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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Revenue Commissioners Reports (17 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 205. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received the report of the Revenue Commissioners on Brexit that was leaked on 8 October 2017; if so, if he has discussed same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43448/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Media Mergers (17 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 449. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department's officials have a role in media ownership and diversity policy formation. [43638/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: This is a modest budget that has been, by some distance, the most overspun in our history. It represents a significant step back from the Taoiseach's intended radical and regressive policies. It includes many individual items that are welcome and it conforms to the core agreement that budget policy must be sustainable and progressive. However, there are also major gaps in this budget....

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: If we were to follow this approach, where would we leave those who are retired or sick, who have disabilities or who have found themselves in need of a hand up? 1 o’clock What would it say about us, as a society, if we allowed this type of mentality to guide public policy? That is the background to the discussions that were held in recent weeks. The uncontroversial truth is that...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach appointed him, did he not?

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is not the same thing.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach hand-picked and appointed the person.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: There was some surprise on the announcement of the budget yesterday at the allocation of €5 million for the new strategic communications unit. It is not an insignificant sum of money when contrasted with for €3 million for DEIS schools and €2.5 million for the Irish language as well as other needy causes I could mention which required some extra allocation. In reply to...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach saying he contacted Mr. Concannon to ask him if he was available for this job and that, miraculously and without the Taoiseach saying it to him, the Secretary General came to the same conclusion and made the appointment? The Taoiseach is being a bit disingenuous. If he approached a senior civil servant, indicated that he was setting up a particular unit and that the person...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: This will grow and develop and it is no longer separate from the GIS. Essentially, it is taking over, strategically, the work of the GIS, which is a very dangerous development. The manner in which the Taoiseach appointed Mr. Concannon leaves a great deal to be desired.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: Originally, everything was about best international practice but best international practice means one holds a competition to select a person for the head of a unit which is totally divorced from the political realm. This appointment was not divorced from the political realm. The establishment of this unit did not originate from the civil servants; it originated from the Taoiseach. It was a...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: First, this report has been updated six times. We know about it because of the work of Tony Connelly of RTÉ and not because of the Taoiseach or the Minister for Finance. Deputy Donnelly has asked the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, 19 parliamentary questions on issues relating to this. Is the Taoiseach seriously suggesting that he and the Minister for Finance knew nothing about it? On 11...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should stop saying disingenuously that this is no surprise.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: The reality is-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Minister told Deputy Donnelly that he would share this kind of information with him and with other representatives, but he did not do that in this instance.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: I think I know the reason this was not done. The problem is that this report buries the political rhetoric we have heard from the Taoiseach and his colleagues for the last 12 months.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: Everything we have heard about a seamless or frictionless border has been buried by this report.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: It seems to me that certain people just did not want it out there. That is a problem.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: As far as I am concerned, the Government acted in bad faith.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: It deliberately withheld information from the Dáil. Parliamentary questions that were asked were not properly and comprehensively answered as they should have been.