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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is wrong. He said that he was not going to wait for-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: When did the Taoiseach discover that the Government had to do those two things? The Minister said last year: "We are not going to wait for the fund to run out before we build up a second fund to allow a continuation of the scheme with whatever changes we might deem to be necessary". He said that there would be no issue here and he would continue with a second fund. He was saying that as...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Government advises its own press office and tells no one else. We are all dealing with applications in our constituencies. These are people who are desperate to buy homes. If they could get mortgages, they would be cheaper than the rents that they are paying. There have been higher rents for seven or eight years now and they could be paying much less if they could get a mortgage. They...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: In January 2018 the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, announced with great fanfare a Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme which would be available to all local authorities as a solution for many people who were not in a position to secure finance to purchase a home. As we learned quickly and anyone with a busy constituency office would know, the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Negotiations (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 90. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the possibility of a second referendum on Brexit in the UK with Prime Minister May when they last spoke or met; and his views as to whether this is a realistic and helpful option. [10592/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has written to his British counterpart about an inquiry into the murder of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that it was agreed under the Weston agreement in 2001 and the recent UK Supreme Court decision on same. [10908/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his British counterpart about the public inquiry into the murder of a person (details supplied) following the UK Supreme Court ruling on 27 February 2019. [10591/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the lack of a Northern Assembly and the possibility of direct rule returning to Northern Ireland. [10910/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Dementia Strategy (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 269. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a mapping project (details supplied) that was produced in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10316/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 270. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10317/19]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille agus os rud é go bhfuilimid i láthair anseo i gcomhair an díospóireacht tábhachtach agus práinneach seo. Fianna Fáil supports this legislation and will be facilitating its swift passage through the Oireachtas. While an extension to the Article 50 process seems likely, this legislation still needs to be in place. However,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: In 2012, the then Government led by Fine Gael promised to provide high-speed broadband to 100% of homes and businesses by 2020. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources at that time, Pat Rabbitte, had humble expectations and estimated the cost at €350 million. In 2013, the tendering process began and his successor, Alex White, announced a new strategy, with the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I wish to raise two issues. The Taoiseach is saying that further due diligence remains to be done and the cost will be multiples of what was originally envisaged. I note that in response to a question by Deputy Dooley last week the Minister, Deputy Bruton, stated that he wanted to meet the two additional companies. Given that in October we were told a decision would be made within weeks,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is because of a Fianna Fáil initiative.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am sorry?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: It has been abandoned.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Forever. Was that announced?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: What Department is it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach will remember that in 2017 he informed the House he was reorganising the Cabinet committee structures so they would become more active. A pattern has since emerged of Cabinet committees being, at best, marginal to the issues they are supposed to be handling. The facts demonstrate that in areas such as health, housing, Brexit, Northern Ireland and other areas of public concern,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on developments and centralisation of the website of his Department into one Government website. [8032/19]