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- Order of Business (29 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: Former leaders. I am not aware of previous-----
- Order of Business (29 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: There is an important issue here. I can think of former leaders of other states who passed away about whom there would be uproar in here if attempts were made to debate those, and I am not casting any aspersions on-----
- Order of Business (29 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: There are protocols attached to votes of sympathy that are long standing in the House. We need to establish those. We cannot make them up on a whim. It is my understanding that this happened after the Business Committee met.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I put it to the Taoiseach that Deputy Adams often asks the Taoiseach to meet him and others who are victims of other atrocities. I have no difficulty with that. It is equally legitimate to seek a meeting when it comes to the only prison officer murdered in this State defending the State. Portlaoise Prison was a difficult assignment for any prison...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: In March 1983, the chief prison officer of Portlaoise Prison, Brian Stack, was shot in the back of the neck. He was the only prison officer in the Republic to be murdered during the Troubles by the Provisional IRA. He died in September 1984 as a result of his injuries. It took 30 years for the Provisional IRA to admit that it murdered him despite many denials by the IRA and Sinn Féin...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: Three minutes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: We can spend more. The Taoiseach gave the impression it is only €35 million. That is the problem. It sends out the wrong signal.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: We had our own motion. The Deputy is playing politics with the issue.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he still chairs the Cabinet Committee on Health. [34869/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: The reason I have asked the Taoiseach if he chairs the Cabinet Committee on Health is straightforward. It is increasingly clear that one area of Government policy that is in a shambles is health. After holding the health portfolio for six straight years, Fine Gael has no discernible health policy. The compulsory health insurance model of the James Reilly era was abandoned prior to the last...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: There are commitments in the programme for Government to tackle the overall cost of living. We are all aware of the extraordinary cost of car insurance for many, particularly young people. There have been increases of over 40% in some cases. I think it demands urgent intervention by the Government. It has been reported that an Oireachtas committee could recommend that drivers be able to...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: There is an obvious answer to that question.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: Who fears to speak of the Minister, Deputy Shane Ross?
- Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: No issue is capturing the mood or the attention of our people, and especially our young people, more than mental health and suicide. It is causing enormous grief, devastation, fear, anxiety and worry. In the past two weeks in Cork, it is believed that up to 16 people have died by suicide. A multi-agency response has been organised and a task force is to meet next month to respond to the...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: I appreciate that figures vary and we can all provide statistics but only 51% of community mental health staff in the child and adolescent mental health services are in post. There are huge shortages, though I understand that the service cannot fill those posts. However, there is a lot that can be done in 2017 and we should move to identify those priorities. One of those is counselling....
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation (23 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to fully implement the Lansdowne Road agreement in accordance with the timelines agreed. [33800/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation (23 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are officials in his Department who oversee or interact with other Departments on implementation of the Lansdowne Road Agreeement. [34867/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: US Presidential Election (22 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: It has not.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: US Presidential Election (22 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: No, we do not need 15 minutes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (22 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: In that case, let us move on.