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- Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has been cut off.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: So there will not be one?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: I meant the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs, EPSEN, Act.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: When the convention was established in 2012, we said at the time it was too general, it involved many non-urgent issues, it was unfocused and some of those issues should have been dealt with upfront at the time rather than being put to a constitutional convention. It is important, as the Taoiseach has noted, that recommendations that have yet to be voted on in this Dáil include popular...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the outstanding recommendations from the Constitutional Convention on referenda on various issues. [33547/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the Constitutional Convention recommendation on economic, social and cultural rights subject to the maximum available resources to be inserted into the Constitution. [35169/16]
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Chambers.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: We were wondering where he had gone.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Canney's presence at the Cabinet table could be affected in this regard.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: The programme for Government is very clear about the need for the implementation of the national broadband plan. A report published today makes it clear that certain parts of rural Ireland have broadband speeds 36 times lower than those available in the capital. That is a further illustration of the two-tiered nature of economic activity in the country and the degree to which the last...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: I am not convinced at all by the Taoiseach's reply. This is about strategic direction and how we should take the country back. In the 1960s, the likes of Donogh O'Malley, Paddy Hillery and Seán Lemass had a vision about how to take the country forward and that is why they set up the regional technical colleges. Their impact was extraordinary for the time. I attended an event last...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: Going back to 1962 in that seminal document, Investment in Education, and the opening of the first regional technical colleges in 1970, our institutes of technology, ITs, have been a linchpin of Ireland's economic and social development. They have provided thousands of graduates to industries across the regions and in Dublin in the life sciences, med tech, pharma, retail management, culinary...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Women's Strategy (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the commitment in the programme for Government regarding the national women's strategy that is due to be published by the end of 2016. [35168/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Inspectorate Reports (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of the commitment in the programme for Government concerning extending Garda oversight and accountability following the Garda Inspectorate report on the restructuring of An Garda Síochána. [30750/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Administration (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government for proposing legislation to reduce excessive delays to trials and court proceedings. [33801/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Beds Data (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 610. To ask the Minister for Health the current bed capacity of Lifford residential care unit; and its current bed occupancy rate. [35130/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Beds Data (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 611. To ask the Minister for Health the current bed capacity of Ramelton residential care unit and its current bed occupancy rate. [35131/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Beds Data (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 612. To ask the Minister for Health the current bed capacity of St. Joseph’s, Stranorlar residential care unit and its current bed occupancy rate. [35132/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 613. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated total cost of the proposed new Letterkenny community nursing unit; and the amount of this which will be provided from exchequer funding. [35133/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (15 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the building of the proposed new Letterkenny community nursing unit; if and when a competitive tendering contract for its building will take place; if a contract has been awarded for its construction; and if so, the details of same. [35134/16]