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Questions on Promised Legislation (23 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: The programme for Government contains many commitments on public sector reform. Given today's reports about the retirement cliff in the Civil Service there are genuine concerns over the skill mix and the expertise that will be lost in coming years. The Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants has published some staggering statistics. Some 40% of those in management positions are...

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: In no way can it be described as it has been described, that is, as somehow wilfully legislating for abortion on demand.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: That was not the intention of the cross-party committee. I respect all views in the House, including the views of those who have a different view from mine. I genuinely do because it is not an easy issue.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Ceann Comhairle.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: As the referendum campaign draws to a close, it is important to put on the record that this has largely been a very respectful debate with many people having genuinely held positions on the proposition before the people. For my own part, I can genuinely say that on the doorsteps and in meeting with people in the streets people have been very courteous and very fair irrespective of the...

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. To reiterate, I made my comments this morning with the people outside of this House who are genuinely wrestling with this issue in mind. Many in this House have also wrestled with it. I invite people to watch the powerful testimony of Pat and Mary Lyons on joe.ieabout their daughter's journey to Liverpool in the context of a diagnosis of fatal foetal...

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: -----and the necessity to ensure medical supervision and care for women who may take the abortion pill-----

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: -----in this country, some of whom are doing so right now. Those are the reasons the committee decided on 12 weeks. Those were the issues that informed it.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 78. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken or met with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to discuss Brexit and its implications for Ireland; and if they discussed other matters. [22573/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (23 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his EU counterparts regarding the EU-UK possible framework for the future discussions published by the European Commission task force on 15 May 2018. [22570/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (23 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); the way in which their paperwork was mislaid on two occasions; if the application will be expedited; and when the person can expect a final determination. [22843/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cyber Security Policy (23 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his Department is co-ordinating cross-Government responses or plans for the cyber security of Government Departments to ensure that enough actions are being taken against a matter which has been described by the FBI in the USA and the NCSC in London as a threat to the safety, security and integrity of the...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: No, we do not.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: Of course, absolutely. That is very basic.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is elementary.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: If Deputy Jim O'Callaghan's original Bill had been accepted, we would not have had any of this.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Estimates Process (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: I welcome the reduction in respect of the SCU because what was going on there was wrong and its parent was the Creative Ireland initiative. Through freedom of information, FOI, requests we came across evidence that the then Minister was making decisions as to which newspaper would be allocated what. The Minister made a decision on the allocation of public moneys to newspapers. I have the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is clear to me that the elephant in the room in terms of Northern Ireland and Brexit is the absence of an Executive and an Assembly. There is a lot of hype and rhetoric about regulatory alignment with regard to the customs union, being part of the Single Market and all of that. However, it is extraordinary, given the grave threat that Brexit represents to the island, particularly to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: Does that mean it will be delayed?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: First, I wish to say again that if it was not for Vicky Phelan we would know nothing about any of this. Given all the documentation that has emerged through the various committees of this House, both the Committee of Public Accounts and the Joint Committee on Health, and that has come into the public domain, it is quite an extraordinary fact that if it was not for Vicky Phelan's decision to...