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Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: In resettlement. Is it the position that approximately 200 had arrived prior to that? Yet the Taoiseach stated we are on target for the figure of 4,000 people. He might outline to me whether somewhere within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department of Justice and Equality or wherever there is an actual timetable or programme putting flesh on the bones of the language,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: Is it known when, where and how all of this will happen?

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: Is the intention that we would make general comments?

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: Is it the case that the Taoiseach would respond to the three of us together?

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: Yes, but given the Taoiseach's-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: Given his dexterity at answering those questions he wishes to answer, he might forget to answer the ones he might not want to deal with.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: No, we will give it a shot. I only speak in jest.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: There are approximately four items covered.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: Questions Nos. 1 to 8, inclusive, cover the European Council, Angela Merkel, Turkey, migration and housing. There are a lot of issues involved. We must be fair to everybody. I am open to the approach outlined but the discussion could become very general. One of the defining challenges of our time across Europe is the growth of populist extremism. The ideals of free democracies are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met with or spoken recently to the Chancellor of Germany, Ms Angela Merkel, and if he discussed the migrant issue with her; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9985/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the recent resignation of the pro-European Turkish Prime Minister, Mr Ahmet Davutoğlu, and the impact this will have on the European Union migrant deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9988/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the last European Council meeting, including if he contributed on any issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9989/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had bilateral meetings with European leaders since the start of March 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9990/16]

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: That is what is going on in the streets of the north inner city. Young children can earn a fortune. They are told to bring a packet to a certain place and they will then get €200. They are telling the other children that they are mugs not to be involved because it is lucrative and so on. We have to listen to the people there. That is most important. I did not get a reply today...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: When can we expect this legislation to come on-stream to give the additional powers that the Garda needs? We are being told by community activists that gardaí are saying to them that the force does not have the power to tackle this particular issue. Does the Taoiseach agree that there is a need for a multi-agency task force to be put in place involving the local public...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: This has been going on for years.

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: It is a scandal in itself that it has taken this long.

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday, in response to the barbaric murder of Gareth Hutch, the latest in a series of callous murders across the capital city, the Taoiseach said initially in his response that he could do nothing to stop the killings. Also, one senior Garda said there was no immediate end in sight. An interpretation of what the Taoiseach was saying essentially is that the State is almost powerless to...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: -----who have unexplained wealth in various localities and who are running the scenes there. That is now in the programme for Government, but there is no real sense of any commitment to it. The community groups we met last week were clear that they got no sense of any commitment to establish mini-CABs. The term "mini" is used, but these would be locally based CABs that were on the ground...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)

Micheál Martin: Yes. I have put two to the Taoiseach already with regard to the 2009 Act and the mini-CABs, because the sense is that the national CAB is removed from the streets now. Its influence is not there.