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- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Absolutely.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: I think the Taoiseach's position in the past couple of weeks has been-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach knows full well what my position is.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: To be quite frank, I think the Taoiseach's response is asinine. It does him no justice in terms of his seriousness.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Neither is it-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Its is established practice for the Cabinet committee on the European Union and Brexit to meet the week before a European summit to agree on key changes of Government policy. On a number of occasions in the last two weeks, the Taoiseach has said that the Government is not contemplating or preparing for anything other than a close customs union between the United Kingdom and the European...
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: One person has been employed.
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Before I commence, I want to correct the record of the House on the pensions issue and the anomaly of 2012, and the comments of Deputy McDonald in particular. Many groups and parties have consistently raised this issue, not least the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection. The Chairman, Deputy Curran, met the Minister at the committee on 28 September, and the very first...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Reopen Stepaside.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply, and I welcome the fact a comprehensive evaluation of the preparations and reaction to storm Ophelia will take place to inform future practice and future behaviour in what will become a pattern over the next number of years in terms of the frequency and intensity of such storms. I referenced a specific project in terms of eliminating dangerous trees. It...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: The adaptation plan.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: As the country is recovering from and absorbing the impact of Storm Ophelia, I take the opportunity to offer my sympathy to the families of those who lost their lives - Clare O'Neill from Waterford, a cancer nurse, who was driving her mother home; Michael Pyke from Cahir who was attempting to clear the road for his neighbours, and Fintan Goss who on his way home to his family - all of whom...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Government Information Service (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: 77. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 4 to 6, inclusive, of 27 September 2017, the status of the commitment in his Department's strategy statement to examine the balance of power and responsibility between the Government and the Civil Service; and if he will elaborate on the operating principles of the strategic communications unit. [43573/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Government Information Service (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: 78. To ask the Taoiseach if the director and-or other members of the strategic communications unit have been meeting political advisers in each Department; if his attention has been drawn to the aim of these meetings; if he has received reports from these meetings; and if the Government press secretary has also attended. [43574/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Government Information Service (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: 79. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the research his Department has undertaken on existing communication activities, including the range of campaigns brands and channels of communication used by different agencies as referred to in a reply to a previous parliamentary question; and if this research will be published. [43575/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Government Information Service (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: 80. To ask the Taoiseach if advice from outside agencies or consultancies had been sought by the strategic communications unit before it was set up or since it has been set up. [43576/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Government Information Service (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: 81. To ask the Taoiseach if the strategic communications unit will provide advice on the way to deal with crisis communications; and if it is responsible for setting a positive news agenda. [43577/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Government Information Service (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: 82. To ask the Taoiseach the financial allocation to the strategic communications unit or another unit in the communications in addition to the merrionstreet.ie website or the GIS in his Department that is spent on promoting adverts or clips on a website and social media outlet (details supplied) or other social media outlets; and the amount that has been spent on a monthly basis to date in...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Government Information Service (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: 83. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to place his speeches on either his Department's website or merrionstreet.ie. [43629/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Government Information Service (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: 84. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his weekly messages on social media. [43630/17]