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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: Community development.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: Ah, stop.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach changed the model; that is the point.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: Is it a sin that they went through the media?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: Is it a sin? They drew public attention to it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: I do not. Former Ministers from Pat Rabbitte onwards are quite entitled. He was a Member.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Programme for a Partnership Government commitment on the timeline for the passage of Bills as outlined on page 148. [46658/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: I wish to make a general point, given previous comments that the programme for Government is not a document that emanates from the confidence and supply arrangement. There is a separate document on policy, to which the programme for Government commits the Fine Gael Party and the Independent Alliance. The confidence and supply arrangement document is much tighter.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: I also make the point that all Ministers belong to the Fine Gael Party and the Independent Alliance. There are no Fianna Fáil Ministers or Ministers of State. Such references are superficial or shallow and have no substance to them. Like every other party, we will hold the Government to account. The Taoiseach knows that secretly nobody wanted a general election while there a no-deal...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: Privately, no one in the Deputy's party wanted to push the issue too far either, but it is happy enough to criticise Fianna Fáil for facilitating the continuation of the Government in the context of a no-deal Brexit. In a follow-up to the previous question and the first group of questions the Taoiseach will be aware that the programme for Government talks directly about "ending the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: What about the situation in County Wexford?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Consultancy Contracts (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 82. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has contracts with external companies that advise on human resources, public relations, legal, financial or other policy matters. [46189/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the role of his Department in North-South co-operation. [46660/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to recognise the Armenian genocide that occurred 104 years ago (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46021/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his officials discussed the recent report from a body (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46164/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the warnings by a person (details supplied) regarding GDP data for Ireland that concluded that such are the distortions in tech profits, the proposed OECD BEPS tax reforms do not go far enough to address the anomalies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46165/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the future of a school (details supplied) at a centre in view of the fact that the grounds are for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46198/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46234/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 335. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the grounds of a centre (details supplied) are for sale; his plans for the services provided therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46200/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 499. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the possible sale of land (details supplied) due to the services that are provided from there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46192/19]