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Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: We all know the last section. However, people will be somewhat taken aback by the Taoiseach’s comment that we are getting results. Most people are angry when the car insurance bill comes in. It is a serious hit on people's disposable income. When one looks at the scale of the increases over the past four to five years, over 60% from 2012 onwards, these are extraordinary increases....

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: Is the tolerance threshold too high for anti-competitive forces in our economy and society? That is the basic question I want to put to the Taoiseach given what has happened over the past several years.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the role his officials have in relation to coordinating the bid to attract EU agencies to locate here. [25628/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Capital Expenditure Programme (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have discussed the possibility of requesting flexibility on the way in which the EU fiscal treaty rules are applied to capital infrastructure projects; and if he has discussed or contemplated requesting the EU for flexibility to the fiscal rules to allow the State to prepare for Brexit, in particular. [27833/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Official Engagements (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent address on the economic dialogue conference. [31386/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Terrorism (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be efforts made in his Department to lead on reaching out to the Muslim community to prevent an increase in radicalism in this community. [27556/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Dissident Republican Activity (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he and his officials have discussed the latest dissident activity and bomb making find in Ballybough. [27837/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Migration Crisis (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the issues that were discussed and, in particular, the actions which were being taken to address the migration issue at the June 2017 EU council meeting in view of the fact that thousands of persons are still crossing the Mediterranean Sea; and if a new policy is being introduced at EU level or at government level. [29803/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (5 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when those parts of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 that provides for persons that have been brought into wardship to have their capacity assessed and brought under this new statutory framework instead will come into operation; and the reason for the delay in its commencement [31650/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: No. We are on Cabinet committees.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: Thirty to 40.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: That explains a lot.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----and exports. The overall point that I would make is that Ireland cannot go anywhere if we do not have access to markets. I would like to hear about the opposite to the CETAs of this world. Is Ireland to be an isolated, closed market that does not engage with other markets across the globe? We thrive when we have a free trade environment globally. That has been the fundamental change...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: I have submitted my case, Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: Very dangerous.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee meetings that he has attended since he was appointed. [31015/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: During the recent Fine Gael leadership campaign, the media was told that the Taoiseach intended to make "radical" transformative changes to the nature and role of Cabinet committees. From what I have heard, the most radical move seems to be to get rid of some of them or to bury them altogether. The Taoiseach may have reason for that. I have a question on some Cabinet committees. If one...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: The fact that there have been more public consultations on the content of referenda is a positive development. The referendum to abolish the Seanad failed because it was seen as a party political objective as opposed to one that was necessarily good for the country. The people saw sense in terms of maintaining a second, Upper, House to have the proper articulation of views, views...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is the beneficial side of the Common Fisheries Policy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to hold constitutional referenda in the future. [31387/17]