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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Minister should ask himself the question why.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Minister does not have to do that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: Who is in charge?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Minister knows why they did not.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: We have raised this in the budget talks. This is a simple thing the Minister could do.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: What are the local authorities there for?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: To second-guess the-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: The tender was announced yesterday. Will the Taoiseach explain it? No one believes the announcements for the next five or ten years, given what happened with previous ministerial announcements. That is a fair point. No one can attach any credibility to what has been said will happen in the future, given that the announcements made in the past did not deliver.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: Is the Ceann Comhairle calling me?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: I apologise; I did not hear the Ceann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for that endorsement. The lack of housing and the level of homelessness are an appalling blight on our society and, without question, represent an emergency. It is an emergency that demands urgent, effective and targeted action. Too many families and children are homeless. Rents are far too high. Too many people are waiting far too long for council houses. Young...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach if he thought it was an emergency and that we were in a crisis. I also asked him to explain the absence of delivery across a range of schemes that his Government had announced in the past four years that had not been delivered. If we are in an urgent crisis, as we are, the simplest problem to tackle is the inexplicable delay in the approval of housing schemes submitted...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (2 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: As a society we need to remember that we should not replace one intolerance with another. In an era in which organised religions have moved to a different role and significance in society, tolerance and respect for different faiths should not just apply to smaller religions. The recent visit of the Pope was very welcome, as was his open and sincere approach to the issues which were raised...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A (economy) last met. [38525/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: I am sure the Taoiseach is aware that there are many signs of worrying pressures in the economy and the huge social dimension to the impact of the housing crisis. That crisis which is now over five years' old is having a significant impact on inward investment and disposable incomes which are being reduced by exorbitant rents. It is causing missed opportunities and a lack of mobility....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: I note the Taoiseach did not refer to his meeting with the British Prime Minister in Salzburg, which I presume happened.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: The British Prime Minister is still an EU leader and has not left yet. It is becoming increasingly clear that the absence of a working Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive is causing major problems in regard to the Brexit negotiations. Instead of having a cross-community democratic body speaking up for the people of Northern Ireland, the majority of whom are anti-Brexit, we have party...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with all EU leaders since July 2018 in Italy, Croatia and other EU states; and the areas of Brexit that were discussed. [37317/18]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: The report in the Irish Examinertoday about two members quitting the board of governors in University College Cork because of the lack of funding from Science Foundation Ireland is particularly disappointing. I do not know if the Taoiseach is familiar with the issue. Professor Douglas Kell, a UK based biochemist, resigned in August because of what he believed to be an utter lack of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is not agreed. We have an issue with the motion regarding the sittings and business of the Dáil in budget week. I understand that, as a result of the Business Committee's deliberations, there will be no Order of Business next Wednesday or Thursday. I understand that is included in the proposition. We opposed that proposal at the Business Committee. The Order of Business is an...