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Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: -----for what is taking place in Aleppo, and the man has not even taken office yet. This provides an illustration of the situation. At European level there is a need to be very clear about where we stand on war crimes, irrespective of who commits them, and on the annexation of territories and the violation of national sovereignty.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken or written to the Italian Prime Minister since the referendum result in Italy on 4 December 2016. [39412/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: There are commitments in the programme for Government to improve waiting times for hospital procedures and to reduce the length of time from when a patient presents at an emergency department to his or her discharge home or admission to a ward. To implement these commitments, however, there must be a full quota of nursing staff. Today there are 3,500 fewer nurses employed by the HSE than in...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: The third point, crucially, is that a great deal of reliance is being placed on the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, and there is a big issue about its capacity to monitor and ensure compliance with whatever regulations come out. There is a certain sense-----

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: -----that there is one reality here. However, there is a completely different reality in marketplace because people are being subjected to huge pressures to agree to increased rents.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: That is an issue. Therefore, the more action we take in the legislation over these two days, the better it will be in terms of bringing certainty, clarity and timeliness to the interventions that are being proposed.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: As we know, the rate of rent increases has been spiralling out of control in recent years. Rents have been soaring across the country. We know from various surveys, particularly the most recent daft.iesurvey, which related to the third quarter of 2016, that there have been extraordinary increases in rent inflation. The annual rate of rent inflation was 11.7% last year. This was the...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: Legislation, rather than simplistic motions to play to the stage and to the Gallery, is needed for rent clarity.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: I make these points to acknowledge that there has been change within the Fine Gael Party regarding the idea of rent clarity. I think that has been brought about by public pressure. Our view is that the Minister's announcements are far too limited in scope and scale. Given the figures I have just outlined, the geography issue is for too restrictive and too limited. The boundaries of the...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: It is essential for the geography to be broadened to take in major urban areas like Galway, Limerick and Waterford, as well as other areas like Meath, Kildare and Wicklow.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: Given the scale of rent increases we have already witnessed and people have suffered, we believe the proposed 4% limit is excessive.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: There is a need to bring that down

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: There is a need to accelerate the incentives to increase supply and bring more houses into the rental market. I ask the Taoiseach-----

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: -----to set out the Government's position on the three areas I have mentioned. There is a need for a response that involves a change in the Minister's proposals.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: The Government has left it very late in terms of the consultation and the publication of the amendments. They have to be in by 1 p.m. today. It is important to have engagement and consultation. It is incredible that we are where we are, in terms of proposals of this gravity and importance, in the last Dáil sitting week of the year. We are here and we do not want to render tenants...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: The great victory for democratic republicanism on this island was the winning of the right to call a unification referendum if such a vote might conceivably be won.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: No one has yet demonstrated that calling such a referendum would be anything more than a gesture at this time and we have no objective of exploiting the Brexit issue to pursue a divisive agenda. The more urgent issue is protecting the full right to joint Irish and British citizenship for residents of Northern Ireland. We need the Taoiseach's assurance that he will not put up with any...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cyber Security Policy (13 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has confirmed that he has his own separate personal e-mail account. Is that correct?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cyber Security Policy (13 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach guarantee that it is the case that no Government business or material or material pertaining to Cabinet ends up in that e-mail system? Presumably, less security is attached to the Taoiseach's personal e-mail account than would attach to his Government related e-mail account. Can the Taoiseach clarify that? Is material that may go from one to the other sufficiently secure...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Advisers Appointments (13 Dec 2016)

Micheál Martin: I take from the Taoiseach's reply that he has endeavoured to secure a replacement for his economic adviser and that he is on the hunt for, or that there is a vacancy for, an economic adviser if the right person comes along but that so far he has not been in a position to secure a suitable replacement. Is this because of salary issues? Is it perhaps because of a worry about the longevity of...