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Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: In the programme for Government there is a commitment that all parties to this agreement will operate on a good faith and no surprise basis for the term of the Oireachtas. There have been numerous questions in the past two years about arrangements with Independent Deputies in return for their support. When I asked recently about any deals the Government may have with Independent Deputies,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: That is a deal.

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: That is public and should be there to be read. It is in black and white.

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: That is a lot.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: Many parents of schoolgoing children face enormous costs in their daily lives in rearing their children, and the cost of living generally remains a constant pressure on them. This is compounded, made much worse, by the cost of school activities and the ongoing need to contribute to schools' current funding requirements. Parents are fundraising left, right and centre to pay for electricity,...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: I am entitled to raise issues of this kind, and the last person to lecture anyone on promises is the Taoiseach. He has promised billions - never mind €1.6 billion or €1.8 billion - in recent months through various announcements, set pieces and so on in respect of the NDP etc.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is quite extraordinary the degree to which the Taoiseach lectures everyone else on raising issues of expenditure when only this morning another €200 million was announced by two Ministers. The Taoiseach should therefore stop the smart-aleckry about people making promises. It is absolutely our entitlement to raise this issue, as we raised the pupil-teacher ratio last year. The...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: -----to have to increase them. As for the Taoiseach's comments on the largest ever expenditure, the population is growing. As it grows, education expenditure will grow. The Taoiseach should not be so self-satisfied about what the Government is doing in respect of school buildings. I could bring him to any constituency in the country, including my own-----

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: -----and show him where there has been consistent neglect of schools that have been in the pipeline for five or six years and some poor planning decisions made. I will gladly work through this with him if he is genuinely interested in trying to get to the meat of the issue and not in the endless rhetoric that does not match the reality on the ground.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: British-Irish Council (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 77. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the British-Irish Council meeting on 22 June 2018. [28273/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: British-Irish Council (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 78. To ask the Taoiseach if he had a bilateral meeting with Ms. Nicola Sturgeon while attending the British-Irish Council meeting; and if so, the issues that were discussed. [28274/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 79. To ask the Taoiseach when the last Cabinet committee on Brexit was held. [28276/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his departmental officials' file in scenario planning for Brexit. [28275/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Correspondence (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has written to the Secretary of State of the United States of America to outline Ireland's concerns in relation to the recent policy to remove children from their parents that are immigrants. [27690/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland's efforts to obtain a seat at the UN Security Council. [27691/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of victims of sex abuse by those that have been convicted of same that have not had access to the redress scheme due to not having made a prior complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28280/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the previous time he or his officials met a group of sex abuse victims that have not had access to the redress scheme due to no prior complaint having been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28281/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process and progress on the extension for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28282/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extra efforts that are being made to tackle increased antisocial incidents on the DART; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28278/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour (27 Jun 2018)

Micheál Martin: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the Minister for Justice and Equality to discuss the increased violent incidents on trains and the DART; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28277/18]