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Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: That is because some of the replies have been very lengthy. This is part of the problem today I have noticed. What the Taoiseach has said essentially is he does not have any proposal for reform of the European Union. He has not tabled any and he does not believe essentially there is any need for reform, other than to make the existing treaties work. The substantial majority of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: In the past, Dublin and London have had a very close relationship and consulted actively with each other. Over time, personal relations have remained strong but the evidence of London consulting with Dublin has declined. The evidence of active engagement on Northern Ireland between the British Prime Minister and the Taoiseach has all but disappeared. Incredibly, it is nearly five months...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when he last spoke to Prime Minister May and the issues that were discussed; and if the Assembly formation in Northern Ireland was discussed. [22097/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: While Ireland is the member state most affected by Brexit, others have very real concerns. I know from my own discussions with the leaders of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, ALDE, in The Netherlands and Denmark that they are supportive of Ireland's position and remain so, but they also expect us to understand their concerns. They are supportive of Ireland's situation and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to President Emmanuel Macron since his election. [23331/17]

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Minister needs to engage with the House. There has been no engagement whatsoever.

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: There has been some concern about the lack of legislative proposals before the Dáil, particularly Bills emanating from the Government. There has been a lack of engagement on a number of Bills. The one I want to raise is the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015, which was before the Seanad prior to Christmas. It is a wide-ranging Bill and has been the subject matter of numerous all-party...

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: When can we expect the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill to be brought back in?

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is not a temporary device but the constitutional position.

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: We need answers. The workers were as a consequence led down a false path.

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: I met them last night. They thought their jobs were secure as they had been given commitments. Bord na Móna is a Government agency. It was always an agent of the State to make sure there would be economic development in the regions, particularly those which did not enjoy significant foreign direct investment or other forms of economic development. Lisheen mines were closed. There...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach say the date had not been determined?

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: That will be even longer.

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: He announced it. Word has it he picked it up from the chief executive officer on the way down and said he would announce it that night.

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: To be fair to Deputy Lowry at the time, he suggested the announcement was premature but that was very robustly refuted by the then Minister, Deputy Kelly. The workers thought things were going to be sound for the next ten years. To be fair, the chief executive at the time did not suggest there were any prospects of the factory closing. At an Oireachtas joint committee meeting of May 2015,...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: The then Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, was a member of the Taoiseach's Government.

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: The point is serious promises were made that there would be €25 million in investment for a combined heat and power plant. An article on tippfm.comon 5 June 2015 stated:Funding and a fuel supply will have to be sourced before the combined heat and power plant can go to planning. [It had not even gone for planning permission or anything like it]. Because of this Deputy Lowry says...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: We hear much talk about rural Ireland and about the need to bring employment to, and create opportunities in, rural Ireland but invariably Government and State interventions are becoming more negative and damaging by the day. The sharpest illustration of this in the past week or so has been the announcement by Bord na Móna to close the Littleton peat briquette factory. Politicians...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government Implementation (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the publication on 18 April 2017 of the progress report on the programme for the partnership Government. [20720/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: 31. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on Brexit has met since June 2016. [21845/17]