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Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he and his officials are planning for the worst-case scenario in the event of the draft withdrawal treaty being rejected by the UK Parliament. [48377/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. The ongoing chaos in Westminster is a reminder to us all that the default position under UK law is that Britain will leave the EU in 115 days' time. The withdrawal agreement may somehow be passed, there may be an extension of the Article 50 process or there may even be a new referendum, but the default position is that unless a majority can be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is in the protocols.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance of the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War in Paris. [48113/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: The 100th anniversary of the armistice ending the First World War was an important moment for remembering a war that still has much to teach us. In the significant amount of scholarship published in recent years, the consensus points to it being a war that was far from inevitable. It followed an extended period of peace and growth in Europe and there was no compelling reason for war, even...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: I was recently at an event marking the contribution of Éamon de Valera to Irish parliamentary tradition. In fairness to him, he did a great deal of work in reforming the Seanad and giving it constitutional provision in the 1937 Constitution. More than that, he removed from the then Dáil the right to change the Constitution by itself, which was a remarkable giving up of power for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: Which referendum?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: That is right.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: It does.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: Do the Taoiseach's reservations inform the lack of enthusiasm of the Government members of the committee?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: Those members do not attend, apparently.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: I do not think it was the successive Oireachtais that were responsible.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: -----about their fate coming up to Christmas. It is time for clarity in that regard.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: Last week, I offered to sit on Friday to have other debates and try to get things moving. I have always believed that the two and a half days the House sits cannot cover everything at particular points in time. I have stated that repeatedly but it has fallen on deaf ears for a long time. On questions on promised legislation, Fianna Fáil will support the establishment of a post office...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: The research states they are all in deficit.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is not living in the land of reality with regard to these agencies. He is in denial, as is Government. We have met the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister for Finance. The bottom line is that I am not offering up that analysis. It is commissioned research that the Taoiseach should read but it is also the reality on the ground. I have met...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: Over the past year, I have raised with the Taoiseach the plight of section 39 organisations, particularly hospices, and the fact that they did not get a fair deal from the Government in the restoration of pay under the turnaround of the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation. While the Government's position has shifted, overall it has been mean-spirited and lacked...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department who provide supports for Independent Ministers in Government. [47126/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: British-Irish Council (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the British-Irish Council meeting held on 8 November 2018. [49138/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (4 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role his officials have in co-ordinating or partaking in Brexit preparedness according to the recent request by the EU Commission. [50473/18]