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- Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: What are we doing now?
- Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: I thought a vote was called.
- Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: On a point of order-----
- Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: I thought we dealt with that.
- Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: On a point of order, I thought earlier, when the Business Committee proposal was made by Deputy Mattie McGrath, that he made a proposition regarding Thursday's sitting. It was then put to the House that we agree to the arrangements for Thursday's sitting or not. I think Sinn Féin said that it did not agree - fair enough - and what normally happens then is na Teachtaí atá ina...
- Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: I beg the Ceann Comhairle's indulgence in this. I only learned last week, and I do not know whether it was from communication between his office and all the whips or what, that the mechanism to hear the rapporteur from the European Parliament was via three committees, which I thought was an unusual construct. Would it have been possible for the Dáil to go into committee, for example,...
- Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: I thought that might be better. I was actually anticipating that we might be speaking as leaders. I only heard last week that we would not be and that it would be the joint committees coming together, which would seem potentially to prevent that and I know it is not the intention because apparently we can all go and attend the joint committees. I understood originally that we would speak...
- Order of Business (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: I take the opportunity to express my sympathies, and those of my party, to the family of the late legendary broadcaster Jimmy Magee, who was part of the childhood memories of some Members of the House. My first memory of his commentaries was of Cork Celtic versus Shamrock Rovers some time in the late 60s. Of course he covered many major events, from Olympics to boxing to soccer. He was...
- Order of Business (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: Are they proceeding?
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: I told Deputy Howlin not to take the job at the time.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach's reply, with the greatest of respect, illustrates the disconnect between the Government rhetoric and talk and the reality on the ground. In quarter 1 of 2017, for example, how many houses have the four Dublin local authorities built between them? Nil. Zero are completed. There were 638 last year. The situation is getting progressively worse. The first decision of the...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: People are in a crisis. Young couples cannot buy houses. Even the private sector is not building - the whole financial model is not right - but on the social housing front, the Government could have done something. It can do something. It is vital, both on the social housing and the affordable housing side, that there is a significant step-up in terms of house construction that the State...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: The extent of the homelessness and housing scandal represents a damning indictment of our society and the Government's inability to come to terms with it. There are about 5,187 adults, 1,400 families and 3,000 children homeless. The impact on the children is quite shocking. Our system to deal with homelessness is close to collapse, if an additional burden is put on existing services which...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: 75. To ask the Taoiseach the number and titles of Cabinet committees; if they will meet regularly; and if he will chair each one. [39665/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: 118. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Cabinet committees and the areas they will cover. [39099/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: 82. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Philip Hammond on 31 August 2017. [39030/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: 113. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May since Sinn Féin rejected the proposal for a pathway for talks to enable Stormont to be reconvened within a certain timeframe. [39092/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: 114. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Northern Ireland recently; and the meetings he attended. [39093/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Missions (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: 83. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent trade mission to Canada; if he will further report on his meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau; and the issues that were discussed. [39031/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: 84. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his trip to County Donegal; and if a member of GIS or the strategic communications unit travelled with him. [39032/17]