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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: I want to correct the order. When I asked my question about the Gender Recognition Bill 2015, the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, indicated that she had no idea what I was talking about. It is on the legislative schedule.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: I want to correct the record of the House.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is a Government Bill which appears on page 6 of the legislative programme. Its purpose is to implement recommendations contained in the report to the Oireachtas on the review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015. Work is under way on its status; it was only published two weeks ago.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Minister said she had no idea what I was talking about.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: I did not bring it up. I said it was the 2015 Bill.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: Clearly, the Minister has no knowledge of her own legislation either.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: There is no need to be so-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: On the Gender Recognition (Amendment) Bill, I understand that the "Prime Time" special programme this evening will outline the challenges faced by our transgender community in Ireland. This Bill would amend the Gender Recognition Act 2015 to provide a right to self-determination for persons who have reached the age of 16 years, introduce the right to legal gender recognition for persons...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: There is talk about increasing costs, but we are not talking about a normal increase in costs. We are talking about an extraordinary escalation in costs. The Taoiseach said in 2016 that the all-in cost was €650 million, including VAT, inflation and contingency costs. That is what he said two years ago but he is now telling me that he, as Taoiseach, was told only at the end of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: VAT does not explain a near trebling of the cost.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: There is no confidence that this will be held at €1.7 billion. Health officials are acknowledging privately that we are facing a cost of €2 billion and that there will be little change out of €2 billion once this is finished.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: Who was in charge politically? What went wrong? Reviews by accountancy firms are all well and good but that is only locking it up for another couple of months.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: What is needed is a public inquiry with compellability, preferably through the Oireachtas.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: For some reason, the Taoiseach withheld that information from the Dáil. Why did he not provide the full figure on that date when I raised the issue in the House? The Minister, Deputy Harris, and his Department were told about the escalating costs in August, but apparently the Cabinet was only informed in December. Why was that the case? Why were the Cabinet and the Dáil not kept...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: I led the way yesterday, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Government has been less than transparent and generally is at sea in explaining and accounting for the extraordinary escalation in the cost of the national children's hospital. In 2016, the Taoiseach, in his then role as Minister for Health, announced that the hospital would cost €650 million all-in, including inflation, VAT and contingency, and that, short of an asteroid hitting,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 91. To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a reply from a person (details supplied) regarding his request for a further interim report in 2019. [2683/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 92. To ask the Taoiseach if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018. [2699/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 93. To ask the Taoiseach if the cost of newspapers in his Department in 2018 will be published. [2716/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will publish the airline costs for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2689/19]