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Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: It reveals a horror story of what has been going on and demands, at the very least, a proper transparent response from Government.

Business of Dáil (8 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: Absolutely.

Business of Dáil (8 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: There is a wider point. There is validity to what Deputies O'Dowd and Curran have said. Quite a number of Deputies for quite a long time have articulated that a d'Hondt mechanism is not in place for speaking times. I think I have raised this with the reform committee. My understanding was that the committee was meant to deal with this. I want to be reasonable about it, representing the...

Business of Dáil (8 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: -----on our side of the House.

Business of Dáil (8 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is a very serious point. What tends to happen is that in most of the set piece debates, be it on the European Council or any other matter, there might be five or six speakers, with ten or 15 minutes allocated to each, but the bulk of backbenchers in the larger parties are simply not getting opportunities to speak on important issues. The Dáil reform committee needs to deal with...

Business of Dáil (8 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: By any yardstick, what has been happening is not fair. There is not a fair allocation of time, and quite a large number of Deputies are being disenfranchised as a result, as are the people they represent. This is no one's intention. We need to change it, and there is a way of doing so, but political will across the House is needed to make sure that can become a reality. I cannot do...

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply but he might clarify further. This is quite a good company. Hewlett Packard employed quite a significant number of people over a long period. That has to be put on the record. The Taoiseach did seem to indicate, however, that the Minister spoke to the company last week. Will the Taoiseach outline when the Minister met the company and how many times she...

Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: All of us in this House will be very saddened at the devastating news that has been visited upon 500 workers at HP Inc. in Leixlip, County Kildare. The loss of such a large number of jobs will obviously, in the first instance, have an extraordinary and devastating impact on the workers and their families. It will have a wider impact on the community and economy of the hinterland around...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Meetings (8 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: 87. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the meeting held in Malta on 3 February 2017; and if immigration to the EU was discussed. [6367/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (8 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the number of immigrants Ireland had accommodated since 2015 was outlined at the Malta meeting on 3 February 2017 and plans for more in 2017 and the details of same. [6368/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: A constant problem in the previous Dáil was how the Government failed to consult widely about the schedule of referendums and abandoned the policy of preparing detailed reports well in advance of the formal proposal being debated. In the referendums on Oireachtas inquiries and the abolition of the Seanad, the lack of a White Paper was exposed during the campaigns. In any future...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and jobs last met. [4118/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his very comprehensive and precise reply. The Taoiseach will agree that the economy faces direct and long-lasting challenges, particularly due to Brexit. The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, has forecast that a hard Brexit will cost us tens of thousands of jobs, especially in the regions, which we discussed earlier, and that it will undermine certain...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: During the general election campaign Fine Gael Deputies and some Labour Deputies also felt the full force of anger of regional and rural communities as a result of five years of policies which people identified as neglecting rural Ireland and, in particular, on foot of their witnessing the loss of public services and the suffering endured by business owners throughout the country. The only...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: We are talking about rural Ireland in the plan.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is not in the plan for rural Ireland.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on regional and rural affairs last met. [4539/17]

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: That is outrageous.

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: That sums it up. We are all just "you lot".

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: An article in last weekend's edition of theSunday Independentemphasises a number of pressures on the State's income and expenditure. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is referenced on numerous occasions in the article, so it is getting to that time of the year again. What is interesting is that the report issued by his Department refers to public service pay pressures, the deep...