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Order of Business (5 Dec 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is not as big as Brexit.

Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2017)

Micheál Martin: I did reference nationalists at the very beginning of my remarks when I said no one on this island wanted a hard border, including nationalism, as articulated in Northern Ireland. I made the point in my question, which the Taoiseach did not answer, namely, that the absence and contrived collapse of the Executive and the Assembly in Northern Ireland have not served the people of Northern...

Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2017)

Micheál Martin: Despite yesterday's setback and the inability to conclude the negotiations that would facilitate a movement to the next and most crucial phase of Brexit negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom, I welcome the significant progress made in the form of the eventual wording that emerged yesterday which would commit all Governments and parties to not having a hard border...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (5 Dec 2017)

Micheál Martin: 118. To ask the Taoiseach the role his Department has in respect of the Central Statistics Office. [51713/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council Meetings (5 Dec 2017)

Micheál Martin: 119. To ask the Taoiseach the agenda of the December 2017 European Council meeting. [51714/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions Expenditure (5 Dec 2017)

Micheál Martin: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Department of the Taoiseach's strategy statement and its commitment to meet the demographic challenges in higher education. [49414/17]

Legal Proceedings against Members of Dáil Éireann: Motion (30 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: May I make a statement on behalf of Deputy Mary Fitzpatrick?

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (30 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Coveney, on his appointment as Tánaiste, which has to be ratified by the Dáil. I am glad the Taoiseach is at last beginning to realise that there is an enormous reservoir of talent and ability in County Cork.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (30 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, on her move to the important portfolio of Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation. I also congratulate Deputy Madigan on her elevation to the important post of Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. These appointments have been made necessary by a resignation from which no one takes any joy, but which was absolutely...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: I would say the Minister, Deputy Katherine Zappone, has some private views on that matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: There were no such proposals before the last budget.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his Department's strategy statement and its commitment to moving focus from negotiation to implementation of Ireland's international climate change commitments. [49415/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: I agree with Deputies who spoke previously, particularly Deputies Eamon Ryan, Joan Burton and Brendan Howlin, regarding the Government's abject performance on climate change. Indeed I would trace this back to when the current Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development was Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. I think Fine Gael took the position that dealing...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: No, we did not. The Deputy knows we amended that Bill in the Seanad. I am just making the point that in terms of the introduction of that Bill, nobody knows where it came from unless there were hidden influences influencing it. The point I am trying to make is that there is an absence of vision regarding the agenda across the board in terms of renewable energy support schemes, renewable...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Policy Functions (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer the question on hostels.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Policy Functions (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach took his time to get to it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Policy Functions (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: It makes no sense.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Policy Functions (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Burton wins on both.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the EU social summit in Gothenburg; and the issues that were discussed. [49849/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (29 Nov 2017)

Micheál Martin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he held bilaterals at the EU summit on social rights in Gothenburg; and the issues that were discussed. [49850/17]