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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: We did it before that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: There was sectoral specific whistleblowing protection legislation brought in.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Functions (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach will be aware that in the past fortnight very serious concerns have been raised about the situation with regard to one of our most important social services, which is the prevention of homelessness. I understand the social policy division is responsible for providing the Taoiseach with materials concerning many of the services that are part of the State's response to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: During the last general election there was widespread shock about the shooting at the Regency Hotel and the escalation of gang-related murders in parts of Dublin. The Taoiseach will remember how the Government lined up to say that the force of the State would be brought to bear on the gangs and the threat they posed to communities would be lifted. It was also said that co-ordinating the...

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: That debate is happening tonight, is it not?

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: My understanding was that the debate was to take place this evening, as agreed by the Business Committee.

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: The schedule we have here suggests that there will be statements on the matter this evening.

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: In that case, I suggest that we have ten minute slots for opening speakers.

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: It was five minutes originally.

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: In the context of the programme for Government, it is important that in the conduct of our foreign policy we are clear and unambiguous in our response to atrocities when they are committed. We must unreservedly condemn the killing of up to 60 Palestinians, including children, and the injuring of 1,200, including journalists and health care workers. The Israeli response to the mass protests...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: When the Taoiseach said no and no, do I take it then that CervicalCheck, as an organisation, never met either him or the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, in four years? The Taoiseach might just clarify. That is the question I am asking. It would be normal for a significant screening programme to brief the Minister annually on the progress of the programme. The Taoiseach seems to be...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: -----did not alert the Secretary General or the Minister or it was never discussed at a management meeting of the Department given the clear implications, as we now know, about the revelations of this kind of thing and the absence of non-disclosure.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: Not to the women.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach meet them?

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach ever meet them?

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach meet them?

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: I appreciate the opportunity to express sympathy and to talk about the issue later. Last Thursday, at a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts, three memorandums, dating from March and July 2016, revealed that the CervicalCheck management team, the leadership of the HSE, the acute hospitals division of the Department of Health and the Chief Medical Officer had all shared and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 88. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues. [21271/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 93. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21261/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Data (15 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in his Department assigned solely or primarily to work on North-South issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21265/18]