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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Responsibilities (21 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: 572. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the responsibilities of the Minister of State at the Department of Defence who is based in the Department of the Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11434/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Cases (16 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: 48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the matters outstanding in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16415/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Independent Review Mechanism (16 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: 52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the panel of barristers she appointed in 2014; when they will finish reviewing the cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16479/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: The opposite.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: That is not the case.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: On a point of information, the community school model is about eight or nine years old.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: It was never brought in as a method of discrimination. It was brought in as a method of providing badly needed school places for hundreds of children with no places at all.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy made a comment-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: They are not segregated.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: I do not live in a monoculture.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: All of us live in a multicultural society.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy has been talking to us.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: That is the suggestion.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met the various religious groups since the general election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13103/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. However, one of the hallmarks of recent years was that there was no serious dialogue with faith leaders because Ministers insisted on talking through the media rather than face to face. There has been a great deal of talk about the issue schools, which is important. Hopefully, we can see some real progress on both enhancing and protecting choice. It...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: I welcome that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: International Terrorism (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the status of discussions at European Union Council level on tackling radicalism and terrorism outside the European Union's borders, as per the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13102/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: International Terrorism (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. It is fair to say there is no doubt we are in middle of an age where severe threats are posed by extreme ideologies to all. The greatest victims of these ideologies are the people who belong to and live in the communities for whom groups like ISIS claim to speak. The people of Syria and Iraq are bearing the brunt of ISIS's barbarism. That is the bottom...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: Of course, the Leader of the Seanad was a determined and committed advocate of its abolition; therefore, I will not hold my breath in terms of his new zeal to reform the House. However, it is not a matter for the Seanad alone; it is a matter for the entire Oireachtas but this House, in particular, because legislation would have to be passed. I would like the Taoiseach to clarify, as he said...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: The Oireachtas includes the Dáil and the Seanad.