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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: Before I commence my question, I join with the Taoiseach in offering our sympathies to the French people on the appalling fire that destroyed Notre Dame Cathedral yesterday evening. The cathedral belongs to the French people, but in many ways it belongs to the world. Many Members have experienced the joy of visiting it. Our sympathy and support go to the French people on the damage to such...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 101. To ask the Taoiseach if he spoke to or met Prime Minister May before the EU Council meeting on 10 April 2019; if so, the issues regarding Brexit that were discussed; if protection of the Single Market was discussed; and if citizens’ rights and direct rule were also mentioned. [17619/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 108. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May since she made her public announcement on reaching out to the Labour Party on 2 April 2019. [16362/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 105. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day; and the meetings he attended and the issues that were discussed. [13886/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Preparations (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 106. To ask the Taoiseach the role his Department is playing in preparing for a hard Brexit. [14282/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Preparations (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 107. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the way in which Northern Ireland will be treated differently post Brexit in view of his comments in Dáil Éireann on 27 March 2019 on same; if he has spoken with Prime Minister May since then; and if his or other officials have been in further discussions on contingency plans. [15378/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Digital Strategy (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 109. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the national digital strategy being led by his departmental officials. [15376/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 110. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee F on national security last met. [16364/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Preparations (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to set up an operations centre similar to the model being established in Northern Ireland to prepare for a no-deal Brexit. [11931/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school building (details supplied) has been sold to a private developer who plans to demolish the buildings in order to build houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17369/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Protected Disclosures (16 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to an article (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17460/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to replace and renovate a school (details supplied) in County Cork following the fire that engulfed the school over three years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17010/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: Some weeks ago I questioned the Tánaiste on Dublin Port's policy on cruise ships and the decision to reduce the number of cruise ships from 2021 to 2023 to 80 ships per annum and how that would have a very negative impact on Belfast and Cork in terms of cruise companies deciding to come to Ireland in the first instance. I have tabled parliamentary questions to the Minister for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: The same happened here, there is no control. No one is asking any questions at Cabinet level. I asked the Tánaiste about the letter from the Department of Health of May 2017. What led to that change of governance structure? Why was a new governance structure required? Is it still the Government's position that no one raised these red flags at any stage-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: -----with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform or with the Minister for Health? Is that still the Government's position, that right up to December no one raised this? We know the Minister was told in the summer but apparently he told nobody. He told no one in the Cabinet that this thing had ballooned out of control and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform says that no...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: -----and will not be accountable for it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: They have to.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: The PwC report on the very significant overspend on the national children's hospital represents a damning indictment of the Government's stewardship of the entire project. Red flags were missed, the public spending code was not adhered to, the project was poorly co-ordinated and controlled, there was fragmentation, poor communication and poor flow of information. That is all in the report....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: Can the Tánaiste state with certainty that this will stay within €2 billion? The idea that it is a gross underestimation does not reflect what the report is saying. The report is saying there was a complete absence of control, incoherence, lack of information, red flags, poor governance and so on. It is similar to other projects. The Government has not learned. With regard to...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (9 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: Sorry-----