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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is not drilling down into those figures. There is a story behind them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: I find that response pathetic and incredibly weak. The ban on smoky coals was introduced in this city nearly 30 years ago. Thirty years later, the Taoiseach is saying that the Government cannot do the remaining 20% because the coal firms have said they will take legal action. The smoking ban would never have been introduced had we been afraid of the threat of big tobacco coming after us...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: That threat was there all the time, but we went ahead. The bottom line is that, for any Government, public health is number one. Where the evidence is demonstrable in terms of the improvement in air quality and in improving people's lives where respiratory diseases and cancer, in particular lung cancer, are concerned, there is no argument. This Government should have taken them on without...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: He was followed by another Minister, Deputy Naughten, confirming to the Dáil in April 2018 that a ban would come into effect incrementally. In 2019, the Minister, Deputy Bruton, has deferred. Has the Government not been considering the ban for the past six years? Announcements from the Government mean nothing. When the Dáil declared a climate emergency, the Taoiseach stated that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: We knew that there was a threat all the time. We were not fazed by it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: Surely that means that-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: But this ban was introduced 30 years ago.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: Two minutes ago, the Taoiseach said that the Government could not legally do it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for that announcement and of course we wish them well. We will miss them greatly in terms of the Dáil. In 1990 the then Minister, Mary Harney, introduced a ban on smoky coal within Dublin city and the Dublin region. This had a radical and beneficial impact on public health and the environment. It saved many lives and improved the quality of health of many...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 98. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the leader of the Labour Party in the UK, Mr. Jeremy Corbyn, on 30 May 2019; and the issues that he discussed. [23340/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Bodies (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his officials in Dublin or Brussels regarding the future vacancies at head of the Commission or at Council level. [23899/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the recent planning rejection for a school (details supplied); his plans regarding same; if he will meet the board of management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23617/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 470. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for selecting private organisations for carrying out an assessment of needs in counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23438/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 471. To ask the Minister for Health the necessary qualifications for a candidate carrying out clinical assessments within the current assessment of needs process in the private sector as part of the wait list initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23439/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the necessary qualifications for a candidate carrying out clinical assessments within the current assessment of needs process in the public sector as part of the wait list initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23440/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 778. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his Department's involvement in achieving climate change targets; and if he has specialists employed in his Department on same. [23900/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 830. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether Tusla’s information and tracing service for adopted persons is sufficiently well resourced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23574/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (11 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 831. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average and longest waiting time for persons to be assigned a tracing social worker by Tusla’s adoption information and tracing service by service area. [23575/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (30 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: 69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vacancies in Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23070/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (29 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not say that a month ago.