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Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: That is not the case.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: Has the Government been advised that it would be imprudent or that it cannot happen?

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should do so as we need an opinion. It is a very important point as to whether we can legally proceed with the legislation. We should not be misled in the House unwittingly.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is not unconstitutional.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: I was interrupted when I was going to ask a question.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: I was going to raise the issue we have just dealt with, so instead I will ask about legislation.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: The legislation that has been promised to implement the result of the referendum repealing the eighth amendment is a key issue. The people have voted to remove the eighth amendment. The Government has issued a statement to the effect that it will not proceed with the legislation until the autumn. It is taking that approach on the basis that legal cases are ongoing. I understand that there...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is our view that we should agree an all-party motion on this matter which can be put to the House. Such a motion may have already been circulated or is on its way. We should do that because this is a reprehensible policy. We should not have a debate on it tomorrow instead of Topical Issue matters. Topical Issue matters should be preserved to give backbenchers an opportunity to raise...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: There is no cross-party approach there.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach have any responsibility?

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: I wanted the Taoiseach to answer a reasonable question, for God's sake.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: Another regional waste plan.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: I am quite disappointed with the Taoiseach's response and the pettiness of it in terms of pointing out the make-up of a council. The Taoiseach will be aware that waste management is exclusively an executive function. The Taoiseach implies a certain complacency, stating that we have come a long way. I do not believe we have. In some respects we might have but watching last night, the...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: People will have been shocked and horrified by the revelations on last evening's RTÉ's "Prime Time Investigates" programme of appalling levels of environmental criminality, pitiful regulatory enforcement and a governance regime which allowed the wholesale and destructive pollution of lakes, rivers, sea, land and forests. It is without question that human health has been placed at risk...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Requests (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 84. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information, FOI, requests his Department has received since January 2018; the number that were appealed, refused and granted, respectively; and the costs that were applied. [26215/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Strategic Communications Unit (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 85. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the winding down of the strategic communications unit. [26216/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 86. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met. [26217/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 87. To ask the Taoiseach if he met with Ms Arlene Foster when in Belfast recently; the issues that were discussed; and if there is progress on the impasse in reconvening the Northern Assembly. [26219/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 88. To ask the Taoiseach if he met with Ms. Michelle O'Neill when in Belfast recently; the issues that were discussed; and if there is progress on the impasse in reconvening the Northern Assembly. [26220/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 89. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the Orange Order headquarters while in Belfast and his meeting with senior members of the Order; and the issues that were discussed. [26221/18]