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Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (6 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: What is in the third tranche?

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (6 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach his contribution at the European Council meeting on 28 June 2016 following the Brexit referendum result; and the response from member states to same. [19355/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (6 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday, the Taoiseach mentioned, both in his speech and in his reply, that the Council would lead the negotiations.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (6 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: I put it to the Taoiseach that there is a view abroad that not only should the Council lead the process but it should appoint the negotiators on behalf of the Council to engage with the British Government on negotiating the Brexit situation, both the exiting process and the parallel process of building a new relationship with the United Kingdom. Ideally, such a relationship would be...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: Sorry?

Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: The disenfranchisement of large parties continues. I will say no more.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: In the programme for Government there is a reference to the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs, EPSEN, Act, which is the legislation dealing with special education. It refers to sections that were introduced on a non-statutory basis, which does not make sense to me. The Taoiseach may not have the relevant information available to him, but I ask him to communicate the...

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: It was a wonderful compliment he gave me.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: We do not have any army council.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: That is not actually the case; the former Minister, Senator James Reilly, changed the policy. He got rid of the treatment purchase fund, which was a singular, dedicated and focused approach to dealing with waiting times. He blew it and got it terribly wrong. Another Minister, Deputy Varadkar, came after him and demonstrated no urgency at all on this. There are 5,000 patients waiting in...

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: That is the second-worst in the country. There are 4,000 people waiting at Cork University Hospital, which is unacceptable. This needs dramatic and urgent action by the Minister, with a proper re-establishment of the treatment purchase fund.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: There should be a dedicated approach to getting the issue sorted. It is getting worse as time goes on.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: I want to raise with the Taoiseach today the appalling length of the waiting lists and waiting times in the hospitals for patients throughout the country. The situation is truly scandalous and is unacceptable, particularly for children who are waiting far too long to get to see a consultant in the three children's hospitals, especially in Crumlin and in Temple Street. One can trace it...

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: I welcome that. These negotiations are an opportunity to address this by ensuring that those involved represent distinct interests, including those of countries with a major stake in the final deal with the United Kingdom. The Taoiseach should also use the period between now and the special summit in September to launch a specific diplomatic initiative to ensure that each member state is...

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: Eleven days after the result of the UK referendum the future direction of the European Union is no clearer. In fact, the incoherence in London has actually become worse. Anything which increases uncertainty and drags out the process before hard decisions are reached is damaging for Europe and for Ireland. Last week's summit involved no significant progress. It is welcome that leaders...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: British Exit from the European Union (5 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: Of course it was the neo-liberals who won the day in terms of Brexit, including Mr. Michael Gove.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: British Exit from the European Union (5 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: They are now going to proceed with policies that are the very antithesis of what Deputy Murphy proposed.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: British Exit from the European Union (5 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: They go from xenophobia to the economy to the corporation tax being brought down in the United Kingdom. When will the Deputy give up the pretence as this Leave campaign was fronted by right-wing people?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: British Exit from the European Union (5 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: That gives the completely opposite result of what the Deputy sought. It is an extraordinary state of denial he has put himself in. I do not want to get involved with internal British politics but to suggest the maintenance of thestatus quoin the British Labour Party is somehow going to advance the issue is beyond my comprehension.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: British Exit from the European Union (5 Jul 2016)

Micheál Martin: I put it to the Taoiseach that there is a process in place for co-ordinating activity relating to our response but I question if it is large enough or has enough resources. This is one of the biggest ever diplomatic and administrative challenges we have faced as a country and it needs senior people working full-time on it. I am particularly concerned about the need for us to have a...