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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: The sexual abuse of a young child is a most vile and horrific act. The life-changing trauma imposed forcibly on the child is lifelong. It takes an extraordinary degree of resilience, courage and dignity to survive and cope with the lifelong challenges imposed by such trauma. Unfortunately, this country has witnessed a terrible history of child sexual abuse within many institutions and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: When similar allegations and cases emerged in the church, there was never any question of the church conducting its own internal investigations. When I initiated an inquiry in the diocese of Ferns on the basis of allegations that had been made, I did not seek anybody's permission. It was not contemplated that the diocese would investigate itself. The same happened in the cases of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence and-or an application for capital funding for a hall for a national school (details supplied); his plans to contribute to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46794/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a policy to contribute to schools that have fundraised for small capital projects within their schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46795/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital plans for a national school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46796/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Initiative (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 146. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the launch of Future Jobs Ireland on 11 November 2019. [46656/19]

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?

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: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet committee on security has met recently. [45242/19]

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

Micheál Martin: I wish to raise a specific issue around the security brief, namely, the issue of hard drugs, which are at the core of most organised crime in our country, and the personal and community devastation which they cause. While the statistics provided for Ireland are behind those for many other countries, the overall picture relating to drug use is clear and disturbing. Following Brexit, Ireland...

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

Micheál Martin: There are fewer medical cards than there were two years ago, however.