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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: I ask the Taoiseach and the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, to knock on the doors in Cork North-Central, as I have. They will really feel the anger then. There is real anger on the doorsteps because people do not believe the Government's bluster and spin. They might believe its candidate, Ms Verona Murphy, who said that the Minister had a let them eat cake attitude. Her words, apparently,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: The real issue is that the people out there are very angry. Parents are angry that their children have no prospect of owning a home. Homelessness is rising. People are ashamed of the fact that this country has such a high level of homelessness and that young children are still in hotels and emergency accommodation. All they get is a briefing to a newspaper this morning blaming the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: Again today, the media has been briefed by the Government that it will strip the housing powers of county and city councils to speed up the building of homes. Such sentiments have been expressed before and I remember in September 2018 when the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, breathlessly threatened that he would have recourse to emergency powers in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (19 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 105. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee which discusses the digital economy. [47455/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (19 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention or that of her officials has been drawn to the Workplace Relations Commission adjudication decision of 30 October 2019 (details supplied); if consideration has been given to same; if there are ramifications or links to the claim by community employment supervisors following the 2008 Labour Court recommendation on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Workplace Relations Commission (19 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention or that of her officials has been drawn to the Workplace Relations Commission adjudication decision of 30 October 2019 (details supplied); if consideration has been given to same; if there are ramifications or links to the claim by community employment supervisors following the 2008 Labour Court...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (14 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to threats to the operation of the retail export scheme as a consequence of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2019 [46984/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (14 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the practice in which the retail export scheme facilitates tourists who are visiting Ireland from outside the European Union claim a value added tax refund on all purchases above a threshold of €0.01, which has helped to encourage higher levels of spending and increased visits to Ireland by non-EU tourists, is now in danger as a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (14 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to commence the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2019, which will fundamentally alter the retail export scheme by introducing a new minimum threshold of €175 which will result in all non-EU tourists having to spend a minimum of €175 before they can claim back VAT on their holiday...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is not.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: How many last year?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: Some 2,000 local authority houses were built last year and 1,500 social and affordable houses.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: What about the reprofiling of the national development plan, NDP?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: We have been promised a reprofiled and updated NDP.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: Schools are being cancelled and delayed in the real world.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach joking?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: There are.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: What about the flood prevention scheme in Glanmire?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on the economy has met to date in 2019. [46415/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Micheál Martin: When the revised withdrawal agreement was published, we asked the Government to provide an economic assessment of the agreement. The Taoiseach did not answer the question at the time but the Minister for Finance has informed us that something is being prepared but that it will not be ready for a while. This is striking. Is it credible that the Taoiseach did not have available to him a...