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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: May I come in on Thursday's business?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is on the same issue.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: It relates to the Brexit debate. I said this before Christmas. We have a difficulty, as a party with up to 45 Deputies, with a pattern that has developed. My understanding was that a conclusion had arisen out of the Dáil reform committee that proportionate time would be allocated to the larger parties that would allow those parties to come back in a second time on substantive debates....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: No, I am not at all.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: What emerged from the reform committee was that-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: -----there would be a second opportunity for Members of the larger parties to contribute to a debate, but the debates have been shortened. The Government's initial proposal of a five-minute speech from each of the main representatives of each party on Brexit was insulting to the Dáil. It was just pathetic. This is the defining issue of our time, and the Government was offering five...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach agrees but he never does anything about it. The idea of 15-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is a very shortened-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: With the greatest of respect, Deputy Healy-Rae's back has been well scratched by the reforms. Dáil reform has been beneficial to all and sundry, and this Dáil has been the fairest to all parties, irrespective of size-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: -----and no one can contradict that. What has happened here because of Dáil reform since the 2016 general election is unprecedented. That at least should be acknowledged and put on the record. However, there is a need for balance. We all agree with the use of D'Hondt in the allocation of Members to committees.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is the old Clinton line.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: The cost has increased from €600 million to €1.7 billion.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: The cost has increased by over €1 billion.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply and wish him a happy new year. I must report back to him from west Clare, west Cork and other parts of rural Ireland that very few wish the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, a happy new year, judging by what I picked up from travelling around.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said he was happy to share information with the Dáil and that he was keen to consult. Dare I suggest to him that he has not been keen to consult the Oireachtas and that he has not been happy to share with the Dáil. It was under pressure that the contingency plan was published on 19 December. What is the big secret? What is behind the reluctance to share basic...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: Brexit continues to cast a cloud over political, economic and social developments in Great Britain, Ireland and throughout the entire European Union. Tonight's vote in Westminster is the latest instalment in a lengthening saga in which no coherent, concrete view on Brexit commanding a majority of British parliamentarians is emerging. The withdrawal treaty looks set to be defeated - although...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with his EU counterparts in regard to clarifying the EU backstop in the context of Brexit. [1426/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his European counterparts individually or collectively since Christmas 2018 in regard to Brexit or other issues of mutual concern. [1429/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Data (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of prisoners kept in Cork prison on a monthly basis from January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54135/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Data (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 405. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in Cork prison sleeping on mattresses on a monthly basis since January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54136/18]