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Ceisteanna - Questions: Diplomatic Representation (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. It is clear from the reply that this commitment was one of the Taoiseach's soft August stories designed to give the appearance of activity without doing anything concrete. Since before the Brexit referendum, Fianna Fáil has been calling for a significant increase in overseas staff, both to overseas missions and to the enterprise agencies,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: Last week direct questions were put to the Taoiseach about Brexit, but he avoided answering them beyond vague generalities. I want to ask him a very simple but important question which I asked last week. Has he proposed to the British Government or European Union partners that Northern Ireland receive special economic status following Brexit? He has said he will not propose any border...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: I did not hear that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: That is if they-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is not about us giving in but about the British coming to an arrangement with everybody else.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: The British might not do it.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: Ordinary questions were taken in the past.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: They were at one time.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: We just want to make sure there is consistent accountability on the Government side.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: There is a lot of ducking and diving going on.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach will be aware of the commitment in the programme for Government to ensure that at least 9,500 Permanent Defence Forces personnel and a full strength reserve is in place. Fianna Fáil has highlighted the poor pay and conditions in the Defence Forces, and it is coming home to roost as significant numbers are leaving the Defence Forces on a regular basis. Those leaving are...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: Macroom is in County Cork.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is hardly taking credit for the national sports campus.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach needs to give people a little more credit. They are a little more intelligent than he thinks.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: That, in essence, is the dishonesty of the Government's response. Correspondence to me states that as a section 39 body, they were instructed by the HSE to stay in line with the HSE pay scales and apply the cuts as per the Haddington Road agreement. All hospices were so instructed. All of them have communicated to the Minister in this vein, and the other organisations as well. It is not...

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach knows where it came from. It came from the HSE.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: They were told to take the cuts. It is dishonest.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: As I said, that is a cop-out.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: On my own behalf and that of my party, I wish to express our deepest sympathies for the families of all those who were murdered or injured in Las Vegas. It was an appalling atrocity with so many innocent people mowed down. At times like this, we are reminded of the extraordinary role of first responders in situations like this and we salute them and their courage in assisting. One hopes...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (3 Oct 2017)

Micheál Martin: 82. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent tenders issued by his Department for research. [41253/17]