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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Road Safety Authority is under the Taoiseach's-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: Since when did Deputy Flanagan become Ceann Comhairle?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, was the Minister's intervention in line with Standing Orders?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am just curious.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Enhancement Programme (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: Last week or the week before, I asked the Taoiseach for figures on expenditure on the north east inner city to determine how much of the spending is new money rather than existing schemes and projects being provided by central government. How much new money has been provided to existing programmes by central government? The funding announced includes money that was to be spent anyway, as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Enhancement Programme (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: I did not say that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Enhancement Programme (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy is making a loaded comment and that is not-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: The facts show that today, the entire peace settlement is in crisis. Brexit has been incredibly destabilising but nobody can seriously deny that the crisis in the peace process began well before the Brexit referendum so we need some real talking and a bit of reality here. The core issue is a sense of people retreating from trying to find a shared approach, which was the essence of the Good...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: I did not at any stage call for it to be collapsed. Does the Taoiseach agree that what we need today is an end to the politics of collapsing democratic institutions and a return of the democratic Assembly and Executive in Northern Ireland? I met people in Newry recently who cannot understand why it has been collapsed. Only when this is done can we return to engagement, without which the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Garda Reform (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: In the past few years, every time a Deputy raised an issue about serious crime and anti-social behaviour, the response has tended to be that everything is being attended to but there is no doubt that people have a growing sense of unease about crime. The habitual use of drugs in society, in campuses, on streets and so on, is causing major concern. The work of the National Crime Council and...

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

Micheál Martin: 127. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland at the British-Irish Council meeting held at Farmleigh recently. [48637/19]

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

Micheál Martin: 128. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the issues he discussed when he met the First Minister of Scotland when attending the British-Irish Council meeting. [48642/19]

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

Micheál Martin: 129. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the discussions held at the recent British-Irish Council on the future relationship between Ireland and the United Kingdom particularly in the areas of education and research. [48645/19]

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

Micheál Martin: 130. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on discussions regarding tariff and quota-free trade between Ireland and the UK at the recent British-Irish Council meeting. [48646/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 378. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the launch he attended of the national broadband plan. [48836/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Stadium Projects (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 406. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the development of a stadium (details supplied); if his Department is involved in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48582/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Stadium Projects (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 407. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the development committee established for the development of a stadium (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48583/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Stadium Projects (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 408. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if capital funding has been allocated to Dublin City Council for the design or redevelopment of a stadium (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48584/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (26 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position of workers who will retire in 2020 at 65 years of age but will not be entitled to a contributory pension until 67 years of age; if they will have an entitlement to jobseeker's payment between their retirements and pension entitlement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48750/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: Europol's 2019 Drug Markets Report makes for very serious and concerning reading. It illustrates the degree, as I am sure the Taoiseach will accept, to which violence, death, intimidation, stealing and spreading fear across every community in Ireland is now a feature and a consequence of a rampant drug trade that is extremely valuable. The scale of what is revealed in the report is...