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Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: I have been there. I have been in negotiations with all parties.

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: Deputy McDonald was not. She was never in negotiations.

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: When I was Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy McDonald, was nowhere. What tended to happen was that certain people came out for the photo calls. The Deputy was never at negotiations with me or Shaun Woodward. Commitments that were given then were not dealt with or seen through. Every now and again it suits to create a crisis. There is a media acceptance of this which, at times, we all...

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: We have the same sort of choreography going on there all the time - the same drama and melodrama of meetings, and will the crisis be resolved?

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: At the heart of it, there is a cynicism at play.

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: I have to put that on the record of the House. That said, it is particularly serious in the context of Brexit. That is the most serious issue facing jobs and the quality of life of people on this island. It should trump every other issue facing this island right now. Has the Taoiseach put it directly to the British Government that Northern Ireland needs special treatment in the context of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: Since he established this unit the Taoiseach has continued to change his story on what it is to do. Originally, it was supposed to be completely separate from the Government Information Service. He said that in the House but now he is claiming it will integrate fully with the Government Information Service. Originally, he admitted that it was his personal initiative. Now he claims that it...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: They are not that bad to the Taoiseach now.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: Could the Taoiseach come back to Brexit? I think he is sinking.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: It was.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach suggest the heads of staff?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did suggest a head. Are they attending-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: Why were the positions not advertised?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: It most certainly is.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, the Government has made it clear that all positions in public bodies are to be publicly advertised and the Government made a big song and dance about it for the past five years.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: Is it the case that the staff attend political advisers' meetings?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: We are asking why the positions were not publicly advertised.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: They are supplementary questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: I asked a supplementary question about whether the communications staff attend meetings of political advisers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (27 Sep 2017)

Micheál Martin: Could the Taoiseach check it?