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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: -----just as it does to those who were personally involved in violence in the North, including violence that led to unnecessary loss of life in too many cases. We need action on the Finucane case not only because of the issue itself and the fact that it forms part of a binding agreement, but because we should leave no cover for those who were involved and who have chosen to be selective...

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Government had promised in the programme for Government reform of the registered employment agreements, REAs. As the Taoiseach is aware, the Supreme Court has made a significant judgment on registered employment agreements. Has the programme for Government been amended in terms of the commitments on REAs, in particular on the amendments to the Industrial Relations Acts or other Acts?...

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Minister could do with a bit of sun.

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: We need legislative change.

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: My point is that in the programme for Government two and a half years ago, this big Bill was put up front, that is, the universal primary care Bill. Had the person responsible for putting that into the programme for Government had a bull's notion about what it involved in terms of detail, substance and complexity, he or she would not have put it in. We have been told in the past two weeks,...

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: Clearly whoever put this into the programme for Government was not aware of any difficulties at the time. Are we looking at a reform of the programme for Government commitment to such an Act? Clearly, that Act cannot happen this year. The Minister of State, Deputy White, has inherited this mess from the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly. The former Minister of State at the Department of...

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: On the universal primary care Bill, does anyone know what the substance of it would be? Is that Bill gone by the wayside? Will a new Bill be introduced? What is the situation in this regard?

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: Did the Government not know that two years ago?

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, this flies in the face of what the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, said last week when he suggested the sale of the harvesting rights would not go ahead. Deputy Emmet Stagg intervened on the Order of Business last week to inform the Taoiseach that the thing was not now going ahead.

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: As the House is aware, there was a leak in a newspaper last Sunday week from Deputy Brendan Howlin's Department to the effect that the sale of Coillte trees was unlikely to go ahead.

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has come in today and stated that it is now going ahead and that the sale of the harvesting rights is back on track.

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: Someone is misleading the Dáil or someone is misleading the House and the general public in respect of this issue.

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, was clear on the public airwaves. He is a Minister of the Government. He said this was not going ahead. Deputy Stagg showed us all last week, including the Taoiseach, that it was not going ahead.

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: Have they been discussing it with the Labour Party?

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: Last week we were told by Deputy Howlin that it would not be sold.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: 87. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is putting in place to reduce the numbers on out-patient waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22601/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Issues (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: 752. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for the A5 dual carriageway has been ring-fenced following the Northern Ireland High Court's decision to quash planning permission for the A5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20187/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Issues (14 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: 753. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to meet with the Northern Ireland First Minister and Deputy First Minister to discuss the future of the A5 following the Northern Ireland High Court decision to quash planning permission for the route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20186/13]

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: There has been worldwide coverage and publicity given to the decision by the actress Angelina Jolie to have a bilateral mastectomy because she has a mutation in the BRCA1 gene. Her decision to go public is a very brave one and will undoubtedly save the lives of many women across the world. It has also stimulated debate here and elsewhere on the adequacy of DNA screening programmes. ...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2013)

Micheál Martin: The fundamental question is will the Government extend the screening programme and will the resources be made available to extend the surveillance programme, as recommended by HIQA? That is the first question on which I seek absolute clarity and confirmation. The establishment of a working group does not mean a great deal. It can mean something but it would have to be followed up by a...