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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Presidential Elections (2 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: 685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the forthcoming referendum on extending the franchise for presidential elections. [28204/19]

Post-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: This was a disappointing summit by any measure. Its conclusions were largely written well in advance, it failed to agree anything on its major items and there was a setback on what had previously been a consensus on the critical challenge of climate change. At a moment the EU is on the edge of an economic downturn, faces unprecedented political threats and needs to demonstrate unity and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: I agree with what Deputies Howlin and Boyd Barrett have said on the money message. At the beginning of this Dáil there was a general view it would be a new era in terms of utilisation of the money message and that it would not be abused. In fact, the Standing Order subsequently adopted goes further than the Constitution and restricts legislation even more. The Government has...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: A Bill from Deputy Jack Chambers on thalidomide victims was money messaged. Deputy Jim O’Callaghan's judicial appointments Bill was money messaged because the Government had to look after Deputy Shane Ross and his persistence and vendetta against the Judiciary. There are many more examples. There is a need to amend the existing Standing Order and Deputy Jack Chambers has tabled a...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: The programme for Government said you would bring it to an end. It is the context.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: Next month, this inquiry into a small part of the transactions process by the IBRC will have taken longer than the entire period in which the IBRC existed. That is an extraordinary fact. It is quite shocking on any reasonable level that it would take so long to investigate a transaction with the objective of ascertaining whether value was achieved for the taxpayer. When commissions of...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is striking that as we reach the second anniversary of the Taoiseach taking office, the principal message from Fine Gael is relentless negativity. With yesterday's economic statements, most people would have expected a message about Government proposals but instead Fine Gael's initiative was to publish yet another attack video on Fianna Fáil and the Green Party. The programme for...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Government needs an extra €400 million.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer the question.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is too glib.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: In the context of the programme for Government and industrial relations in the health service, I wish to reflect on today's strike which represents the dysfunctionality of human resource management in the health service. Yesterday the Taoiseach said the Government had accepted the outcome of the job evaluation scheme and the recommendations made and was prepared to pay. The only issues...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: My sense is the union would settle for something higher than €1 million. I might be wrong, but my suggestion is that it would be in single digits. In the context of the massive overruns on a range of other projects, it would not have taken a whole lot to avert the strike. Three more days of strike action have been pencilled in for next week. There are, obviously, significant issues...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: Fear agus carachtar faoi leith a bhí i Jackie Healy-Rae. Bhí clú agus cáil air ar fud na tíre agus polaiteoir den scoth ab ea é. Thuig sé go háiritihe an tábhacht a bhaineann le seirbhís poiblí. Tírghráthóir agus fear láidir ab ea é ach fós bhí sé i gcónaí cneasta, cairdiúil agus...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: I said averting the dispute.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should read what he said yesterday.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: I return today to the national broadband plan and yesterday's submission by Carolan Lennon, the chief executive officer, CEO, of Eir, to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment. This is against the background of the documents released under a freedom of information request to TheJournal.ie, which reveal an almost cavalier approach to the ballooning...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: I welcome the fact that the Government is at least going to look again at this. As the local elections are over, there might be a calmer climate in which to do that properly. The health service is at a standstill and while I suggest that €3 million or €4 million could have prevented today's strike, €3 billion was cavalierly announced for this project, which was much...

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

Micheál Martin: 68. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Luxembourg; and the meetings he attended and the issues that were discussed. [27157/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Preparations (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his UK counterpart have spoken regarding the expert panel that was set up in the United Kingdom, including a panel of experts from Northern Ireland business and academia, to examine alternative arrangements to keep the Border open and to avoid introducing the Northern Ireland backstop after Brexit. [26856/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic and Social Research Institute (26 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his officials have discussed the most recent ESRI report published on 20 June 2019. [26859/19]