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

Micheál Martin: We accept it subject to what the Business Committee proposes.

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

Micheál Martin: Today is Safe Internet Day. Many significant issues arise from the advent of technology. A Cybersafe Ireland survey published today presents worrying and interesting statistics that simply cannot be ignored by policymakers and Government. It confirms that four out of five children own a smartphone and almost half of these children are in contact with adults they do not know and are playing...

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

Micheál Martin: That is not the question that was asked.

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

Micheál Martin: Whatever - €600 million, €1 billion, €1.7 billion, whatever.

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

Micheál Martin: Three months.

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

Micheál Martin: It is the same script but a different day. The Taoiseach mentioned that the Government will help patients catch up. The only catching up that will be done will be done by nurses and doctors when this strike is over. The Taoiseach and his colleagues will not have to play catch-up. Did I hear the Taoiseach correctly when he said that he did not send any direct letter to the nursing unions...

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

Micheál Martin: The health service is still in crisis. The nurses' strike today is discommoding a far greater number of services than the last one. Some 50,000 patients have had their elective procedures cancelled. It is a cause for alarm that emergency departments will come and are coming under extreme pressure today. We know of the comments from the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine. The 50,000...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 135. To ask the Taoiseach if extra staff have been employed or redeployed in the EU section in his Department. [5331/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he and his officials have attended meetings on the remediation work of Haulbowline Island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5080/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 139. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the remediation and site investigative works to explore the scope for improving the berthage capacity of Haulbowline Island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5078/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 143. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the review of Defence Forces pay and conditions will be completed. [5332/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 475. To ask the Minister for Health the months in which the original smear tests took place for the up to 6,000 women likely to be called for a repeat test; and the number of tests that took place in each month in tabular form. [5737/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hazardous Waste Removal (5 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: 487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the remediation work on Haulbowline Island; the completion date for the remediation works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5079/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (30 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: At some point in the future relations will be rebuilt between this island and London. So far, few details have been available on any discussions there may have been on this point. It has been said in the past month that the Taoiseach wants to have some form of annual joint cabinet meeting along the lines of the Franco-German meeting. Other than this, we have heard absolutely nothing and we...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (30 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: There is a sporting encyclopaedia in the form of Deputy Shane Ross and I am sure-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (30 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: It will not happen with your sound-bite Cabinet.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (30 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach saying if the British Parliament does not change, or is he saying there will be a no deal?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (30 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: Could the Taoiseach answer my question? Is he saying that unless the British Parliament changes position, there will be a no-deal Brexit in March? Is that where we are?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (30 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C (European Union including Brexit) last met. [2651/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (30 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is interesting that the Cabinet sub-committee is basically redundant in terms of Brexit, but that is for another day. As the Taoiseach said earlier, as things stand, there is deadlock over Brexit. The British House of Commons has voted in favour of Brexit, against the draft withdrawal agreement, in favour of having a deal and against the proposed backstop. Obviously, as the Taoiseach...