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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: Is it acceptable at the 11th hour to end up with a completely different bidder with no telecommunications experience? The two major telecommunications providers in the country have shunned the deal.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: I have asked a very basic question. This is a new consortium, not a changed one. It is being glossed over. There is a terribly uneasy silence about it. People are not giving me a straightforward honest answer. Is it acceptable that a consortium changes at the 11th hour?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (28 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he spoke to his UK counterparts regarding the political declaration to be finalised before the November 2018 EU Council meeting. [49435/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his officials have read the latest ESRI report on the construction industry. [49143/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: I am somewhat surprised that the conflict did not feature on the ASEM agenda, given that the war in Yemen represents one of the world's greatest humanitarian crises and is now the world's largest crisis. Some 17.8 million people are food insecure, of whom 8 million are severely food insecure. We have all watched the emaciated bodies of the children on television, which is horrific. It...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if the war in Yemen was discussed at the October 2018 ASEM summit. [45882/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Digital Strategy (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the consultation process on the digital strategy recently announced by his Department. [45623/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Digital Strategy (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. The Government announced its intention to produce another digital strategy in its Action Plan for Jobs in 2018. We are agreed it is meant to maximise the economic and societal benefits that arise from ongoing digitalisation. It is meant to be citizen focused and to set out how we are all meant to embrace digital advances and provide for a national...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to County Cavan on 12 October 2018; if he met businesses; and if they discussed the impact in addition to the uncertainty of Brexit. [43891/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: I would have thought that the Taoiseach might have heard from more business people about their concern regarding the impact Brexit will have on them. Recent data from the Central Statistics Office suggest there is a noticeable slowdown in the Border region and that the devaluation of sterling has had a significant impact on small and medium enterprises, SMEs, there. There are many Brexit...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: In the context of children, the programme for Government refers to "an opportunity to change our approach from expensive reactive interventions to proactive supports and long term planning starting from birth". This commitment must be a long way from being realised in light of the report in today's edition of The Irish Timesby Kitty Holland about the long queue of families, most of them...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: Not the Capuchin Day Centre. The amount it gets is pitiful.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: I know the Business Committee will not have had an opportunity to consider this but given the publication of the auditor's report on the national broadband plan and the procurement process just before the commencement of Leaders' Questions, there is a necessity for the Dáil to consider this report. The report is so important that there is a need to debate and analyse it. In view of the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: That is helpful. Looking at the diary, I can understand why the Ceann Comhairle would say that. We would certainly be willing to facilitate that and to attend and be active for a Friday morning sitting.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: This has been going on for years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach accept that the canvassing rules were breached as per the documentation, which is very clear regarding the canvassing protocol? Can he also provide transparency in terms of the cost of the roll-out of the national broadband plan now? He said previously that it will be a multiple of what was originally estimated.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: Sorry?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: Sorry?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has said it is well known and well aired that the consortium changed. How is that acceptable when someone goes through prequalification, the next two stages and at the fourth and final stage, "Hey presto", a new consortium emerges but that is fine because we all know about it? This genuinely needs explanation. It is not covered or dealt with by the report. It is a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: Over 500,000 homes and businesses across the country are still without broadband and high-speed connectivity, which is having a significantly negative impact on the capacity of rural enterprise to develop and prosper and on the quality of life of many rural households. The original national broadband plan was published in 2012. The procurement process was approved by Cabinet in December...