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Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Sir Humphrey formula.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Bills in preparation in his Department. [2735/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach's Department is also responsible for the entire legislative programme and through the Office of the Attorney General drafts the overwhelming majority of legislation. Due to his constitutional powers the Taoiseach also has the ability to block the Oireachtas from even voting on most legislation, including amendments. What he has never done is to outline his approach to using...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: No, but the committee approved it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach blocked it because the Minister, Deputy Ross, said so.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: No it is not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: It most certainly is not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: He did, but the Taoiseach's people did not turn up.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: It went through the parliamentary process but people did not show up.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did on that Bill.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: I love it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, I do not mind co-operating, but that last intervention took the biscuit.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: If it happens to come from a certain quarter, we dispense with the rules. No 15 minutes. I have been very gracious every week. I do not mind giving up time and so forth.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: Last week, the same thing happened and Deputy Howlin lost time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: We are going to lose out. Basically, it means that there will be just two question slots. It is calling for a review of this process. That is the point that I was going to make.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: This is happening every week. We are taking ten minutes from subsequent questions. There are three 15-minute slots. If ten minutes are taken, we are de factotalking about two slots. We can take five minutes from each slot. I do not mind.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: Sorry?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: Tyranny of the minority.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: There are four-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: How many Deputies does Deputy Coppinger represent?