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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I wish to raise two issues. The Taoiseach is saying that further due diligence remains to be done and the cost will be multiples of what was originally envisaged. I note that in response to a question by Deputy Dooley last week the Minister, Deputy Bruton, stated that he wanted to meet the two additional companies. Given that in October we were told a decision would be made within weeks,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is because of a Fianna Fáil initiative.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am sorry?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: It has been abandoned.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Forever. Was that announced?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: What Department is it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach will remember that in 2017 he informed the House he was reorganising the Cabinet committee structures so they would become more active. A pattern has since emerged of Cabinet committees being, at best, marginal to the issues they are supposed to be handling. The facts demonstrate that in areas such as health, housing, Brexit, Northern Ireland and other areas of public concern,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on developments and centralisation of the website of his Department into one Government website. [8032/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach will recall that the report into the now disbanded marketing unit in the Department of the Taoiseach demonstrated that the decision to move to a single State website is far from being accepted best practice. In fact, the head of the marketing unit, who has now been transferred to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, produced a report which looked at only three countries...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: -----and which we were told would involve consultation with the Opposition leaders before it was carried out? That has been the subject of many questions in the House and it just seems to have disappeared into the ether.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: The issue of civil servants on State boards has not been resolved in the context of the national children's hospital. The public servant on that board had an obligation to report to his line Minister and the Minister for Health. I do not think that has been adequately responded to by Government. The circular is clear, as is the opinion of the Comptroller and Auditor General. When the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am sure the Taoiseach would.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Media reports of the District Court case last week regarding St. Luke's General Hospital in Kilkenny were extremely disturbing. The case represents a damning indictment of the Department of Health. The lack of even basic hygiene as described was appalling. There is no excuse for it. The Mental Health Commission took the HSE to court. Reference was made to the condition of rooms where...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I welcome the approach of a submission to be received by the Minister, which would be some response to the family's request as articulated last evening on the programme. The family made very many valid points on the programme. Their central point was that it is far too easy in cases of familicide to throw a blanket over the cases and say, "It is depressive psychosis", and that is the end of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Last night's special edition of "Claire Byrne Live" entitled, "Her Name is Clodagh", was a heart-rending, difficult and very upsetting programme and an important one from a public service perspective. The courage shown by Mary Coll and Jacqueline Connolly, Clodagh Hawe's mother and sister, respectively, in telling their story was incredible. There are many disturbing elements to this story...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Preparations (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the launch of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019 on 22 February 2019; and the status of preparations for a possible hard Brexit, as reported in the media (details supplied) on 20 February 2019. [9375/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Anti-Racism Measures (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the rise of anti-Semitism in some European countries; and if the matter was discussed when he met other EU counterparts recently. [9376/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the recent comments made by the UK Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in relation to the impact that tariffs will have on the UK agrifood industry and on the cost and availability of food in shops there; the discussions he has had with EU counterparts in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 504. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the M20 and N20 project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9116/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday the Taoiseach was adamant and certain that they were up to date.