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Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin must not listen to "Today with Sean O'Rourke".

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: Recently, I met the Wives & Partners of the Defence Forces, WPDF, which was created to give a voice to the men and women of our Defence Forces. Their story is a harrowing one which should be deeply worrying to every Member of the House. Those I met provided me with a compilation of testimonies from wives of personnel in our Army, Naval Service and Air Corps. They are heart-rending....

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: I do not get any sense from the Taoiseach's reply that he gets it or that he understands the depth to which morale has plummeted in our Defence Forces. I asked the Taoiseach the very basic question if he accepts there are many families struggling to make ends meet on a daily basis and that morale is on the floor. He did not address that particular issue. We all talk about how proud we are...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: It can only happen if there is a sense of the real crisis within the forces. I asked the Taoiseach about representation. It would be an important step forward if members of the Defence Forces had negotiating rights, like everyone else has in the modern era. Will the Taoiseach clarify whether the Government is intent on providing for these rights? On the bigger picture, I put it to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (28 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress on the Narrow Water Bridge project, in view of the fact there was a commitment given in this regard in the programme for Government. [25631/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: What does the Tánaiste say?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Varadkar is the Taoiseach. Surely, he knows.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: He does not know whether the Tánaiste asked the Garda Commissioner.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: The timing is extraordinary. The Taoiseach must accept that. It is not a straight answer to a straight question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May, First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill since 8 June 2017; the issues they discussed; and if there was an update on setting up the Northern Ireland Assembly. [27553/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the meetings that were held and the issues that were discussed during the visit by political delegations from Northern Ireland on 16 June 2017. [29052/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: There is very little information available on the current status of discussions in Belfast. It is clear, however, that the absence of an Executive and assembly in Northern Ireland has left it deeply exposed during the Brexit process in London. It is my firm view that the institutions should never have been collapsed in the North and that we are going through a very cynical exercise prior to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: Many Deputies would be wise to avoid exaggerating the extent to which anything said by Ireland or its head of Government can change the trajectory of the Trump Administration.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: President Trump and his Administration have been distancing themselves from international organisations and principles which have underpinned cooperation between democratic states since the end of the Second World War. That is the fundamental shift that is happening under the Trump presidency which should concern us. It is not about how we oppose Trump but how we continue to express...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: It was a great debate. Can the Taoiseach imagine what will happen after the phone call?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: The questions will become not "Will the Taoiseach?" but "Did the Taoiseach?" the next time we talk about this.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he met Independent Deputies recently about the programme for Government. [27552/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will publish all agreements with all Independent Deputies that are supporting the Fine Gael-led minority Government. [28818/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: During last week’s Question Time the Taoiseach used a series of dodges to avoid directly answering challenging questions. The pattern is similar today. Deputy Lowry has said that he has not made a deal with the Taoiseach, even though he voted for the Taoiseach's nomination and talked to the Taoiseach at least twice before the vote. He angrily informed the Dáil that he is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (27 Jun 2017)

Micheál Martin: Not in Tipperary.