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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (18 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: 82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the securing of a UN Security Council seat; and if he has spoken to other foreign ministers regarding same. [37691/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (18 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his officials have received the most recent Irish Fiscal Advisory Council report with its comments on a disorderly Brexit. [37689/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Reviews (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: Stop being silly.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Reviews (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: No. We-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Reviews (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy has just done so.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Reviews (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, the absence of an Assembly and the Executive is far more damaging to the Good Friday Agreement.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Reviews (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: That happened long before Brexit. Deputy McDonald has some neck.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Reviews (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: Come on.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cyber Security Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: What about if one is trying to get a passport or a Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cyber Security Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: Did the Attorney General or the Department seek third party legal advice?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Reviews (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: I will address the ramping up of information campaigns relating to Brexit. People throughout the country are asking why all this activity was not in place at the start of this year. We have heard commentary that the advertising spend for this campaign appears to be heavily focused on telling the public that Ireland will be ready, rather than concentrating on the concrete targeting of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cyber Security Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: On the cybersecurity issue, it seems to me from all I have heard from various interests and observations from other countries that Ireland is vulnerable to cybersecurity threats. Will the Taoiseach indicate to the House the strength within our Defence Forces in terms of cybersecurity and their capacity, given their retention and recruitment crisis, to deal with a cybersecurity threat? My...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should not politicise IFAC.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: It clearly was not grounded in reality.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that discusses agricultural matters; and when it last met. [37692/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: In recent weeks, there has been a series of leaks and anonymous briefings concerning the Government's approach to a range of economic issues, most of which are related to Brexit. People are calling the budget a no-deal Brexit budget. In reality, it is not. Brexit is providing good cover for a situation that is problematic in the sense that IFAC and the independent Parliamentary Budget...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should talk to people applying for a medical card.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: I have not finished yet. In terms of the five in a row and so on-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am not going to mention the war between Tipperary and Kilkenny. That has gone on for a long time. There was an interesting row over the summer between the Government and the Commissioner for Data Protection in respect of a significant report by the commissioner following a two-year investigation into the processing of personal data for public services cards. I get the feeling there has...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)

Micheál Martin: Of course. I apologise, a Cheann Comhairle. The commissioner said that the Government acted illegally. Can the Taoiseach confirm that the report will be published? We are told it is going to be published today. I call for a debate in the House in respect of it.