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Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: He is adamant that he did.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: We were told-----

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: It is not agreed.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: I oppose the late sitting from 10 p.m. to midnight for the budget debate. We have argued this at the Business Committee. It seems ridiculous that the Dáil is starting at 2 p.m. today, 12 noon tomorrow and 12 noon on Thursday.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: The budget is a central piece of business for the year. That is how it is presented. Historically, Deputies got an opportunity to have their say in a budget debate during the general discussion on the financial resolutions. Our view is that it is not tenable to proceed on the basis that the Dáil can only have plenary sessions at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and at 12 noon on Wednesdays and...

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: So they are frozen.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: The spokesman said the opposite after the Taoiseach said the same thing to Deputy Howlin the last day.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: My understanding is that it is looking for five more judges.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: If there is an 11-year-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: If it is going to take a decade to clear it, the Taoiseach needs to respond to what he is being told to do.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: We have vacancies.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: There are 187-----

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: This has been done with the District Court and the Circuit Court.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: That is what they are saying.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: The Minister of State might talk to the Minister, Deputy Ross.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: The Court of Appeal backlog could take over a decade to clear. That is not my assessment but that of Mr. Seth Barrett Tillman, law lecturer at Maynooth University. I understand - perhaps the Taoiseach will confirm if this has happened - that the Chief Justice and the President of the High Court have approached the Government with a view to having more judges appointed to the Court of...

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: I am sure the Taoiseach agrees that justice delayed is justice denied. It is a fundamental core function of the Government to ensure the appointment of judges to our courts in a timely and effective manner. It is quite extraordinary that there is still a backlog of up to 1,800 cases waiting to be heard by the Court of Appeal. That court, as the Taoiseach knows, came about as a result of a...

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: It is a very basic matter in a democracy. Is it the case that there will be no judges appointed until the Government gets around to passing the necessary legislation? That is unacceptable. I put it to the Taoiseach that a Government incapable of appointing judges is dysfunctional. This must be rectified very quickly. Will the Taoiseach indicate that it is the Government's intention to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: 134. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for bilateral meetings with other Heads of Government in the period up to end-March 2017. [30718/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (18 Oct 2016)

Micheál Martin: 135. To ask the Taoiseach the number of personnel in his Department assigned to lead interdepartmental groups not directly linked to a Cabinet committee and the names of the relevant groups. [30719/16]