and with good reason. It potentially signals the death knell of a sector that has suffered unduly in recent times as a result of the collapse in beef prices, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Minister might answer the question asked. Has the Government decided to oppose this deal? The Minister has responsibility for climate change response and he did not deal with the central point I made. A right-wing leader who favours development over conservation was elected in Brazil. A hectare of land is being cleared every minute there and the single biggest reason to fell these...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: There is documentary evidence in the form of satellite imagery which shows that there has been a rapid acceleration of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest in the past six months. Both Europe and the Government are being cagey. They are not highlighting this but it should be a showstopper. The behaviour of the Brazilian Government in respect of the Amazon rainforest should be a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is going on now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: They are not going to comply.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: It should be a showstopper right now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: Previous Brazilian Governments had a different policy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: Previous Brazilian Governments had a different policy which was about conservation. This new guy is changing all of that.