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

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach cannot accept that and then turn on those people and dismiss them. He is following the same line that the Minister, Deputy Harris, did in an interview with Brendan O'Connor during which he simply dismissed all of those people involved in CervicalCheck, their contribution to public health and their records in order to save his own skin. The Government panicked. The decision...

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

Micheál Martin: It is wrong for Ministers to cast a person and the entire service aside just to save their own skins and cover their tracks for a wrong decision being taken. Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister to appear before the House and give the full sequence of events honestly?

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

Micheál Martin: I have asked the Taoiseach to ask the Minister to appear before the House.

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

Micheál Martin: I questioned it at the time.

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

Micheál Martin: I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that over the last ten years the national CervicalCheck programme has made a very significant contribution to public health and that it has been effective in reducing cervical cancer rates since its inception. More than 1 million women aged between 25 and 60 years were screened in its first ten years. The participation rate is close to 80%, which is on a...

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

Micheál Martin: I put it to the Taoiseach that he and the Minister have been in denial and that the Minister has not been upfront with this House. He needs to correct the record. Is the Taoiseach denying the sequence of events outlined by Dr. Gráinne Flannelly? Is he saying that this sequence of events did not occur? I also put it to the Taoiseach that his approach to the national screening service,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 61. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C (European Union including Brexit) last met. [15112/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 62. To ask the Taoiseach the issues that were discussed when he met the Nordic Baltic Group on 21 March 2019; and if decisions were taken. [14863/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 63. To ask the Taoiseach if the Government Information Service, GIS, and other officials and advisers in his Department are co-ordinating the Government of Ireland social media messages or videos; if not, if they feed into another Department; and the process in relation to same. [15380/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 65. To ask the Taoiseach the way in which his Departmental officials have been contributing to and taking part in Government of Ireland social media messages; the way in which they are co-ordinated in each of the policy areas of his Department; and the Department that is the lead Department in relation to same. [15413/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 64. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has undertaken procurement processes in relation to consultancy agencies, media or otherwise, to assist it with formulating or contributing to policy messaging on social media or videos relating to his departmental strategies or policies. [15396/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has undertaken procurement processes in relation to consultancy agencies, media or otherwise, to assist it with formulating or contributing to policy messaging on social media or videos relating to his departmental strategies or policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15386/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which his Departmental officials have been contributing to and taking part in Government of Ireland social media messages; the way in which they are co-ordinated in each of the policy areas of his Department; the Department that is the lead Department in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15403/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (2 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he met with the family of a person (details supplied); if so, the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14871/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (2 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is in a position to assist the family of a person (details supplied); if their request will be discussed with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14872/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Government Information Service (2 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is the lead Department in co-ordinating the Government of Ireland messages on social media and on State websites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15379/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Government Information Service (2 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which his departmental officials have been contributing to and taking part in Government of Ireland social media messages; the way in which they are co-ordinated in each of the policy areas of his Department; the Department that is the lead Department in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15407/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has undertaken procurement processes in relation to consultancy agencies, media or otherwise, to assist it with formulating or contributing to policy messaging on social media or videos on behalf of departmental strategies or policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15390/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has undertaken procurement processes in relation to consultancy agencies, media or otherwise, to assist it with formulating or contributing to policy messaging on social media or videos in terms of his departmental strategies or policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15389/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which his departmental officials have been contributing to and taking part in Government of Ireland social media messages; the way in which they are co-ordinated in each of the policy areas of his Department; the Department that is the lead Department in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15406/19]