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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (4 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recently published Kushner plan for the Middle East; his views on the reaction to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28804/19]

Cork Mail Centre: Motion [Private Members] (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: We raised it.

Cork Mail Centre: Motion [Private Members] (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: I wish to share time with Deputies Michael McGrath, Murphy O'Mahony and Aindrias Moynihan. I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate. In the first instance, I would say to the Minister as a representative of the State and the shareholder in the company there is a clear responsibility and obligation on him to the workforce of An Post and to the company. The idea that the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not respond to my question regarding the Dunkettle interchange either.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: When the national development plan was launched early last year, it had already been the subject of the most sustained pre-publicity in our history. The work for the plan was completed about six months before the Taoiseach took up office and, indeed, its details formed a core part of his leadership campaign. Over the following six months, extra years were added to the plan in order to allow...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, met in 2019. [28207/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: I was referring to the HSE.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach will be aware that the Minister for Finance has explicitly ruled out the possibility of any Supplementary Estimate for the Department of Health later this year but, in contrast, when pressed by Deputy Donnelly on this matter, the Minister for Health refused to rule out seeking a Supplementary Estimate. The Taoiseach might be able to explain the contradiction between the two...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: -----Mr. Paisley shouted in, "Will you give up drinking that devil's buttermilk?" Undaunted, Mark responded, "Come in and have one [yourself]." That was the nature of the banter and relationship between the two. Mark always said that he could never have become a politician without his friendship and partnership with his beloved wife, Anne. They worked extremely hard as a team for their...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: Duine agus polaiteoir den scoth ab ea Mar Killilea. Tírghráthóir a bhí ann. Duine a thuig tábhacht an ghnáthdhuine agus bhí Mark dílis dá mhuintir féin agus dá dhúiche féin. Bhí suim dháiríre faoi leith aige i gcúrsaí reatha na tíre. Feirmeoir cumasach a bhí ann agus d'oibrigh sé go...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: There are many challenges to the capital plan announced by the Government, particularly after the overspend on the national children's hospital and the national broadband plan. There is a huge difficulty in reconciling what has been announced with what is actually happening on the ground. In that context, one of the major infrastructure projects in the Cork area, which was due to start in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: No, the only person to suggest that was Senator Jerry Buttimer.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is very stilly stuff. The people want to know. This has been going on for ten years.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: They do not want to know the rest. They do not believe in that silly carry-on. It is just because the Taoiseach's press office is on steroids.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: Has the Taoiseach not had it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: The housing crisis is deepening and Government efforts are failing to impact significantly on it. The cost of housing is growing at twice the rate of average earnings across the country. Rent prices have soared by 8% nationally. In Dublin, the cost of rent makes up more than half of the minimal living costs. At 68%, which is a stark number, the rate of home ownership is now the lowest...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach's comments regarding homeless children living in emergency accommodation are quite depressing. He said there was a slight fall in the number. I am not talking about the situation we had in the past where a very small number of people were homeless for a variety of reasons. We are talking about families who ordinarily in previous times would have had access to a council house...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships developed prior to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28629/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeships developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28630/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (3 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices enrolled per apprenticeship programme developed since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28631/19]