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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: The high-profile whistleblower, the former Sergeant Maurice McCabe, exposed many wrongdoings. This is, therefore, important legislation and should hopefully lead to significant cultural change. I asked the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, last month how many protected disclosures he and his Department had received. He informed me that 52 protected disclosures had been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: I asked a question about the number of times the Cabinet committee met and when the Taoiseach said 21 June, I understood that to be this year. I assumed there had been one meeting this year but we now learn there were no meetings in 2019. There has been no meeting since June 2018 of a key co-ordinating mechanism for Brexit. The Taoiseach is saying all of the interdepartmental committees...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is extraordinary and it suggests that what we have been reading in the media over the past two or three days is hype and spin with no substance behind it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: There is no Brexit committee.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Freedom of Information Data (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received in the past two years; and the number granted, stalled and refused, respectively. [25602/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Freedom of Information Data (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: While the day-to-day operation of the freedom of information legislation is a reserved Civil Service function, there are many dimensions to it that directly concern the political head of each Department and each is responsible to the Dáil when it comes to the overall approach. Equally, while the Freedom of Information Acts set a legal minimum on what must be released, the political head...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: No, it is not that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is wrong. I did not ask that question. The reason I am concerned is-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times Cabinet committee C (European Union including Brexit) has met in 2019. [26860/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: I do not think the Taoiseach quite answered the question. Did he mention the number of times Cabinet committee C met in his reply? I think he said the committee met on 21 June but the question I asked was how many times did it meet in 2019. The Taoiseach might answer that in his response to my points because it is important. Today, for the second day in row, we have had front-page...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: He is not using those powers.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: In respect of the programme for Government and the implementation of Sláintecare, I was somewhat taken aback by the Taoiseach's comment that he has read the de Buitléir report on a key recommendation of Sláintecare, which relates to the disentanglement of private care from public care. The fact that it has been decided to go ahead with a private suite in the national...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: Publish it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: Publish it then.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: I acknowledge the Taoiseach's statement and acceptance that what the Government did was wrong. However, he used a phrase, on which I need clarity. He stated it "may" involve a reopening of the scheme. To me, it will have to involve a reopening of the scheme because it was founded on the wrong premise. In an assessment of the judgment Dr. Conor O'Mahony stated that to limit the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: The conclusions of the report of Mr. Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill into the Government's ex gratiaredress scheme that was introduced in 2015 and maintained since then represent a damning indictment of the Government's approach to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the Louise O'Keeffe case. I pay tribute to people like John Allen, a victim of child sexual abuse who has been...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: 109. To ask the Taoiseach if he has recently met the leader of the DUP, Mrs. Arlene Foster, and the vice president of Sinn Féin, Ms Michelle O'Neill. [29524/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reports (9 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: 124. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he met the Minister of State with responsibility for defence to discuss the Public Serice Pay Commission's report on the Defence Forces, published on 4 July 2019. [29525/19]