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Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (12 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le clann Richie Ryan agus le clann John Browne as ucht a chaillteanas agus ba mhaith liom a rá gur pribhléid an-mhór domsa í a bheith i láthair anseo mar uachtarán Fhianna Fáil chun ómós do Richie Ryan agus do John Browne a chur in iúl agus chun comhbhrón a...

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

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is throwing the kitchen sink at-----

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

Micheál Martin: The Government should keep telling itself that.

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

Micheál Martin: It is the Government that made all the promises.

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

Micheál Martin: We were not, and the Taoiseach knows we were not.

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

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach will find the Opposition constructive and co-operative, as we have always been, on this issue. Originally, we had agreed with the Scally inquiry. It was the Minister who caved in and said he was going to have a political investigation; no one else did. He came under pressure from some quarters in the House and he caved in on the floor of the House that night. That is fine,...

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

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach made commitments at the time. It is our job to hold him to account in terms of the fulfilment of those commitments and the bringing in of those commitments within a reasonable time.

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

Micheál Martin: It is fair to say that mandatory disclosure has now been pushed back well into the autumn in terms of legislation and the tribunal.

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

Micheál Martin: It is the best approach but I do not see it coming through by the end of the year, although I hope I am wrong on that.

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

Micheál Martin: There have been many reports on it.

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

Micheál Martin: We do understand it. There have been numerous reports on it.

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

Micheál Martin: Yesterday's supplementary report from Dr. Gabriel Scally on the CervicalCheck scandal will raise further concerns, while also providing reassurance in relation to quality and standards. It makes some interesting insights and recommendations. There is clearly concern about the number of laboratories which are being used to outsource testing, which is 16 rather than the original six, but Dr....

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

Micheál Martin: Why did the Taoiseach not answer the central question which I put to him on the no-fault compensation scheme recommended by Dr. Scally?

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

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not run out time.

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

Micheál Martin: He just avoided it. It is a tactic, a pattern that the Taoiseach engages in continually. I asked a very basic question on the central point that Dr. Scally made that the screening programmes are crying out for a no-fault compensation scheme because the trauma visited upon the women involved is too severe. They convert error into injustice, and then convert that injustice into financial...

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

Micheál Martin: 69. To ask the Taoiseach if taxation was discussed when he met with President Trump. [24446/19]

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

Micheál Martin: 70. To ask the Taoiseach if corporation tax was discussed when he met with President Trump recently. [24447/19]

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

Micheál Martin: 71. To ask the Taoiseach if foreign direct investment was discussed when he met with President Trump recently. [24448/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (12 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of progress on the talks in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24449/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (12 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Israel and Palestine were discussed at the recent EU meeting of foreign ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24450/19]