Results 30,041-30,060 of 51,015 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Legislation (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: 396. To ask the Minister for Health if he received copies of independent guidelines for the termination of pregnancy under the specific grounds permitted under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 from organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37242/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Legislation (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: 397. To ask the Minister for Health if he received copies of independent guidelines for the termination of pregnancy under the specific grounds permitted under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 particularly as it applies in section 11 from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37243/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received communication from the family of a person (details supplied) who is waiting for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37424/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: Last night, the daily struggle of Gillian Bolger and Darren Milne to look after their eight year old twins, Kyle and Ryan, who both have autism and other health issues, was harrowingly revealed. The story showed where the Government, through its agencies, has clearly failed these children and parents, and many more parents, due to the shortage of school places and the inadequacy of timely...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: We can quote the global figures. However, the number of children with special needs is growing. We had an increase in the number of schoolgoing children generally across the board, which does result in increased provision of teachers and SNAs to meet that demographic increase. Last year, about 850 children were availing of home tuition, which reveals an absence of school places for them....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is all.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Minister was not. The poor author was left in a lonely room.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: Shocking.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: Sack the press officer.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: I acknowledge the presence of representatives from Irish Rural Link, with 90 people, mostly women, in Leinster House today, and the Next Chapter women's caucus, which is funded by the European Union PEACE IV programme. I look forward to engaging with some of them later. It is a year and a half since the CervicalCheck scandal broke. Will the Taoiseach indicate the timeline and the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to or met the leader of the DUP, Mrs. Arlene Foster, recently; and if not, his plans to do so. [37408/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to or met Mrs. Arlene Foster since she met Prime Minister Johnson on 10 September 2019. [37687/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (18 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: 77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he and his officials are concerned regarding the depletion of the number of members of the Defence Forces. [37690/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (18 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: 82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the securing of a UN Security Council seat; and if he has spoken to other foreign ministers regarding same. [37691/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (18 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his officials have received the most recent Irish Fiscal Advisory Council report with its comments on a disorderly Brexit. [37689/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (19 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the VAT proposals on food supplements in view of the publication of the tax strategy group papers in summer 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37965/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (19 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) on VAT on food supplements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37966/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Compensation Schemes (19 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to compensate victims of sexual abuse in day schools in view of the findings of the report of a person (details supplied) published in July 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37967/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: Clean air is a vital public health interest and it is inseparable from the challenge of climate change. In 1990, while Minister of State, Mary Harney introduced a ban on smoky coal use within the Dublin region. This decision had a very radical and beneficial impact on public health and the environment. It saved many lives and improved the quality of health in others, as well as the quality...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: Obviously, the Minister has a lot on his plate and is probably not up to speed on the wider debate on this issue which I raised in the House in June. It has also been raised by Deputy James Browne and others. The reality is that there is apartheid in terms of air quality in this country because the smoky coal ban has not been extended nationwide, in spite of the promises of former...