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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: We heard yesterday that only 50% of businesses are prepared.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I know that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Ellis should respect the Chair.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: And a referendum in Venezuela.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Ellis cannot be supporting the dictator there.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is 45 days until the UK is due to leave the EU, according to the current legal situation in both the UK and the EU. In order for this to change, something has to be both agreed and ratified before then. In terms of our domestic preparations, we are likely to be the last country in the EU to have enacted legislation to cater for a no-deal scenario. Given we are likely to be the worst...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: He cannot, on one hand, say we need a deal in order to keep the Border operating as it does and then refuse to say what will happen. We know he is not contemplating or planning anything but this is no help to Border communities and businesses, which are deeply concerned about what they might face in 25 days' time. The Taoiseach might indicate whether it is his view we are heading into...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I think they voted for the Government on some key occasions in the past. I was obviously intrigued by that because they tend to make loud noises from time to time, particularly in respect of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, while at other times, they are quite acquiescent. The Taoiseach said the last time that Deputy Harty was the contact point for them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach serious?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: If those guys are that naïve and gullible, that is their problem.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the EU leaders since the votes were taken on 29 January 2019 in the House of Commons. [5330/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will be travelling to EU capitals in February 2019 to discuss Brexit. [5681/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Donald Tusk and Mr. Michel Barnier while in Brussels on 6 February 2019 and the issues that were discussed. [6679/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: When this issue arose in the past the Taoiseach said he had no difficulty in being transparent and that there was nothing unusual in the arrangements for dealing with Independent Deputies. That being so, will he list the Independent Deputies who have been assisted by his Department's liaison unit in regard to matters dealt with by other Departments? If not, will he explain why not? Last...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Is there an informal relationship between the Rural Independent Group and the Government?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: While the work of the north east inner city group is very welcome, serious issues arise concerning the level of resources required and more importantly, about the lack of a coherent national local development agenda. There is nowhere in the world where a once-off report and the ongoing implementation of that report has delivered sustained regeneration. What works is a systematic and ongoing...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Not in alignment with the truth.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I acknowledge that the Minister, Deputy Harris, spent several hours dealing with the matter in the House last week. However, we have received a significant amount of documentation since then. I have the list here. We have received 23 memorandums containing new information from the children's hospital project and programme steering group, the AECOM cost benchmarking report, the Departments...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am informed by the parents of children with muscle-wasting conditions such as spinal muscular atrophy that the HSE leadership management team will meet on 14 February and, it is hoped, come to a final decision regarding the orphan drug Spinraza. It is a very difficult situation for the parents concerned. As the Taoiseach is aware, approximately 20 European countries have approved the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I ask that the Business Committee reconvene to consider the need for accountability on the national children's hospital. A series of memorandums has been sent to the Opposition. We have received 23 memorandums since the questions were asked of the children's hospital project and programme steering group. There are memorandums from September, October and November and more memorandums from...