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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: 427. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if officials in his Department are reviewing the two-state solution in Israel and Palestine as they support international policy, as outlined in his Department's strategy. [12055/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: 428. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on comments made by the Boston mayor during St Patrick's Day festivities in the USA on the undocumented Irish. [15141/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: 429. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his departmental officials are preparing legislative scenarios required for working towards a united Ireland in the context of the Good Friday Agreement. [16717/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: 485. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the staff shortages in the CAMHS services in Cork; the efforts being made to resolve this; the interim measures he and HSE officials are putting in place to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17542/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: 486. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the shortages in CAMHS across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17543/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: Will it affect the tender?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply, but is there a case for a review of the existence of these committees? It was revealed that the justice reform committee had not met since March, but the extraordinary debacle concerning the drink driving tests and the undermining of the criminal justice system via 146,000 people being wrongfully summonsed to court happened under that committee's watch...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: I have two questions in this group. We spent some time on this yesterday and we had a debate on Brexit. Will the Taoiseach elaborate on a question I asked? Will he seek an explicit reference to the continued EU citizenship of Northern Ireland residents post-2019 in the Union's negotiation instructions? This has implications far beyond what would happen if there was reunification. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy cannot say "rightly".

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken or written to the British Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May, since she wrote the letter to President Tusk on 29 March 2017 instigating Article 50; the details of the proposed statement he will make at the next EU Council following this instigation; and his main requests and concerns in this regard. [16400/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: The fundamental issue is what is the function or role of the Cabinet committee on justice reform. It is clear that all reform efforts up to now have failed and the Garda Inspectorate reforms have not been implemented. I put it to the Taoiseach that it is extraordinary given the revelations about the latest debacle of 146,000 being wrongly summonsed to court, 14,700 being wrongly convicted...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: Is that not extraordinary?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is extraordinary.

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is true.

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: The panel rights are very restrictive.

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: It was promised.

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: Can somebody clarify the difference between a tender and a mini-tender?

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: Page 143 of the programme for Government sets out a commitment to "continue to play an active role at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council, the OSCE and through the UN, in seeking diplomatic resolutions to crises and conflict, with particular reference to Syria, Iraq, Libya, and the Ukraine". Everybody will have been absolutely appalled and horrified by yesterday's barbaric attack on...

Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: The bottom line is that it simply is not working. I refer to the case of a young child of two and a half years who needs an assessment application. The child attended in June 2016 and the family were told it would be dealt with on 23 September. They were then told in November by an assessment officer that there was a five month delay and that she was processing number 482. This child was...

Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2017)

Micheál Martin: Parents of children with special needs simply face too many barriers and obstacles to accessing services, including school placements, respite, proper and timely assessments, and basic equipment and aids to help their children get through the daily tasks of life. For example, the number of children who are waiting for appropriate occupational therapy assessment is extraordinary....