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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...

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: It is not agreed. My party's whip has e-mailed the Business Committee to express our view that in light of the revelations in last night's "RTE Investigates" programme, we require an opportunity to have a fuller and more comprehensive debate about the capacity of the health service in the context of this year's health service plan to meet the needs that clearly arise. I refer in particular...

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: That will be a very limited debate.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: The way the waiting lists are calculated was changed in many years - 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014. The most recent change has been to extend the targets to 18 months, which is extraordinary. Why did the Government bury the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2011? We could never get an answer as to why the former Minister, Senator James Reilly, did that. He took away a capacity...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: It did the job. Some people did not like it that it did the job.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: It happened before in the case of other disciplines when children underwent operations elsewhere if they could not be done in Crumlin. That at least should have happened with instances of scoliosis because many Deputies were bringing those cases to the attention of the Government over the past three to four years. We were told it would be sorted and it was not.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: Last night's edition of "RTE Investigates" revealed very deep suffering among men, women and children across the country because of the lack of proper funding and strategies to address waiting times in hospitals. We saw the human stories behind the figures and they were quite harrowing, particularly in the case of young children with scoliosis. The programme was a shameful and disgraceful...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: 104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she and her Department have taken since she met persons (details supplied); and if there has been discussions or meetings with the Taoiseach and his Department. [5536/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: 119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions being taken on the death of a person (details supplied) following her most recent meeting with the person's family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5537/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services Provision (7 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: 668. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the commitment in the programme for Government on rural transport. [4119/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: There is very little evidence of progress in delivering new social housing. The last approval recorded was in January 2016 and many local authorities did not even build one social house last year. The HAP system is proving particularly challenging for many people who are renting, because of the thresholds. There is an over-reliance on that in building new council housing. Our social...