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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he met Chinese politicians or companies when in Davos; if they were concerned about the trade war; and if the matter was discussed. [3855/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the meetings he held with chief executives of companies in Davos and the issues that were discussed. [4346/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the meetings he held with EU and global leaders at Davos and the issues that were discussed. [4347/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to or met the Dutch Prime Minister, Mr. Mark Rutte, recently; and if so, the issues that were discussed. [4349/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: A few days before the Taoiseach went to Davos, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, was publicly corrected by the Tánaiste and subsequently ridiculed by Fine Gael Ministers when he said that a no-deal Brexit would require extra checks at the Border. Despite this, in Davos, the Taoiseach not only said this but also went far further and started talking about...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: -----November to tell him and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The Minister, Deputy Harris, did not ask further questions between then and November. That does not add up and it is not credible, particularly given the major issue of the overspend in the health service of some €800 million. While we were discussing it, the Minister and many others were aware of a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I knew that the Taoiseach would take it as a compliment, which is why I said it. That is the point.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Perhaps there are optical reasons for it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach cannot tell us what it is.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Who is criticising him?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: Of course, it is; we took €5 million out of the communications unit, which would have put the Taoiseach far ahead of his predecessor. No other predecessor had a €5 million communications unit. Get off the stage.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: I asked about the Minister, Deputy Harris.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: What was he told in August?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should know and should tell us. That is the basis of his answer. We have been getting this now for-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: The costs did not come down; they went up.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has said the figures came down, but they actually went up.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: As our most instinctively political Taoiseach for many years, the Taoiseach obviously puts significant store on his appointed advisers. He makes sure that he always has at hand a political attack for when he is under pressure. Equally, his political advisers are expected to be very active in looking for marketing opportunities. What is incredibly surprising is that in spite of the sheer...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: As we see every day, the breakdown of normal relations within different strands of the peace settlement has caused deep damage. Irrespective of the form Brexit will take, we will need a new approach to relations with Britain. We also need a new approach to North-South relations. Given the problems even before June 2016, does the Taoiseach agree that we have to take a serious look at how...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: While it is correct to say that the Order of Business has not received the approval of the House, nonetheless the rationale for that is to facilitate a debate on the nurses' dispute. I propose that we continue our activity in the order specified, Taoiseach's Questions and so on, and that the Business Committee would meet to reorder the schedule for the remaining days to accommodate a debate...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is agreed subject to the outcome of today's meeting of the Business Committee.