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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: On a contrary approach, one of the entirely false accusations made against some of the large companies that operate out of Ireland is that they are somehow brass plate entities or that they are only tax vehicles. That is nonsense. Apple has been one of the biggest employers in Cork for almost four decades. I can recall that in the late 1990s, when we had just entered into government, there...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: No, but I challenge the Deputy and others to talk to the workforces in these companies, including Intel and the pharmaceutical companies. I was the Minister with responsibility for enterprise for four years. Who are we up against? It is not other European states but Switzerland, Israel and Singapore. People from Singapore were knocking on every door on which representatives of IDA Ireland...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Government Chief Whip does nothing about it at the Business Committee.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy should speak with his Whip.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the actions he has taken to strengthen Cabinet accountability as outlined in A Programme for a Partnership Government; if the examination of the role of Ministers for State has been completed; and if it will be published. [26881/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach and his predecessor entered office claiming that they would implement a new approach to accountability for Ministers. In fact, the Taoiseach's predecessor said he would have annual score cards for Ministers, which never materialised. In the Taoiseach's case, we were told that he would hold Ministers to account very closely for their delivery. Has he looked at the work of all...

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: Despite the programme for Government commitment to build further capacity in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, the waiting lists for young people are getting longer and, more crucially, professional staff are leaving the service. I do not know if the Taoiseach is aware of a study undertaken by researchers in Trinity College Dublin and published today which describes how...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should listen to the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, a bit more.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should take the advice of the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, who is most desirous of an extended term.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. He has said these are internal matters for the British Government, but they are also of relevance to and have a profound impact on Ireland. Put simply, the pathway being pursued by hard-line Brexiters such as Mr. Boris Johnson and Mr. David Davis, if they had succeeded and if they succeed in the future - hard-line Brexiters are still there in numbers...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday's drama in London, with the resignation of two senior Cabinet Ministers from the UK Government, should not distract from the key message that has emanated from, as well as the key importance of, the UK Government's Chequers statement on the evolution of negotiations on the UK-EU relationship and Brexit. In essence, the Chequers statement represents a pathway and a platform on which...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 109. To ask the Taoiseach if he met the Mayor of New York when he visited the city. [30537/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 112. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to New York on 1 July 2018; the persons who travelled with him; and the meetings he attended. [30076/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 110. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A (Economy) last met. [30538/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 113. To ask the Taoiseach the training his Department and agencies under its aegis will receive on GDPR legislation; and when it will be completed. [30077/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Requests (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 117. To ask the Taoiseach the number of FOI requests his Department has received since January 2018; the number of refusals; and the number that have been appealed and that are ongoing. [30576/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Vacancies on State Boards (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 118. To ask the Taoiseach the number of vacancies on State boards under the remit of his Department. [30593/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Project Ireland 2040 (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times he has met his officials regarding Project Ireland 2040 since its launch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30549/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Requests (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of FOI requests his Department has received since January 2018; the number of refusals; the number that have been appealed and that are ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30566/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Vacancies on State Boards (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies on State boards under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30583/18]