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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: -----in our acute hospitals.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: What does the Government intend to do about that specific and very important issue that affects the quality of care of patients?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: We have too many non-permanent people.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: We have too many specialists.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: They could be unqualified doctors.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: That is because we have too many who are unqualified.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach might explain why he did not answer the question. I very specifically focused on the issue of recruitment and retention of qualified consultants. I pointed out that there is a crisis in recruiting consultants because of a pay differential - the discriminatory pay difference between those recruited after 2012 and those before 2012 - and the Taoiseach chose not to answer the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: The situation in our health service continues to disimprove with up to one million people on outpatient and inpatient waiting lists and severe overcrowding in our accident and emergency departments on a consistent basis. We learned today that more than 6,000 people who are waiting for elderly care services could be waiting for up to two years. These are just a number of the issues, all of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: 160. To ask the Taoiseach if he met with Mr. Donald Tusk when he attended the October 2018 EU Council meeting. [43491/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Community Development Initiatives (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: 162. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to include East Wall in the North East Inner City Taskforce area. [43258/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: 178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the reconvening of the Northern Ireland Executive in the near future with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. [43486/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Investigations (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: 196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is reviewing Ireland's diplomatic relationship and plans to deepen the country's relationship with Saudi Arabia in view of the recent revelations regarding a person (details supplied); his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43904/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Investigations (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: 197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the circumstances and reports of the disappearance of a journalist (details supplied) in Turkey were discussed at the EU Council; and if he contributed to same. [43488/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: 198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he met Mr. Michel Barnier when he attended the EU Council meeting in October 2018. [43490/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: 317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an appointment that has been sought by a person (details supplied) to attend an appointment at the Irish Natural Immigration Service in order that they can discuss their visa in view of the fact they have been unable to receive the information online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43437/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (23 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: 357. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress being made on the North-South agreement on children's cardiac surgery being carried out in Dublin in order to prevent children from Northern Ireland travelling to Birmingham and-or Manchester; if persons have been treated to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43198/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Amendments (17 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met the church leaders to discuss the upcoming blasphemy referendum. [41805/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (17 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: 193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expertise in his own Department on climate change policy. [41806/18]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: This week’s European Council meeting marks another missed deadline in the long series of missed deadlines which we have seen since the political declaration on Brexit last December. In fact, there is a higher degree of uncertainty and a greater risk to Ireland’s interests today than there has been at any point. Obviously, the root cause of all problems is to be found in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Development Initiatives (16 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: We are getting an insight into Fine Gael's failures in government.