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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: However, a tender came in.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: A tender came in and the Government went for it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: However, a tender came in.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is to buy somebody.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: A Minister did, however.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is not about how I am spinning it. I had the documentation and it was black and white.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: We have been seeking a statement from the Taoiseach for well over a year on what protections are being put in place to prevent the abuse of public funding to promote members of Government personally and to link communications to political rather than public priorities. Before the current Government took office, advertising was not undertaken for basic announcements and speeches but this is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is in the early stages. The Taoiseach is being disingenuous.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: Last week, I asked the Taoiseach whether he spoke to the President of the Commission about a no-deal scenario and the Border question. I did not get a reply at the time. It is important to make the point that a no-deal Brexit would be a disaster for all concerned, not just Ireland but the UK and the EU. Let us keep this in perspective as we discuss this. Today, for the first time, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: I do not think it took 40 minutes for the Chancellor to tell the Taoiseach nothing has changed and nothing will change. We know one of Chancellor Merkel's hallmarks as a politician is her capacity to be constructive and creative in seeking ways around roadblocks. Will the Taoiseach tell us whether she is proposing or thinking of any new ways of overcoming the refusal of the UK Parliament to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to or met the German Chancellor, Ms Angela Merkel, since the vote in the House of Commons on the withdrawal treaty was defeated. [3041/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: There has been ongoing discussion in the House of policing reform for several years, in particular over the past 12 months. The Taoiseach may recall there was a specific focus last year on the Department of Justice and Equality and the necessity of its reform. He will remember that in December 2017 he stated on several occasions that the Department was not fit for purpose and that it needed...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: I want to correct the order. When I asked my question about the Gender Recognition Bill 2015, the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, indicated that she had no idea what I was talking about. It is on the legislative schedule.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: I want to correct the record of the House.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is a Government Bill which appears on page 6 of the legislative programme. Its purpose is to implement recommendations contained in the report to the Oireachtas on the review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015. Work is under way on its status; it was only published two weeks ago.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Minister said she had no idea what I was talking about.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: I did not bring it up. I said it was the 2015 Bill.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: Clearly, the Minister has no knowledge of her own legislation either.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: There is no need to be so-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: On the Gender Recognition (Amendment) Bill, I understand that the "Prime Time" special programme this evening will outline the challenges faced by our transgender community in Ireland. This Bill would amend the Gender Recognition Act 2015 to provide a right to self-determination for persons who have reached the age of 16 years, introduce the right to legal gender recognition for persons...