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Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: I am disappointed with the Taoiseach’s reply because it kicks the can down the road by referring the whole report to the Oireachtas committee whose deliberations will not have concluded in advance of the budget and the key estimates’ formation and allocation. There are three options, each of which calls for increased State funding. The third level sector is in financial...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (19 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the detail of his contributions and comments at the June 2016 European Council meeting regarding Scotland and the responses he received. [19833/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (19 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. With a new Government in place in London, there is emerging a basic shape of the approach that may be taken by the United Kingdom Government to negotiations with the European Union. Mr. Davis, the new British Secretary of State responsible for Brexit, has suggested that he is fine with simply seeking a trade pact and that he may delay the triggering of...

Order of Business (19 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: As regards the Action Plan for Jobs and the legislative commitments therein, serious doubts have emerged in recent weeks over eBay's operation in Dundalk. It is urgent to have clarification on the company's presence in County Louth. There is a lot of anxiety among eBay workers who are nervous about their future. There are obvious implications for them if anything were to happen to the eBay...

Nice Attacks: Expressions of Sympathy (19 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: On behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party and on my own behalf, I want again to join with Deputies in sending our sincerest sympathy to the families bereaved by this appalling act of terror, which raises the threshold of inhumanity to an incomprehensible level. We send our sympathy to the people of France in what is a deeply trying time for them. Last Friday, I called to see Ambassador...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: The question is whether the Taoiseach blames the local authorities for the mess of the past five years or their inability to get to grips with it as it continued to grow. I recall being in the House for Leaders' Questions during which the Government denied for a long time that there was a problem. The Focus Ireland statistics in regard to homelessness among children increased in 2012, 2013,...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: The housing crisis has been developing and, indeed, escalating since about 2011. It is interesting that there has been approximately a 400% increase in the number of families sleeping in emergency or temporary accommodation for the homeless since October 2014. That is a rise from 800 families in that situation to 2,177 in 2016. In 2012, we only had an average of eight new families...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (19 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: 484. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the actions he will take in response to Palestine's Call, the open letter sent to all Houses of the Oireachtas Members from Palestinian civil and political groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21988/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Resources (19 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: 796. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of discussions with the owners of the Whitegate refinery regarding potential buyers with a view to maintaining the operation of this vital energy supply asset for Ireland and the direct and indirect employment the facility provides to the surrounding region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Resources (19 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: 797. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he is taking to ensure the future operation of the Whitegate oil refinery which plays a vital role in securing Ireland's energy supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22017/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Maritime Training (13 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Minister for his response. I have not used the phrase "bad blood", but I make these assertions in the context of what has unfolded. It seems difficult to comprehend how the situation developed in the manner it has. The Minister was not in a position to give the full reply because of time constraints, but he said that final approval is given when Department officials, "attend...

Topical Issue Debate: Maritime Training (13 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Minister for attending this debate. I ask him to intervene in this situation, not just in terms of the specific issues in dispute but also with regard to the wider issue of the relationship between the Marine Survey Office, the Department and the National Maritime College of Ireland. As the Minister with responsibility for education at the time, I was involved in sanctioning the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: It was meant to happen sooner. People said things before the general election-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: I delivered what we said we would deliver.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: Last year's capital plan was widely viewed as just another example of the repackaging of existing plans which so defined the last Government. The Cabinet committee that is the subject matter of this discussion is reviewing this because we need urgent and ambitious plans to address our infrastructure. There was an announcement during the week that, for example, the Macroom bypass, the N28...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: I had three questions on that section and Deputy Adams had none.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy did the same to me the other day.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. With a new Prime Minister taking office today, we should be moving forward with a greater degree of certainty in the relationship with Britain and on the Brexit question. There has been much uncertainty in the past three weeks, but matters have moved much faster than originally anticipated. Some of the coverage of yesterday's meeting in Berlin with the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he had bilateral discussions or meetings with any EU leaders regarding when Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty should be activated; and his response in this regard. [19356/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the detail of any bilateral meetings he had at the European Council meetings on 28 and 29 June 2016; and the items discussed at them. [19831/16]