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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Donald Tusk and Mr. Michel Barnier while in Brussels on 6 February 2019 and the issues that were discussed. [6679/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: When this issue arose in the past the Taoiseach said he had no difficulty in being transparent and that there was nothing unusual in the arrangements for dealing with Independent Deputies. That being so, will he list the Independent Deputies who have been assisted by his Department's liaison unit in regard to matters dealt with by other Departments? If not, will he explain why not? Last...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Is there an informal relationship between the Rural Independent Group and the Government?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: While the work of the north east inner city group is very welcome, serious issues arise concerning the level of resources required and more importantly, about the lack of a coherent national local development agenda. There is nowhere in the world where a once-off report and the ongoing implementation of that report has delivered sustained regeneration. What works is a systematic and ongoing...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Not in alignment with the truth.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I acknowledge that the Minister, Deputy Harris, spent several hours dealing with the matter in the House last week. However, we have received a significant amount of documentation since then. I have the list here. We have received 23 memorandums containing new information from the children's hospital project and programme steering group, the AECOM cost benchmarking report, the Departments...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am informed by the parents of children with muscle-wasting conditions such as spinal muscular atrophy that the HSE leadership management team will meet on 14 February and, it is hoped, come to a final decision regarding the orphan drug Spinraza. It is a very difficult situation for the parents concerned. As the Taoiseach is aware, approximately 20 European countries have approved the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I ask that the Business Committee reconvene to consider the need for accountability on the national children's hospital. A series of memorandums has been sent to the Opposition. We have received 23 memorandums since the questions were asked of the children's hospital project and programme steering group. There are memorandums from September, October and November and more memorandums from...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: They were only ever announced.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: One of the defining characteristics of the Government's response to this issue from the outset has been its refusal to accept that any error was made or that it got it wrong. The Minister, as recently as 6 February, when he was asked about the cost of the national children's hospital, replied that it was a reasonable cost and that it represented reasonable value. However, PwC has been...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: People are genuinely shocked at the extraordinary cost increase in the national children's hospital, which is up by about 126% in four years, a remarkable increase taking into account annual construction inflation costs. People are also very concerned at the prospect of further increases in the cost of the hospital because, of course, the contractors will be able to recoup future costs where...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 105. To ask the Taoiseach if Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, met recently. [6683/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 106. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met church leaders recently. [7055/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 107. To ask the Taoiseach if he met EU leaders when he was in Brussels; and if he held other meetings after or before he met Mr. Donald Tusk. [7057/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his lunch meeting with the US Secretary of State, Mr. Mike Pompeo; the issues that were discussed; the responses that were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7085/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is considering a long-time limit on the European backstop in view of the difficulties in the House of Commons. [6681/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to delays in the processing of section 481 applications by the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7083/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Waste (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 563. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials received information or have had discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mrs. Karen Bradley, on the possibility of the UK Government considering the Newry and Mourne area for the construction of a nuclear waste disposal site (details supplied); his views regarding same; and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Waste (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 578. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials received information or have had discussions with his counterpart in the UK on the possibility of considering the Newry and Mourne area for the construction of a nuclear waste disposal site (details supplied); his views regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6582/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 576. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6551/19]