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Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: The results of the Westminster election last week have made it very likely that there is a movement towards the restoration of the democratic institutions established under the Good Friday Agreement. Immense damage was done in the past three years since the Assembly and Executive were collapsed due to a controversy over a heating scheme, in which it turns out both sides were implicated. A...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he or his officials have met the Sinn Féin leaders in relation to the Northern Ireland Assembly and the upcoming deadline of 13 January 2020. [50122/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the leader of the DUP since 12 December 2019; and if so, the issues discussed. [53346/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach ask him?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: I did not ask whether the Taoiseach was aware of the provision but whether he had asked the Deputy.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: I asked a simple question and am entitled to an answer. Did the Taoiseach ask him or not? He is aware of the provision-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has been asked publicly about the matter, as has his party. I am asking him formally in the House whether he has asked Mr. Murphy to avail of the mechanism. It is a "Yes" or "No" question.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: I asked the question.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: I asked a simple question. The Deputy should not be so disparaging.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: At least I asked a question.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: I have never believed in the process of kneecapping people before asking questions.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am not talking about Deputy Doherty but about the movement that he supported for years. That was its modus operandi when asking questions.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: The programme for Government contains a commitment to "fundamentally change the relationship between Government and the Oireachtas, and with it the relationship between the Irish people and their parliament". It is more than two weeks since former Deputy Dara Murphy formally resigned as a Member of the House. He effectively retired from serving the people of the northside of Cork about two...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: He is saying they are fairly useless.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach may have been honest about the capacity of the Cabinet.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is my point.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: I wish the Taoiseach the very best of luck in saying to the thousands of young people who have been ripped off over recent years that at least we compiled a report to tell them something they knew all along. That is essentially what the Taoiseach is saying. His source is essentially the CSO, which is asking the industry to present the figures. Is it not? This is a definitive study. It is...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am losing time here.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Central Bank's report on private motor insurance reveals a shocking story of continuous rip-off of the people of Ireland, in particular young people, by the insurance industry. It is also a damning indictment of the Government's weakness, paralysis and failure to protect people from a greedy and exploitative industry and the Government's inability to change the story over the past eight...