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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (21 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48450/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (21 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is only in receipt of 15 minutes home help per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48451/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: Last year the Taoiseach indicated that there were to be three basic principles in how he intended to run the Department of the Taoiseach. He said he would reorganise Cabinet committees to make them more dynamic, but it has since been revealed that they rarely meet, irrespective of the urgency of the issues involved. The health reform committee is almost dormant, while the committee...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: I thank Deputy Howlin for that insight. It is an enormous failure and I would like an explanation from the Taoiseach. Above all, will he give some specific information on the costs that will be attached to this failure?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: We should give the Taoiseach more time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: He went against the Green Party and everybody at the time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: I remember well the line he took.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Government did not create any jobs.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: We have had a couple of plans.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach give me the details I sought on costs?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: What about the cost of carbon credits?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: They were presented to Cabinet this morning.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: I do not buy that. The Taoiseach must know them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach must know them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach. I ask him to confirm that figure.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: I wish to pick up on another strand of the work of the National Economic and Social Council, NESC, in respect of the programme for Government. The fight against climate change was relegated by the previous Government and there has been little more than lip service since. When Commissioner Phil Hogan was a Minister, he led the charge when Fine Gael came out of the 2011 election and climate...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: In the last two years, NESC has allocated a lot of its time to trying to prompt a more substantive series of actions on two of the most pressing and critical issues for this country, namely, the housing and climate emergencies. However, it is not clear if its work is having any impact at political level in government. The council has presented its work, and that of conference speakers, on...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: We have all read in the media today about the report of Sir John Gillen on how rape trials are conducted in Northern Ireland. It is an excellent report and the former judge articulated well on it on "Morning Ireland" this morning. He has recommended that publicly funded legal advice for victims in rape trials be considered. Approximately six months ago, Fianna Fáil, through our...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: Being homeless is not a shortcoming. It is a devastating experience for a child, not a shortcoming. Being the parent a three year old child who has yet to be assessed by an autism panel is not a shortcoming; it is a terrible, devastating position in which to be. Being the parent of a young child with severe mental health difficulties and not being able to access services is not a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)

Micheál Martin: I have offered them.