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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (21 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 116. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with Chancellor Merkel since she formed a coalition government; and if so, the issues that were discussed. [11816/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (21 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 117. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his last meeting with the strategic communications unit, SCU, and the Secretary General of his Department; and if the recent information campaign in local and national newspapers was discussed. [11817/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 128. To ask the Taoiseach the rationale of the strategic communications unit targeting groups on specific information following budget 2018. [11989/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (21 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will make the various expert reports commissioned to assist the tribunal of Inquiry on the fire at the Stardust, Artane, Dublin 5 in 1981 publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13089/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (21 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will make the expert report of a person (details supplied) submitted to the tribunal of Inquiry on the fire at the Stardust, Artane, Dublin 5 in 1981 publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13090/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (21 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will make the expert report of a person (details supplied) submitted to assist the tribunal of Inquiry on the fire at the Stardust, Artane, Dublin 5 in 1981 publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13091/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (21 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will make the expert report of a person (details supplied) submitted to assist the tribunal of Inquiry on the fire at the Stardust, Artane, Dublin 5 in 1981 publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13092/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (21 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will make the expert report of a person (details supplied) submitted to assist the tribunal of inquiry into the fire at the Stardust, Artane, Dublin 5 in 1981 publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13093/18]

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: The strategic communications unit should never have been established in the way it was. It should now be disbanded. If the Government is confident in its argument, it should submit it to an independent review process. The motion will most likely pass with a strong majority of the House. The issue then for the Taoiseach will be whether he is willing to respect the will of Parliament or if...

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: I wish to share my time with Deputies Dooley, Calleary and MacSharry. Given the scale of current problems in vital areas such as hospital waiting lists, homelessness, non-functioning Northern institutions and Brexit, it is indeed to be regretted that we have to spend parliamentary time discussing Government communications. However, there is no alternative because the Taoiseach's approach to...

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: He has admitted it there. He has of course.

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: While the clear abuse evident in the launch of the national development plan brought this controversy to a head, the reality is that all of the unit's work serves the same goal. The squalid reality is that the Government has sought to use public money to compromise the boundary between public information and propaganda. We have seen that revealed with a Minister sitting at her desk deciding...

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: We never complained about the information.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Recruitment (20 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there will be an increase in the number of staff in his Department in 2018 particularly in the areas covering Brexit in Dublin and Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11818/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (20 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the negotiations on reconvening the Northern Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11819/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (20 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with the shadow chancellor in London on 5 March 2018; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11923/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (20 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Philip Hammond, in London on 5 March 2018; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11924/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (20 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will have a place in a secondary school which caters for their special needs in September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12271/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (8 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to Mr. Barnier since the draft withdrawal agreement; and his views on his comments on Brexit transition being far from a sure thing. [11333/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (8 Mar 2018)

Micheál Martin: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the back stop arrangements he envisages if option 1, the Government's preferred option, and option 2 fail to be negotiated in the context of the withdrawal agreement. [11334/18]