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- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: I am being very serious. This is a serious matter.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: I just asked a simple question, a Cheann Comhairle. Are the procedures in place and will they be published?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: Do they exist?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: No, I did not ask for the procedures.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: I asked whether the Department of Defence has added procedures in respect of protected disclosures.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: If so, will those procedures be published and will the Taoiseach forward a copy of them to me?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: It is as simple as that.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: Tá mé.
- Business of Dáil (8 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: We have just witnessed the fascism of the Left.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Feb 2017)
Micheál Martin: The whistleblowers legislation - the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 - lays out clear procedures for Departments to take in respect of protected disclosures. There are three whistleblowers and one in particular made protected disclosures to the Department of Defence and the then Minister, Deputy Coveney, regarding public health concerns at Baldonnel Airport and the workshops at the facility...
- 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]