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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is not what is stated in the memo at all. It is completely opposite.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: It was a benchmark figure.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: Under the public spending code, the benchmark figure is the basis for determining value for money for any major project. Reading through the memo from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, it is very clear that they raise serious questions about the public spending code being breached by the Department in respect...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: Why?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: What is it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: Rural Ireland has been waiting for a long time for high-speed connectivity. Fine Gael promised it in 2012. Every single promise it made was delayed and not honoured. There was an alternative in the document. The Minister is wrong to say he considered every alternative. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform said very clearly that plan B would be:(ii) Establishing a State entity...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform knows all about state aid rules and it is saying that there is an established mechanism by which the State could have done this differently and more effectively for the people in rural Ireland and for the taxpayer. How much equity is the remaining consortium putting up? There is no other bidder.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is not commercially sensitive material. Why is the Secretary General going out of his way to say the State is taking all the risk and that the remaining bidder is only putting up so much? How much is that so much?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: Is there a problem with the financial standing of the company? Has the company the wherewithal to take sufficient risk upfront in the early stages of this project? Why is the State taking almost 90% of it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Minister said all along he could not do that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Minister said he could not make another contract under State aid rules.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: I have in my hands the massive bundle of documentation sent to us at 1.55 p.m. today about the national broadband plan. That illustrates the sharp practice of Government in its management and handling of this project from the start and its attempts to spin its way out of any serious questions or accountability about the project itself. None of this was produced yesterday. Very little of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: The correspondence continues:I note that by 2028, the private operator is projected to have received [REDACTED] in dividends and interest, together with a repayment of [REDACTED] of the initial share capital, while the State will have spent up to €2.44 billion by that stage. In effect, the private operator will have all of their monies paid back while the Exchequer could have paid out...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Government must have known that we would be asking questions about the national broadband plan during Leaders' Questions. That is a fairly reasonable expectation. Heretofore, we had been advised that we would get all the advices from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. It was made clear some time ago that a full and transparent approach would be adopted with Dáil...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: I presume that nobody has had a chance to read it. All I am suggesting is a suspension for an hour and a half in order that people can read it because we are entitled to-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am formally proposing that the House suspends for 90 minutes and resumes with Leaders' Questions.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: When we say later, we-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: I wish to raise a matter under Standing Orders before we commence Leaders' Questions. I did not get a chance to discuss it with the Ceann Comhairle in advance. I seek the agreement of the House to an adjournment of at least an hour to allow Members an opportunity to consider documentation pertaining to a topical issue of the gravest concern which was announced yesterday by the Government....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: 55. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May since the murder of a person (details supplied); and if he discussed preparations regarding the structures and substance of the talks to commence shortly. [19816/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (8 May 2019)

Micheál Martin: 56. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with Prime Minister May or other EU leaders regarding the withdrawal treaty since the last European Council meeting. [19817/19]