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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----in terms of rushing to the defence of a person going about their business or a civilian whose freedom of movement is being curtailed? There is always a balance in these matters. I am not talking about imprisonment here but one's right to walk on the street and to go from A to B. I believe gardaí should vindicate that right-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----but it often is not vindicated in the modern era. We must be very careful about cherry-picking various aspects of a case when we have not been in the court room for the length of the trial.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: It undermines morale even further, whether the Taoiseach accepts it or not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply on NESC. We are in dire need of proper strategic oversight of economic and social policy, in particular the connection between both, and I hope that a new legislative status for NESC would achieve that. I want to make a general reference to whether the Department of the Taoiseach is co-ordinating legislation across Government. It seems to me that this...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: The last general election was a year and a half ago and we are being told the Bill is nowhere near ready for introduction never mind completion. There is a real need to focus on what legislative output can be achieved. I am not just talking in terms of publishing Bills-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----but finishing and completing Bills.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 87. To ask the Taoiseach the Bills his Department is now working on. [32815/17]

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: No.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: I might have to unleash the nuclear weapon.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Cowen wants to come in on the planning and development Bill.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: I do not think we can say that the Dáil is delaying an issue. If anything, the delay has been on the Government's side. We are willing to facilitate this.

Leader's Questions (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: They told me the story through their real life experiences. The fundamental thing that comes out of this report-----

Leader's Questions (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----is the sense of disconnect between how soldiers, Naval Service personnel and Air Corps personnel on the ground feel and what leadership-----

Leader's Questions (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----the Department of Defence and, ultimately, Government may think. That disconnect is again revealed in the Taoiseach's response.

Leader's Questions (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach address the earlier questions that I put to him first time out?

Leader's Questions (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: Retention is the issue.

Leader's Questions (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach made the same comment last week about recruiting so many applicants notwithstanding the terms and conditions in place. He is in denial as, it appears, is the Government about the crisis. This is not just about Lansdowne Road. I compare what the Taoiseach just said with what Army personnel are saying. There are high rates of mental health issues in the Defence Forces and more...

Leader's Questions (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that the health and well-being of our democracy is inextricably linked with the health and well-being of our Defence Forces. A recent study by the University of Limerick, Workplace Climate in the Defence Forces, which follows on from a study in 2015, illustrates a very worrying trend, pointing to a crisis in our Defence Forces, our Army, Naval Service and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Staff (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 85. To ask the Taoiseach if he has recently met his officials on Brexit; and the particular areas that they discussed. [32813/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Office of the Attorney General (11 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 78. To ask the Taoiseach the role his Department has in relation to the allocation and management of the budget for the Attorney General's office; and if there is much interaction during the year regarding same. [32805/17]